Cycling every day isn’t too much if you vary intensity: most days should be easy Zone 2 (conversational pace), with one or two harder sessions per week. Daily 60–90 minute easy rides are fine for most amateurs; daily HARD rides will lead to overtraining within 4–6 weeks. The smarter framework: 80% of weekly volume in … Read more
Pro cycling has taken me from Canada to my new home in the cyclists’ heaven of Girona in northern Spain. No 9-5 office job, spending long hours doing what we love every day, traveling to dream destinations, and endless coffee stops – what more could you ask for?
As I prepare for my second full season as a professional cyclist, I’m going to give you an inside look into a Week in the Life of a Pro: how we train, how we eat, how we blow off steam.
Cycling indoors in a dedicated space known as a “pain cave” is a fantastic way to elevate your cycling to the next level.
As we count down to this year’s Tour, we delve into the intense preparation that makes each pedal stroke on the road to Paris possible.
There are many different metrics you can track as a cyclist, such as your speed, power, and heart rate – to name a few. Monitoring these metrics helps quantify the amount of work you’re doing on the bike, and gives you a window into the intensity of your workouts, your fitness progress, and the effectiveness … Read more
The six best HIIT cycling workouts are: Tabata (8 × 20s/10s), 30/30s (8 × 30s hard / 30s easy), 1:1 minute intervals (5 × 1 min hard / 1 min easy), the “40/20” VO2 protocol (10 × 40s hard / 20s easy), micro-bursts (15s sprint / 15s easy × 12), and the classic 4 × … Read more