Overtraining – Fitness on a Knife’s Edge
We know training is essential to improving fitness and performance, but we often neglect recovery and adaptation. What happens when we get that balance wrong and veer into overtraining?
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Strava Segment Hunting with Xert’s Segment Hunter
It’s open season… for Strava segments, that is! Segment hunting has become an informal form of competition in its own right. What are ways to become the KOM/QOM, and how can Xert’s Segment Hunter help?
How To Use Short Burst Intervals for Fast Gains
TOOLBOX: You have a long event coming up in 2022 – that big century or gravel ride. While endurance and aerobic capacity is usually built by long and lower-intensity rides, is that the only way? Can you go short to go long?
Best Ways To Keep Your Cool Training Indoors
Indoor riding can be highly effective for training, but it’s also highly effective in driving up heat strain. How might this affect your training, and what are some ways to keep yourself cool indoors?
How To Use Heart Rate Variability As Your Training Guide
The digital era has arrived in many different aspects of our lives. Heart rate variability has become a sexy new measure – here's how it can help your daily training.
Training and the Common Cold or Flu
As cyclists, we train to feel fit and healthy, yet we can still get knocked down by the common cold or flu. What should we do when we do catch a bug to give ourselves the best chances for a rapid recovery and minimal disruption to our…
How Blood Donation Affects Performance
Blood – it’s in you to give. Donating blood is a wonderful selfless act to help others. How might you need to adapt your training around your blood donation schedule?
Does Lifting Actually Improve On-Bike Power?
I am likely not the only cyclist who neglects resistance/strength training into my own training. Let's spend some time talking about the benefits of adding strength training and lifting into your training routine.
Keep on Sprinting Through Your Transition Period
Last week we discussed keeping sprint work during a transition period can help maintain fitness with little risk for mental fatigue. The same group has just published another study looking at the same idea. What did they find?
Sweat Bomb: How Much Do You Sweat?
Sweating helps us cool down but also drops our fluid balance. Is it important to figure out your own individual sweat rate, and how might you go about it?