fitness question. at what heart rate does the heart stop being efficient? if it beats to fast, can it process the blood? i know the general rule is 220 minus your age. but after years of competitive cycling, i can maintain 165bpm for 3 hours.thank you for helping Terry Interesting question. Lets start with the […]

Prior to 2010 I had ridden about 6 centuries in my first 27 years of riding. I did many rides each year in the 70-80 mile range but rarely did 100. Once I started riding from Cincinnati to Gatlinburg and had a need to ride 140-150 a day for two consecutive days I started to

The problem with the individual time trial being held on familiar courses is that you’re always comparing yourself to your personal best. At our weekly Tuesday night event in Cleves, OH, I’m pretty consistently a minute to maybe 30 seconds off my best. Thats a lot of time to make up over ten miles. I

The first 40k time trial of the year was held in March in northern Kentucky. Its a flat to rolling course along the river, pretty typical terrain and similar to Cleves. Prior to the event, I took my position on the bike to as low in the front as possible and raised my saddle to

The last indoor 10k time trial was last Sunday, February 13th. I rode all four of the monthly events starting last November. Starting with November, my results were 356 avg wts/4.5 wts per kg/time of 15:02, 364 avg wts/4.68 wts per kg/ time of 14:57, 382 avg wts/ 4.91 wts per kg/ time of 14:46,

For most of us the racing season is going to start in March whether that will be the Spring Series, 40k time trial, or other local and regional events. Your training during February should be some of your most intense and focused of the year. This is a great time to work on some power

This is from Vol 14, No 3 of Performance Cycling by Harvey Newton. While geared towards cyclists it would also be appropriate for other endurance athletes. These are ten of the most common reasons he heard from cyclists who didn’t want to strength train not only in the winter but year-round 1. I’ll get too

I was talking with Will Peveler, exercise physiologist at NKU, about the increase in strength training that endurance athletes typically incorporate into their training during the winter months. I told him that the people I train/coach all comment that after a workout with plenty of lunges and squats that they can “feel” certain muscles when

I’ve been known to log a lot of miles inside much to the amazement of many of my friends. In the last six weeks I think I’ve only ridden outside about 5 times but have still managed to get in 13-15 hours most weeks. To me its all about the environment where you’ll be riding

January and February are critical months on the training calendar. My coach will usually recommend increased time on the bike that includes some very long weekend rides. Unfortunately with the weather in our area, these hours are usually inside, and quite often reduced by 15 to 20% or so. What we don’t compromise on is