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

I have a handful of personal training clients who are interested in improving their cycling performance. Part of the training involves a variety of lunges, squats, single leg exercises, core work, and plyometrics. Everyone of them has told me that they had no idea they had so many muscles they weren’t using and how they

The goal of our training is to improve our performance but how do you know if we are improving especially during the winter months when there are few if any events? The best way to gauge progress is to conduct periodic field tests. A field test could be any ride that you can repeat during

Notes from Will Pevelers November 30th Seminar:There is no ‘off-season’, it’s just a change in training. It’s important to keep your aerobic base and add in the strength training.The concurrent training is not detrimental and in fact the strength training should be looked at as a valuable supplement to your training.A properly designed strength training

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If you are the typical road rider and you ended your season in September or October and you have been riding the last six to eight weeks without any structure (ie, riding just for fun, not that training isn’t fun), you can use December to start your training for the 2011 season. If you’ve been

It looks like the first really cold weather is headed our way at the end of the week with temperatures on Friday hitting a high in the mid 30’s. If it’s not heading into the 40’s, I’m training inside. Actually, I even train a lot inside throughout the year just because I like the controlled

About two years ago I had a coach call me with some questions regarding the USA Cycling coaches program. At the end of the conversation he left me an interesting comment. He must have been talking to some athletes that I was coaching or had coached and he told me that having them do intervals