GARMIN 705 PRODUCT REVIEW — Surprising Features In A Little Black Box
I’ve been riding for the past couple of months with the Garmin 705 and I’m blown away by all the info I now have at my fingertips.
When I purchased it, I expected all the normal features: speed, cadence, grade, heartrate, power, calories, time, lap info, and so on. Garmin has taken each of [...]
What To Do When You Can’t Do The Bike…
Going into 2008 I had put in a lot of hours on the spin bike doing hard intervals in the basement to the point that the sump pump kicked on to vacate the sweat. Then the club rides began and it seemed everybody had improved a notch or two and had ambitions on strong racing results. As [...]
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First, this isn’t an advertisement. It’s just math. Second, relax — YOU don’t even have to do the math.
Cutting to the chase, you can go to your local market right now, if it’s open, and buy Gatorade, for example, for a couple bucks a bottle, or get the exact same Gatorade for less than [...]
TEACH YOUR CHILD TO RIDE IN ONE HOUR OR LESS!
With No More Tears, No More Fears
First, a moment of gratuitous, self-indulgent bragging: I’m certainly not Superdad, but I tell myself I’ve got redeeming qualities. Like, I’m the parent kids come to when they need a splinter removed. I know how to do it with minimal pain. And I’m the one they come to when [...]
Breaking News: Saunier Duval 1 hour ahead of the Peleton - Tour of California
Is California the new training ground for the classics? Our reporter is riding about one hour ahead of the peleton today on stage three of the Tour of California when what does he discover? Saunier Duval riders training on the course. The non racing riders of the Saunier Duval team are [...]
Descending Skills 101
Descending Skills:
There are a few factors to hold in your mind as you enter a turn…
1.) Body position
a. Inside knee angled out toward the turn.
b. Outside leg and arm weighted down / pressure on the outside pedal.
c. Body weight on the center of the bike with focus on weighting down the rear wheel, head is [...]
Training With the Zone 3 Syndrome
By: Josh Horowitz @ Liquid Fitness
The best way to train is by going as hard as you can for as long as you can on every ride you do, right? As we begin the off-season in the northern hemisphere, let’s examine the idea of base training. First up, we discuss the dreaded “Zone 3 plateau” [...]
Pedaling Technique Basics
Pedaling Technique Basics by Michael Smartt @ Smartt Training
(I recently wrote this piece for the Whole Athlete newsletter with the help of Dario Fredrick)
What is “Good” Pedaling Technique?
If you have completed a long season of road, mountain bike or triathlon racing, the fall and winter months are the time to back off from the [...]
Sweatology - Why It Matters
An interesting article from the August 14 edition of The New York Times that
is especially relevant for us endurance athletes. Enjoy.
Sweatology
By ABIGAIL ZUGER
Like the finish line of a long road race, the Times Square subway platform
one recent hot afternoon was a study in wet humanity, from drenched (a large
woman in shorts and a skimpy, sweat-splotched [...]
HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BIKE (PART I)
HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BIKE (PART I)
By: Josh Horowitz of Liquid Fitness
If I could only give out one piece of cycling advice for the rest of my days as a coach, it would be this. “Conserve energy whenever possible.”
When you ride your bike, whether it is for training, to [...]
