Fuel your body – Cycling Training

Fuel your body – Cycling Training Learn when you should eat, what types of food you should eat, and how much you should eat to get the most out of your cycling training, and avoid ‘hitting the wall’. The body’s main store of energy is called Glycogen (Pronounced gly-ko-gen), Glycogen consists of lots of glucose molecules […]

Training My Weimaraner Dog to Be at My Side While Riding a Bike Was Challenging

It took me a lot of practice and training, but I have mastered riding my road bicycle on paved trails with my weimaraner. I would like to share my insight as to how I did just that. I will first start out by admitting that I do understand all dogs, especially weimaraner have very different […]

Polarized Training for Cycling and Mountain Biking

What is polarized training in relation to cycling? A polarized model for cycling training concerns spending most of the time spent training at low intensities and less, but still significant time spent training at higher intensities. Low intensity here is defined as anything below the cyclist’s lactate threshold, and high intensity is any endurance training […]

Three Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training

If you are looking for a new workout regime, or are just looking for some new challenges, high intensity interval training (HIIT) might be for you. It’s an interval style training featuring quick, intense bursts, followed by short recovery periods. You give it your all during the short bursts, take a quick rest, and then […]