I’ve been riding bikes for about 10 years. And the funny thing about bicycle clothing is that you don’t know about bad clothing until you’ve had really nice clothing. It makes you stop and realize that comfort can actually be achieved in the clothing. They can actually make you look forward to spending hours in […]

I hear people often say things like, “I don’t have time for that” or “I can’t work out today, I have to study or work” and I understand, training and racing is only one aspect of our lives and many people are juggling a lot of objectives and priorities, As well rounded people we have […]

Planning for 2018 required certain questions to be answered. How much time did I have to dedicate towards this season? What are reasonably attainable goals given the training regimen I would follow? What will my team be asking of me? Once I determined the answers, I plotted out my calendar for the year and began […]

Athletes that I’ve worked with will typically bring up nutrition as something they want to improve, and this is something that is hard to prescribe to people because the answer is usually (like in most things) it depends. Nutrition is heavily dependent on the size of an individual and what type of mesocycle they are […]

When training junior cyclists there are certain considerations that need to be addressed that you wouldn’t need to think of if you were training an adult. Safety One issue that needs to be addressed dependent on the maturity and age of the client, is that it may be unsafe for them to be riding without […]

Transition Period vs. Offseason In my experience, people use the term offseason to refer to taking time off the bike as well as the pre-competition phase. Offseason should be used to refer to the pre-competition time that you use to build your aerobic base and is after the transition phase which should be utilized to […]

Planning goals for the 2018 season was easy and fun, I wanted to win a collegiate national title, and increase my FTP as much as reasonable, taking into consideration a heavy load at school and still enjoying my time as a young adult. Pre-Season Problem In the offseason, everything seems possible, increasing training volume, hitting […]