Cross training offers many benefits for cyclists, and this post focuses on five of those benefits. Did you know that one of the best ways to become a better cyclist actually involves getting off the bike? In fact, we’re talking specifically about cross training. Cross training has long been praised for its positive effects on cyclists and many other endurance athletes.
How to Create a Resistance Band Workout for Cyclists
Try this great Resistance Band Workout for Cyclists. Right now is a great time to find effective ways to improve your cycling by working out at home. Strength training for your cycling will increase your mobility, flexibility, and power on your bike. In this post we share some excellent exercises that you can do at home. All you need are some resistance bands (for some of these exercises) and some suitable footwear.
Quick Links to Our Best Bike Training Plans
This post will help you to quickly find the best bike training plan for your needs. Over the years we have published so many posts, it is hard to remember all of them! However, we can see which are our most popular posts. So in this post, for your convenience, we highlight just the most popular and successful cycling training plans.
3 Ways to Use an Electric Bike to Get Fit
Did you know that you can use an electric bike to get fit? This post describes 3 different ways that you can use an ebike to get fit and healthy. Turns out, an ebike provides excellent ways for you to get fit.
New Video: 3 Hip Stretches to Cure Cycling Hip Pain
A very common complaint from cyclists is cycling hip pain. This post has a video showing three simple hip stretches that almost miraculously cured my own debilitating and very painful cycling hip pain.
7 Reasons to do High Intensity Training (HIT) on Your Bike – And How to Add Interval Training to Your Cycling
Riding a bike is a great way to get fit. Just getting on a bike and riding it somewhere will give you exercise, and exercise is always good. So, if you want to get fitter and healthier, and fight aging, riding a bike will help. However, like everything, you can work hard, or you can work smart. And it turns out that interval training on a bike is the smart way to get fitter faster, burn more calories, fight stress and aging, and control blood sugar levels. Read our post to learn more about the exciting benefits of interval training on your bike. It includes the top 7 reasons to do interval training on your bike!
Our Most Successful Cycling Training Plans
This post will help you to pick the perfect cycling training plan, as it includes links to our most popular and successful bike training plans. Whether you are a complete beginner, an intermediate cyclist, or even quite advanced, we have a plan for you!
The 10 Best Stretches for Cyclists
Many cyclists suffer from lack of flexibility and poor posture, and many of us suffer injuries. Stretching is the best way to combat these problems. This post explains the 10 best stretches for cyclists, and shows how they target the key parts of a cyclist’s body. Start with 10 minutes a day, 4-5 times a week and you will very quickly start seeing and feeling improvements. As a bonus, you will also be able to cycle more efficiently!
Study Shows that Interval Training on a Bike is the Best Exercise to Fight Aging
Yet another study has shown the extraordinary benefits of interval training (also known as HIIT) to fight aging. Specifically, it showed the most impressive anti-aging results in older people who did high intensity interval training on stationary bikes. Aging is inevitable, but you can start using interval training on a stationary bike today to fight aging!
Updated Video: 3 Hip Stretches to Cure Cycling Hip Pain
A very common complaint from cyclists is cycling hip pain. This post has a video showing three simple hip stretches that almost miraculously cured my own debilitating and very painful cycling hip pain.
5 Great Strength and Conditioning Exercises for Cyclists
Here are 5 Great Strength and Conditioning Exercises for Cyclists, all demonstrated with videos. Doing these 5 exercises at least twice a week will make you a stronger, more powerful and efficient cyclist!
How to Protect Your Testosterone Levels from Over-Training
Over-training can lower testosterone levels. Lower testosterone levels decrease your body’s ability to repair and recover, so your fitness improvements may slow down or even stop. This post describes the warning signs of over-training that you should look out for. It also includes 4 tips to prevent over-training and boost testosterone levels.
Muscle Stretching: The Cyclist’s Secret Skill – Why Stretching is Important for Cyclists
In this post, Guest Author Jamie Singer explains the science behind why stretching is important for cyclists. Learn how stretching can help you to reduce pain and cycle much more efficiently.
Top 7 Strength Building Exercises for Cyclists
Here’s a video featuring the top 7 strength building exercises for cyclists. These exercises can all be done in the comfort of your own home. Get strong in the winter so you can enjoy a great summer on your bike! The exercises require minimal equipment, with most of them requiring only a yoga mat. Just three of these ten-minute workouts per week will help you to improve your cycling efficiency and power.
Average Joe Cyclist’s Beginner’s Bike Training Plan
A Beginner’s Bike Training Plan that is suitable for new cyclists, based on principles of rest, moderation, consistency – and eventually, interval training. Following this beginner’s bike training plan will enable you to dramatically increase your fitness, strength, and cardiovascular health. It can also help you to lose weight. Post includes advice for heavier people starting out on a bike training plan.
5 Best Core Exercises for Cyclists
Videos of the 5 best core exercises that will strengthen all of your core muscles, helping to make you a faster and stronger cyclist, and helping you to accelerate and climb hills. And you can get them done in 10 minutes! Post includes videos of core exercises to help you do them right.
How to Use Perceived Rate of Exertion to Get Fit
If you’re planning to get fit, or maybe even want to train to do a charity bike ride, consider how you are going to monitor the intensity of your workouts. The Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is the easiest way to measure exercise intensity – and it’s free! This post shows you how to use perceived rate of exertion to get fit.
Yes we can! Inspiration and advice to get cycling fit and do a gran fondo
A year ago, I accepted that I will never actually do an epic charity bike ride such as the Ride to Conquer Cancer. But recently, all that has changed, and I have now resolved that I will do next year’s BC Ride to Conquer Cancer. Here’s how I came to be inspired to do this. I hope this post will inspire you too. Also includes links to useful training advice and other inspirational cycling posts.
Never give up! Story and Video of Georgia Simmerling – #GoGeorgiaGo
George A. Custer said it best: “It’s not how many times you get knocked down that count, it’s how many times you get back up.” Georgia Simmerling – two-time Winter Olympian and five-time Ski Cross World Cup medalist – epitomizes this winning spirit and inspires us all to get back up and keep going (and cycling)!
Research shows Amazing Benefits of Sprint Intervals in Cycling
Researchers have proven that very short sprint intervals of intense cycling can yield impressive health and fitness benefits. This means it is possible to get fit in much less time than was previously thought. It is possible to get just as fit in 30 minutes a week as in two and a half hours per week. This breaks down to three 10-minute workouts, as compared to three 50-minute workouts. No, it’s not another crazy get fit fad, and you don’t have to buy anything – it’s simply more proof of the enormous benefits of sprint interval training (i.e. exercise sessions that include very short bursts of very intense effort).
