Training plan Archives

Breaking Through a Training Plateau – Recovery

June 22, 2021 at 5:45 am5 min reading

Maybe your lack of progress is not about the way you train. Recovery is often overlooked or underestimated because cyclists feel like it is secondary to riding. But recovery is the powerful key to breaking a fitness plateau. Let’s see how proper recovery can help…

Breaking Through a Training Plateau – Volume

June 8, 2021 at 10:30 am5 min reading

Health & Training

Something has to change. That’s the only way to deal with a training plateau. There are several aspects of your training to consider. Let’s start with volume. Should you do more to keep progressing? And how much more? Or should you take your foot off…

Breaking Through a Training Plateau – The Foundation

June 1, 2021 at 11:38 am6 min reading

Health & Training

It’s easy to progress when you’re new to cycling. But with each season the risk of hitting a training plateau increases. One day you might realise that you have been training as hard as ever but the results just aren’t there. And that’s when you…

Get Your Friends into Cycling – Keep the Fire Burning

April 27, 2021 at 7:40 am5 min reading

Health & Training

When you nail the first ride and your friend finishes it with a big smile on their face, you did the most important part of the job. But there’s still a bit more you can do to ensure your friend sticks with cycling and maybe…

How to Transition from Zwift to Outdoor Riding (Warning: It might not be as easy as you think)

April 9, 2021 at 8:24 am4 min reading

Health & Training

The spring weather has us all excited to be outside—feeling the wind in our hair and getting started on this year’s gratifying cycling tan. And with the explosion in popularity of indoor training over the last year, more cyclists will be making the shift from…

Early-Season Cycling Mistakes – Unrealistic Training Schedule

March 16, 2021 at 12:38 pm6 min reading

Health & Training

Don’t you want to jump straight into training when a new season arrives? You’re not alone! All bicycle lovers can’t wait to get back in the saddle and explore the great outdoors again, join in group rides, improve their fitness and become a better cyclist.…

Early Season Cycling Mistakes – Comparing Yourself Too Much

March 9, 2021 at 1:48 pm6 min reading

Health & Training

Comparison is the death of joy, they say. If you started your season by looking at last year’s watts and average speeds, you know what they mean. Wanting to beat your old records is a good motivator, but it has to be applied correctly. Let’s…

Cycling Through Uncertain Times: Tips for Keeping Motivation High

February 26, 2021 at 2:45 pm6 min reading

Socialising and Culture

After a winter unlike any other, there is undoubtedly much anticipation as spring starts to emerge. With the status of many summer cycling events still undetermined, though, a real edge of uncertainty remains. If 2020 taught us anything, it is that we can’t always count…

Why It Is Important to Have Short- and Long-Term Cycling Goals

October 2, 2020 at 11:56 am6 min reading

Socialising and Culture

Following this strangest of summers, the fall has arrived and with it the challenge of encountering another season of uncertainty. In many places, the leaves are already turning yellow, there is a pronounced chill in the air, and the sun is slow to show itself…

Build Your Own Cycling Training Plan – Pro Tips

October 29, 2019 at 1:37 pm5 min reading

Health & Training

The best way to get to the next level as a cyclist is to have a plan. So far, we’ve covered how to work with the basic building blocks of such a plan but there’s always more to learn. How do you deal with unexpected…