photo credit: JoshuaDavisPhotography.COM Biking is a strenuous sport, especially when you decide to take on long distances. Long distance cycling can lead to a lot of different aches and pains in quite a few areas of the body. What it comes down to for a lot of these pains, especially in the beginning, is that you are using muscles in a way they are not used to being used. To solve this problem you can do some things to condition your muscles, which will help eliminate the pain biking … [Read more...]
Cycling Interval Training For Beginners
photo credit: Mariano Kamp To move your fitness forward, both your aerobic capacity as well as strengthening your muscles you might want to think about adding cycling interval training to your weekly bike workouts. This is a great way to increase your fitness, also one of the best ways to lose fat as well. :) (always a bonus right?) What is interval training? Interval training is quite simply making your body work hard for a bit and then letting it work not so hard for a bit. I first … [Read more...]
5 Great Workouts When You Can’t Get Outside to Ride Your Bike
Image via Wikipedia It's been raining here for the last 3 or 4 days. :( I'm not too bummed because my bike happens to be in the shop so I couldn't ride even if the weather was beautiful, but there's no reason to get lazy even when the weather is bad. If you are training for a ride, whether it's a shorter ride like the Walnut Valley Metric or something much longer like Bike Across Kansas, you need to find a way to keep up your training even when the weather is so bad you just don't want to … [Read more...]
