How to Train with Training Zones – Part 3 of 3
The last two articles focused on explaining training zones and ways to determine your own set of zones. This article will discuss ways to use different training zones in your training program. As you recall, I discussed six training zones. I will review each of these and describe when you use it and give an [...]
Determining Training Zones Part II
In the last article, I discussed training zones and how they are used to train various physiological systems in the body. To use these training zones in your training, you need to determine what your zones are. This article will describe a method to determine what your specific heart rate or power zones are. In [...]
Striving to be Euro
While calmly sipping on the sweet nectar that is the perfect espresso, a semi-friendly question was tossed my way. You know the kind of question – those that people ask to subtly expose an internal paradox or temporary lapse in your judgment. While they really aren’t mean spirited, it gives the questioner the chance to [...]
Time to Train like a Semi-Sorta PRO
During my last two months of vacation, (or as the State of Minnesota and the Student Loan folks at the Department of Education call it “unemployed”), I was able to spend a lot more time reading a lot of the other cycling blogs scattered about this interweb. While I always find commentary on all things [...]
Saturday Morning Coffee Ride – Breaking Winter’s Hold
When the harsh Midwest winter is deep into its 5th month, patience can run a bit thin. I don’t think I’m alone amongst my northern brethren when I tell you that when the folk in South Carolina complain about the 38 degree temp at the start of their January ride or a Californian discussing how [...]
Training Zones Explained – Part I
If you pick up a book on cycling training, or read any coaches blog, you will quickly see the term ‘training zone’ pop up. You may be wondering what training zones are and how they are used. This article will discuss the physiological basis of training zones. Training zones are developed as a way to [...]
Ciclirati Podcast Now Available on iTunes
The Ciclirati podcast will now be available on iTunes, available for free streaming or download. Some of the recent podcasts are currently available on iTunes and if you subscribe, you will be updated when new podcasts become available. To go to the iTunes store to see current episodes or subscribe to future podcasts, click here. [...]
Watching Your Father Figure
Over the last couple days, I had a brief twittersation (seems like a good word for Twitter conversation…or a tingling somewhere funny, I’m not sure) with somebody who has just become a father for the first time. Understandably, he’s overjoyed at what the new bundle of joy has added to his household. I remember the [...]
Review:The Sufferfest’s “Revolver” Video
Old-style interval workout videos make the effort even more painful by showing some coach with a stopwatch in front of spinning class. The only thing that made it tolerable was being snarky about the fashion choices of some of the class or the laughable fixation of the cameraman (I assume) at ensuring the camera found [...]
Making Cycling’s Point to the Masses
Posted by Jeff Ernst on March 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
The cycling Twittersphere exploded earlier this week with Tony Kornheiser’s (or as Bobke puts it CornHowser…Bobke rules) inexplicable comments directed to the two-wheeled nation of “run ’em over.” Social media exploded and rightly railed against Kornheiser, demanding his firing, public castration or worse. Calls for a boycott of ESPN and a naval blockade around their [...]
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