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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stress and Cycling-Shawn M. Miller interview part 2 (w/podcast)
(This is Part 2 of the Stress and Cycling Interview with Shawn M. Miller. Please click here to read/listen to part 1) One of the common clichés about stress is that exercise is that exercise is a stress-reducer. In discussing this with Miller, it isn’t that we should consider exercise a stress-reducer, because the physical [...]
Stress and Cycling-Shawn M. Miller Interview Part 1 of 2 (w/podcast)
All of us face stress as part of our everyday life. From worrying about our finances, deadlines at work, eating processed fast food drown down by a highly caffeinated soda – it all adds into our body’s stress equation. But, we’ve always been told that exercise helps us reduce or manage our stress. Given all [...]
Review – The Sufferfest’s Downward Spiral and Fight Club
Winters in the northern plains can be a harsh mistress. While I’ve never had a harsh mistress, I imagine if I did, she would be a succubus that would siphon energy and motivation away while slowly gnawing away at the bloody stumps that represent your ego and self-worth, leaving you feeling like your recliner and [...]
