One of the least affected sporting disciplines during the lockdown restrictions was cycling. The development and proliferation of online training applications allowed cyclists to log great training hours in a virtual world. Zwift is the most popular of these apps with thousands of kilometres of virtual roads on which...
The first thing a coach or personal trainer does when starting with a new athlete or client is establish goals. For most this would be an event of some kind. In cycling we can race often and the old adage of, “there is no training like racing,” is acknowledged...
‘Total Lockdown’, another strange new term that we are all learning in 2020. We thought that the most significant impact for sports people would be the cancellation or postponement of events but now we need to stay indoors and confine ourselves to indoor training and exercises that we can...
Summer in South Africa is in full swing, but the holidays are over and, for most of us, we are back to the nine-to-five. For many this means a return to indoor training before and / or after work, but that isn’t actually completely true for all nowadays. Not...
Everyone has read the T-shirt slogan, “A goal is a dream with a plan.” January is generally the time when we all look to the fresh new year and dream about the conquering all the lofty challenges that we aspire to. Sadly for many, this burst of motivation and...
December means time off from work for most of us. It is a time when amateur athletes get to pretend they are professionals for a few weeks. But what about when life returns to normal in January? The athletes that this article is aimed at are a bit older,...
On this site we have been touting the numerous benefits of indoor cycle training on a bike like the Concept 2 Bike Erg. There is no doubt that a structured, quality training session is so much easier, and safer, to achieve indoors than out on the open road. Something...
Hopefully Winter has been a good and active one and you are looking forward to the coming road cycling season. The peak of the ‘Spring Season’ is the 947 Cycle Challenge. To follow we have a twelve week plan which will have you at the peak of your form on race day. ...
The peak of Winter is over and cyclists’ thoughts start turning to the coming racing season. The biggest road race in the second half of the year in South Africa is the 947 Classic around Joburg. Leading up to that there are regular road races around the country as...
As a CrossFit athlete you will be familiar with cycling as a part of your workout. Although a lot shorter and mostly more explosive than what the riders in the Tour de France are doing, you can relate to the physical demands of pedalling a bike. As in the...
