I must admit that I was a slow adopter of Strava. At first I saw it as just another social media app, but aimed at endurance sports people. Having enough trouble keeping up with the more mainstream social media apps, I didn’t think it was for me. Then I...
Even if we hadn’t all been forced to ride our bikes on the spot as we have in 2020, most of us would still have hidden from the chilly temperatures and dark mornings of Winter by spending quality time on the indoor bike. As the social distancing regulations ease...
“How much more do I need to train for a full iron-distance race compared to what I have done for a half?” This is a question I, and I am sure every coach, gets asked on a regular basis. I must admit that I find it quite difficult to...
What a strange year we are having. During hard lockdown cyclists and triathletes were forced to do all their training indoors. Now that the restrictions have relaxed we can all return to our training roads and trails but many have formed such strong habits on the indoor trainer that...
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,...
