High RPMs During Rest Intervals
Last year, my coach M2 gave me a set of cycling workouts which changed subtly; knowing that I had progressed many years with him, he knew he could increase their[…]
Category: Cycling
Form Training with the 4 S’s
In the last few months, I’ve been really into Total Immersion and their teaching method. Swimming is one of those activities which require mastery of so many little details that[…]
Measurability and Repeatability in Training
In recent months, I’ve come to realize how much I love the tempo trainer for swimming. It also sparked the realization that I have finally found a method for to[…]
Neuromuscular Training and Hill Climbing
A lot of focus on hill climbing in either running or cycling is on building leg strength, and aerobic capacity to support a strong push up the hill. Hill climbing[…]
Intermediate to Advanced: The Different Types of Training
In my interactions with my coach M2, I have learned that there are 6 types of training. These are: 1. Neuro-muscular – training of the nervous system to do something[…]
Bike Benchmark with the Computrainer and WKO+ Software 1/5/2009
At the start of the season, I took a bike benchmark test to set a baseline from which training levels would be calculated. We used a Computrainer hooked up to[…]
Lance Armstrong and Chris Carmichael on Twitter!
How cool is this: both Lance Armstrong (lancearmstrong) and Chris Carmichael (trainright) are on Twitter and tweeting their training. It’s pretty amusing to follow Lance and check out what he[…]
Zipp Powertap Disc Wheel Test and Pumping Up
Today the Bay area was sunny, although it was a chilly 45 degrees this morning. After my Computrainer workout, I decided to finally take my fixed Zipp Powertap disc out[…]
Importance of the Negative Split
If there is one training principle I have come to both love and hate, it’s the negative split. It’s also one of the most important. In short, it means that[…]
Yield to Life
Whoo hoo! Got my Yield to Life bike jersey today, signed by Dave Zabrieskie himself. I’m proud to be a donor and a part of Yield to Life, whose mission[…]