Indoor Cycling Basics
Chris Case explains why indoor cycling differs from outdoor riding, then offers tips to help you get the most out of your indoor sessions.
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The Relationship Between Performance Level and Training Stress
Eighty percent of what you need to know about endurance training can be illustrated by a simple graph. Coach Connor and his mentor Glenn Swan explore this simple concept.
Cycling Base Training Pathway
The concept of base training has been a part of endurance training for decades. Laying a foundation of fitness early in the season sets the stage for success later on. With the help of Joe Friel, Dr. Stephen Seiler, and Dr. Andy Pruitt, we explore the how and why of this fundamental aspect of endurance training.
Base Training for Time-Crunched Athletes
It’s hard to find time to fit in the long, slow miles that traditionally comprise the base season. Coach Trevor Connor offers suggestions for improving life-training balance, understanding quality versus quantity, and more.
How to Develop a Yearly Training Plan
We review the art and science of developing and maintaining an annual training plan, which helps athletes progress and perform at their best.
How to Get the Most from Zwift
Whether you’re looking to race, train, or test your fitness level, we explore best practices for using the virtual cycling and running platform.
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Is Perceived Exertion the Most Important Metric?
Knowing how a race or workout feels—aka RPE—is an extremely important sense for endurance athletes. With the help of top cycling coaches, athletes, and researchers, we explore why RPE may be more important than power, heart rate, and other metrics.
Base Training for Time-Crunched Athletes
It’s hard to find time to fit in the long, slow miles that traditionally comprise the base season. Coach Trevor Connor offers suggestions for improving life-training balance, understanding quality versus quantity, and more.
How to Get the Most from Zwift
Whether you’re looking to race, train, or test your fitness level, we explore best practices for using the virtual cycling and running platform.
Cycling Base Training Pathway
The concept of base training has been a part of endurance training for decades. Laying a foundation of fitness early in the season sets the stage for success later on. With the help of Joe Friel, Dr. Stephen Seiler, and Dr. Andy Pruitt, we explore the how and why of this fundamental aspect of endurance training.
Nerd Lab: FTP, VO2max, and Sprints within LSD
Physiologist Rob Pickels nerds out with Coach Trevor Connor for a deep dive into new scientific research.
Indoor Cycling Basics
Chris Case explains why indoor cycling differs from outdoor riding, then offers tips to help you get the most out of your indoor sessions.
Training Distribution for Triathletes
If you’re new to triathlon, equal training among the three sports may be all you need. But for advanced athletes, a more sophisticated approach involves unequal distribution between the disciplines.
Q&A on Intensity within LSD Rides, Finding a Coach, and Coach as Teacher, with Rab Wardell
Coach and pro cyclist Rab Wardell helps us answer questions on adding bouts of intensity into your LSD rides, how to find a coach at your level, and how much a coach should serve as teacher.
Comparing Training Methods Across Endurance Sports, with Dr. Stephen Seiler
Dr. Stephen Seiler helps us explore the similarities and differences in physiology and training methodologies in running, cycling, cross-country skiing, and rowing.
Quantifying Hard Efforts
Dr. Stephen Cheung explores the various ways athletes and coaches can quantify hard efforts, and how this can inform training.
Q&A on Polarized Training, Ramping Down Your Season, and Ruining Workouts, with Rebecca Gross
Coach Rebecca Gross of 3six0 Performance helps us field questions on polarized training, closing out your season, if you can "ruin" workouts, spin classes, and more.
The Relationship Between Performance Level and Training Stress
Eighty percent of what you need to know about endurance training can be illustrated by a simple graph. Coach Connor and his mentor Glenn Swan explore this simple concept.