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NEVER RIDE HARD ON TIRED LEGS. NEVER. EVER.

Rewind. Stop. Play. NEVER RIDE HARD ON TIRED LEGS. NEVER. EVER. This absolute core principle of intelligent training is repeated mantra-like by most of us. And all too often ignored. But do so at your peril, be you race teamer or serious fitness rider. Who says? Well, everyone. Including Scott Saifer...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by ljellison on 08-06-2008
No Really, Get Your Iron Checked.

I’ll admit it. I was mega-skeptical about this whole iron thing when it came up. It’s one of those things where one person tells you about something and then you start hearing it all over. The iron buzz!! Get your iron checked! Everyone is doing it! It all started...

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-16-2008
Fit Bit O' The Week - The Caffeinated Cyclist

LONGBOTTOM: Not Just for Post-Ride Fueling Anymore! Want to ride as hard, but suffer less? Then quaff a double/triple espresso an hour before you ride. According to research recently published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, caffeine makes exercise less painful. Even better...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 03-04-2008
Feeling Good Never Felt So Good

On Saturday I got back on the bike for real. I went out with a teammate to go long and slow. Long and steady. My training doesn’t usually call for LSD, so I was looking forward to ignoring the HR monitor and just riding. I wanted to learn a new route, so I called on the [...]

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-03-2008
Training While Sick: What’s the Verdict?

My cousin asked me about this a little over a month ago when she was down with some really nasty cold/flu stuff. "Should I run?" I told her to stop and get better. Or, if she did want to get a few miles in just for sanity’s sake, to go someplace warm (a gym) and do them [.....

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-27-2008
Fit Bit O' The Week - Base Miles BS

Slow Up to Slim Down? Sounds Good, But Don’t Believe It. “Hey, hey, hey. Take it easy out there.” That’s the secret. The panacea. The Magic Bullet. Pedal long, pedal gently and you’ll fry the fat faster. The alleged Big Bonus of Base Miles: Keep your intensity in the “fat-burning zone”, or FBZ——no more...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Fit Bit O' the Week - It's All In Your Mind, Part 2

This week's lesson, brothers and sisters, comes to us not from some crazed, foamy-mouthed bike coach, not from some pocket-protector-accoutred, clipboard-carrying exercise physiologist, not from some bulemic nutritionist. No, this week's wisdom's source is T. E. Lawrence. Yes, THAT Lawrence...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-02-2008
Fit Bit O' The Week - It's All in Your Mind

CYCLING strengthens your legs, lungs, heart and all its accompanying circulatory plumbing——but NOT, apparently, your psyche. Elevated HDLs, you bet. Upgraded VO2 Mac, check. Mood boost, uh-uh. So says a team of Dutch researchers. Reporting in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, the Netherlands nay sayers...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 01-27-2008
Fit-Bit O' The Week - Indoor POW-AH Training!

Winter. Portland, 2007-08. Gray. Wet. Cold. Snow. Ice. Fog: In Perpetuity. Gawd. So. You're not riding much, if at all. Weather like this (enough of this "Get Fenders" nonsense. Please) is why God made gyms. So don't show up when spring finally springs (this year, probably around mid...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 01-22-2008
Fit-Bit O' The Week - Got (Chocolate) Milk?

Say Moooooooooooo. Say it long, say it loud after a hard ride. And go longer, harder, faster your next time out. Research recently published in the UK journal The Journal of Exercise Nutrition and Metabolism divided fit cyclists into 3 groups, made them all ride their skinny asses off for 3 hours to...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 01-22-2008

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