This week on the Endurance QuickCast we have a guest! We have a PPC athlete on the show with me. So on today’s show, we are going to talk quite a bit about multi day racing as well as the coach athlete relationship with our guest and PPC athlete.
The pre race warm up
I have written about warming up and cooling down after races and training rides in the past and even had some interesting comments about cool downs but this season I have had more conversations with athletes I coach about pre race warm ups. What do I mean by a pre race warm up? This is a training ride done the … Read More
Intro to Training Factors: Balance, Flexibility and Agility
If you recall from my first article on training factors I wrote about the Romanian sports scientist Dr. Tudor Bompa and his schema called “The Training Factors Pyramid”. I covered one of the most important training factors in the first article, endurance and listed all the other training factors. In this article I am going to cover three new training … Read More
Preparing for your new racing season Pt 2
In the last article “What goes into developing a training plan” I outlined what all competitive athletes need to be thinking about, planning for and preparing for to have a great season on the bike. I listed several bullets of what needs to be done to prepare for planning. I am going to extend each bullet addin a summary of … Read More
Ready to join a cycling team?
Been a while since I wrote a full article here on the PPC site! Been very busy racing, training and coaching as of late. I love and hate this time of year. I call this the silly season. I know this doesn’t sound like my usual positive self but it’s true. I really hate seeing some form disappear as racing … Read More