Cycling Training Archives

Your Max Heart Rate Is Probably Wrong and Here’s How to Find the Real One

Yesterday at 6:11 pm2 min reading

Most cyclists first learn about maximum heart rate through the classic formula: 220 minus your age. It is simple, memorable and still widely used. Unfortunately, it turns out to be far less accurate than most people assume. Let’s take a look at what you should…

Inside the Cyclist’s Mind: Training Discipline vs Joy Riding

November 26, 2025 at 7:03 am2 min reading

Health & Training

Training plans promise progress. Joy rides promise freedom. For years I’ve been trying to work out which one should guide my cycling. Over the years I’ve lived in both worlds. Is it possible to balance both at the same time?

Inside the Cyclist’s Mind: Do You Ride Too Hard Alone or in a Group?

November 4, 2025 at 9:28 am2 min reading

Health & Training

You know the advice: keep most rides easy, build your aerobic base, stay in zone two. Simple in theory. In practice, I’ve spent a surprising amount of time trying to work out whether it’s easier to stick to that plan when I’m riding alone, with…

Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone Confused: How to Stop Training Like a Tired Squirrel

November 3, 2025 at 1:45 pm2 min reading

Health & Training

You set out with the best of intentions. Just a chill ride. Nice and steady. Zone 2. Fat burning. Aerobic base. All the good stuff. You put on your HR strap, sync your Garmin, say a little prayer to the endurance gods and roll out…

The Five Stages of Realizing Summer Legs Are Gone

September 24, 2025 at 10:42 am2 min reading

Health & Training

You clip in on a crisp September morning, still high on memories of July watts and suntanned smugness. You tell yourself the legs are still there. They’re just a little “rested.” A little “recalibrated.” You roll out. And by kilometre 12, you know.

How to Convince Yourself That Base Training Is Fun (Again)

September 22, 2025 at 3:53 pm2 min reading

Explore & Travel

It’s autumn. The speed has faded. The sun has fled. Your tan lines have blurred into nothingness. And now, your coach (or your spreadsheet, or your guilty conscience) whispers those fateful words:

Top 5 Reasons You’re Not Improving on the Bike

September 11, 2025 at 10:06 am2 min reading

Health & Training

It’s a familiar frustration, you’re putting in the time, maybe even more than last year, yet your performance feels stuck. Progress that once came quickly now feels like a grind, or worse, like it’s disappeared altogether. The truth is, a plateau is most often a…

The Diaphragm: Your Most Underrated Core Muscle

August 5, 2025 at 5:19 am4 min reading

Health & Training

Let’s start with a question: when you think about your core, what muscles come to mind?

Design Your Own Tour – Stage 5: The Mountains

July 30, 2025 at 11:18 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Ever wondered how it feels to ride a brutal mountain stage in the Tour de France? This article will help you design your own version of a summit battle – scaled to your fitness, but still epic.

Design Your Own Tour – Stage 4: The Rest Day

July 22, 2025 at 3:43 pm3 min reading

Health & Training

What do the pros at the Tour de France do on a rest day, and how can you best copy them? This article will show you how to create a true recovery day, whether you’re a data nerd or a couch cruiser.

Tag: Cycling Training

Your Max Heart Rate Is Probably Wrong and Here’s How to Find the Real One

Inside the Cyclist’s Mind: Training Discipline vs Joy Riding

Inside the Cyclist’s Mind: Do You Ride Too Hard Alone or in a Group?

Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone Confused: How to Stop Training Like a Tired Squirrel

The Five Stages of Realizing Summer Legs Are Gone

How to Convince Yourself That Base Training Is Fun (Again)

Top 5 Reasons You’re Not Improving on the Bike

The Diaphragm: Your Most Underrated Core Muscle

Design Your Own Tour – Stage 5: The Mountains

Design Your Own Tour – Stage 4: The Rest Day

Paris-Tour / Paris-Tours Espoirs / Km H/F

Cycling Tour

La Vuelta

Paris-Tour / Paris-Tours Espoirs / Km H/F

Cycling Tour

La Vuelta