Fitness
All the advice and insight you need to improve your riding, enhance your performance or simply get into better shape with cycling.
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Ask a cycling coach: ‘What should I do if I miss a workout from my training plan?’
Here's why 'chase training' is something that should be avoided - and what to do instead
By James Spragg • Published
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Power vs aerodynamics: what is the best balance and how can I achieve it?
Watts and aerodynamics are two cornerstones of our cycling performance - but favoring only one will see you going slower than a more balanced approach. Here’s our guide to better optimising your speed
By Andy Turner • Published
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What is TSS in cycling - and how can understanding it improve your fitness?
We take you through the benefits - and the limitations - of this key cycling metric
By Andy Turner • Published
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Skip the sports drinks, non-alcoholic beer may be as good as, or even better, for post cycling recovery
Dry January may be over but you may want to keep stocking those nonalcoholic beers — for fitness sake.
By Anne-Marije Rook • Published
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Cycling and exercise addiction: how much is too much?
What does it mean to get hooked on riding your bike? CW investigates exercise addiction and comes face-to-face with its devastating consequences
By Chris Marshall-Bell • Published
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Ask a cycling coach: ‘If I’m shattered from work, am I better off reducing the power targets or skipping the session?’
How to work out if you should push through the fatigue or take some all-important recovery time
By James Spragg • Published
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'I'm studying maths – my brain needs something else besides cycling': Thomas Gloag on his hunger for learning on and off the bike
The 21-year-old Londoner and new Jumbo-Visma signing on rising to the challenge as he begins his WorldTour career
By Chris Marshall-Bell • Published
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Struggling with the cold? This ‘dynamic warm-up' could be the answer for your winter cycling
We take you through four dynamic warmup exercises recommended by a sports physio
By Tom Couzens • Published
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Ask a cycling coach: ‘Most training plans are too specific – how can I improve all areas of my cycling?
What's the best training you can do if you don't want to be railroaded into being a pure sprinter, time trialist or ultra-distance cyclist?
By James Spragg • Published