Junior cycling
Using Performance Testing to Shape Your Training
Performance testing is how we evaluate our strengths and weaknesses, what’s overdeveloped and underexpressed. It’s not a judgement, it’s a compass. As a coach, I don’t believe in religiously prescribing power tests to my athletes, but following a period of transition, testing can be quite useful. Testing an athlete’s physiology, whether in the lab or…
Read MoreBalancing School and Cycling: Good Grades and Strong Results Are Possible!
Hire Coach Ethan Balancing academics and athletics, whether in high school or college can feel overwhelming at times. The workload, travel, and training all pile up quickly. But after navigating both high school and a double major in college, I’ve learned how to strike the right balance and succeed in both. Going to school…
Read MoreWhen To Start Training For Next Season And Why
Now. The time is now. As coaches and athletes, fall or early season is training season and this is the most exciting time of year. We can look back at last season and be objective in looking at the data and seeing what worked and what didn’t. We can sit down and map out the…
Read MoreJunior Cycling Development: Mac Tomkins’ Ascent
Find out how coach Taylor can help your development Introduction Mac and I started our coach-athlete relationship shortly after he attended a USAC junior cycling development camp. The camp was a great place to start, to help riders identify their level, start to learn how to train effectively and give them guidance on where to…
Read MoreWhy Results Aren’t Everything: A More Balanced Take on Youth Cycling
In youth cycling, it can feel like everything revolves around results. Whether it’s a local crit or a national championship, there’s a lot of pressure to perform…and perform well. That pressure can come from all kinds of places: wanting to prove yourself, hoping to impress someone, chasing a future in the sport. And while there’s…
Read MoreInside the Staff Meeting: Optimal Crank Length
Go inside a Source Endurance staff meeting as Coaches and Master Fitters Zack Allison and Matt Hill discuss optimal crank length.
Read MoreThe Path to Junior Cycling Success: Coaching for the Next Generation
What began as a childhood hobby soon became a lifelong pursuit that would shape my career and personal growth. Over the past 12 years, I’ve raced in road cycling, cyclocross, and mountain biking, competing in dozens of states, several countries, and at multiple national championships. Through this journey, I’ve learned how to create a path…
Read MoreFinding the Perfect Openers: What Science Says About Pre-Race Cycling Workouts
Finding the Perfect Openers: What Science Says About Pre-Race Cycling Workouts If you’ve ever felt sluggish at the start of a race or struggled to hit your rhythm early on, you’re not alone. Many cyclists use openers—short, high-intensity efforts performed the day before or the morning of an event—to activate their muscles and prepare for…
Read MoreVO2 Max Testing in San Diego with Source Endurance
Did you know that Source Endurance has partnered with San Diego State University to offer laboratory performance testing??? The SDSU lab offers VO2 max testing, along with lactate threshold testing and DEXA scans. This is a great time of year to get baseline data to help you tailor your training approach to meet your upcoming…
Read MoreThe Trajectory of a Junior Cyclist
Young riders are the future of our sport. Whether or not a certain junior cyclist will go pro on the quick trajectory, or that rider will stop after college, take a break, come back as a Cat 3 and race through masters, every young rider entering the sport is someone that should be cultivated. With…
Read MoreMeasuring the Benefits of Training Consistency
Learn how Source Endurance can help you Today we’re going to dive a bit deeper into the Kimberly Lucie (Instagram) case study to examine some measurable benefits of training consistency and compliance. Hopefully, this will give all of us the confidence and motivation to trust the process of fully committing to your goals and to…
Read MoreTraining Consistency and Compliance: Fundamentals of Success
Hire a Coach Training Consistency and Compliance: The True Fundamentals of Success Across the vastness of the internet exist countless articles with lists that inspire athletes to improve FTP, increase VO2 max, sprint better. But what we rarely see from our consumer media sources is that success requires two fundamentals that aren’t flashy and…
Read MoreHow to Effectively Moderate Your Workouts and Why
Don’t ruin yourself in a single session only to have lesser quality for subsequent training. Optimize the whole training block. Learn to moderate your workouts
Read MoreExercise in Wildfire Smoke: Poor Decision?
Exercise in wildfire smoke can be an insidious threat to performance and health. Learn some practical health tips and how to protect yourself and keep training.
Read MoreIncorporating the Group Ride into Your Training Plan
Learn to incorporate group rides into your training to best benefit you and your goals.
Read MoreBalancing High-Carb Nutrition Needs with Dental Health
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Read MoreThe Art of Team Tactics
Team tactics help effectively apply assets to bring the best team result possible. Bike racing is also full of nuances that lead to a different race outcomes.
Read MoreCoach Taylor featured on “Fast Talk Podcast”
Trying to go pro is one of the hardest things we can do. Jack Burke and Taylor Warren share what they’ve learned and how that applies to the rest of us, too.
Read MoreThe Truth About High Carb Nutrition Intake for Cycling Performance that you Wish you knew Sooner
Coaches Adam and Taylor discuss the sinister decay that lies beneath the shiny veneer of the high-carb 100g of sugar per hour with Dr. Sol Cantwell, DDS.
Read MoreCoach Nikki tapped as Assistant Coach for Reno Devo Nationals Program
In addition to being the Program Coordinator, Coach Nikki will also be assuming the role of Assistant Coach with the Reno Devo Nationals Program.
Read MoreCoach Kristen Arnold Featured on Fast Talk Labs
National Team Coach and Nutritionist Kristen Arnold helps us explore maximizing your nutrition as an athlete, gives advice for how junior women can reach the next level, and shares her experience managing national projects.
Read MoreA Guide to Choosing a Cycling Coach
Hire a Coach! Choosing a cycling coach is very important… and it can also feel very overwhelming! In my opinion, it’s as important as choosing a bike frame, wheelset, or drivetrain. A coach is someone who not only keeps you accountable, but works together with you to achieve your goals. If you choose to hire…
Read MoreDehydration Drives DNFs at Gravel Races
The primary reason that athletes did not finish (DNF) gravel races was due to dehydration and complications that arise from it.
Read MoreCoach Kristen’s recap as USA Cycling Women’s Development Road Director
My first season working with the road National Team as the Women’s Development Road Director at USA Cycling was a fun, fulfilling, and healthy challenge for me.
Read MoreBrody McDonald: U23 World Championship Road Race Prep
Brody McDonald is one of the favorites to win the U23 World Championship road race in Glasgow. In this article, we take a look at his training and preparation for the race. We discuss his focus on volume and zone 2 training, his on-the-bike nutrition, his racecraft, and his taper. We also give our predictions for how he will perform in Glasgow.
Read MoreCory Williams, Evolution of Excellence
I had heard about Cory prior to 2016 but in all honesty I didn’t know much about him. I knew he was one of the fastest and most explosive field sprinters in North America. But his Achilles Heel was that he couldn’t consistently reach the finish line with the peloton. As the Performance Director on the Elevate- KHS Pro Cycling Team there was a distinct need to see improvement from one of the team’s designated closers.
Read MoreTour of the Gila Recap- Alex Hoehn’s First UCI Stage Race Win
Alex Hoehn won the 2023 Tour of the Gila by a margin of two seconds over Óscar Sevilla. his win was the culmination of years of hard work. He has dedicated himself to the sport, to his training and becoming a 24/7 whole athlete.
Read MoreSource Endurance tapped for USA Cycling Athlete Development Pathway
Source Endurance is proud to join USA Cycling in announcing the launch of the Athlete Development Pathway.
Read MoreStructuring 2023 for the SoCal Race Calendar
Most of us have already closed the book on our 2022 season. Perhaps you’re already in a transition phase and craving some much-needed soul riding. Once the season is finished in earnest, usually taking 2-3 weeks away from structured training can be one of the best things you can do for yourself to start to…
Read MoreShake Your Money Maker: Helmets Protect Your Greatest Asset
Using science-based evidence to guide us when choosing a safe bicycle helmet
Read MorePatience in Racing: Often Overlooked, Never Underrated
HERE. WE. GO! Whether you’re ready or not, the 2021 racing season has started. Many of us are emerging from the months of Zwift training and working up the courage to do that first race. It’s likely racing will be analogous to our first post-pandemic group social interactions. We’re all going to be excited, a…
Read MoreFlavors Make You Fast
It’s no secret that food is fuel. Kristen Arnold has written many pieces giving excellent nutrition advice on how to fuel exercise and an active lifestyle. If you want to nail your workout, recover like a Pro, and keep making improvements, it’s imperative that you take in enough nutrition. But did you know that flavors…
Read More5 Benefits of Cycling Coaching in a Pandemic
The global pandemic is very real. If you’ve been fortunate enough to maintain your health and employment, you’ve probably also felt bummed to watch all your 2020 events and goals go up in smoke. We’ll never be taking events for granted again, that’s for sure… Here are five ways Source Endurance coaches are here to…
Read MoreCycling Training: Workout completion over perfection
October is an odd month for cycling athletes. In many ways it’s a great time of year: fall is here, the leaves are changing, warm weather sticks around sometimes and can make for some great riding and training. October, November, December are also when athletes are most likely to look backward or inward. If you…
Read MoreRider Highlight: Cole Limpach takes the win at East Village Crit in Des Moines, Iowa
Junior athlete Cole Limpach has been crushing this season…he most recently took his first P/1/2 win, complete with post up at East Village Crit in Des Moines, Iowa. “I got in a break with two teammates and one other. After about 5 laps in the break. I attacked and rode solo for about 3 laps until…
Read MoreCase Study: Tyrel Fuchs' Journey to Cat 1 Upgrade
Tyrel Fuchs just got his Cat 1 upgrade at 19 years old! Nice work! It took a ton of work on Tyrel’s part to get here and this article is a way to highlight his work and a follow up the Junior / U23 trajectories article before this. Tyrel’s brother Caleb was a very fast…
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