Posts Tagged ‘cycling coach’
Upcoming Event: FUELTALK at Interbike
Source Endurance Coach Adam Mills will be a part of FUELTALK’s seminar located in downtown Las Vegas during the week of Interbike. The night will be full of knowledge-sharing from sports nutritionists, coaches, pro-athletes, and endurance sport entrepreneurs and will cover how to optimize your performance with mind, body, and tech. The goal of FUELTALK…
Read MoreFunctional Threshold Power (FTP): What Can it Tell Us?
As a bike racer, or even a recreational rider, lactate threshold, commonly called functional threshold power, or FTP, is something you have almost surely heard about. A rider’s FTP is the maximum number of watts he or she can hold steadily for roughly an hour. While not precisely the same in terms of physiological definition,…
Read MoreWhy midseason is the perfect time to hire a cycling coach
Mid-season. At this point, often the initial excitement of racing has worn off and you start to feel increasingly tired with each race. With several great events left you this season, you want to eek out everything you can without hating your bike by the end. Contrary to popular belief, mid-season is a perfect time…
Read MoreCreating, Establishing and Committing to a Breakaway
Eric Marcotte wins out of a breakaway. Photo Credit: Casey Gibson Welcome to the mid-season for road racing, 2016. All around the country, Source Endurance athletes have been taking chances and getting up the road only to have the breakaway attempt fail for a multitude of reasons. I thought I’d take a couple minutes and send out…
Read MoreBWR: Equipment Choices
Now that we’ve read about the Belgian Waffle Ride and what physiological challenges to expect, let’s talk about the equipment challenges of such an event. Unless you’re coming from a mountain bike background, the discussion of equipment challenges is a bit of a foreign topic. One of the biggest equipment considerations for a road racer…
Read MoreAthlete Highlight – Clint Waara
Clint Waara – Fort Collins, Colorado. Source Endurance Athlete since 11/2014 Stats: Road Rider – Goals – Raise threshold power, work on weaknesses, lose weight. Rider Type- power rider, longer efforts, time trial strength. 20 minute power July 2015 – 300 watts normalized (NP) 20 minute power December…
Read MoreTraining Center of the Rockies December News Letter
Hey Northern Colorado, November was a big month for us! We saw many new faces and had our first snow. Here’s the highlights Some big classes with the time change, snow, and icy temperatures. We had a weight lifting for cyclists seminar. With presentation by our own Zack Allison covering relevant studies and form for…
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