The Risk of Training

This article has also been published in the October issue of The Racing Post.

Photo by Hauggen

If you’re training for a race, you probably understand that you will have to push yourself outside of your comfort zone in order to get better. You’ll have to increase your training volume, intensity, or both. You’ll [...]

Asleep at the Handlebar – Hand Numbness in Cyclists

Photo by Augustin Ruiz

Numbness or tingling in the hands is a relatively common occurrence in cyclists. I’d venture to say that most serious cyclists have experienced this phenomenon at least briefly while in the saddle.

However, the way in which it afflicts one person or the other can vary widely. To understand this we [...]

Exercise, Heart Rate, & Power Output in the Heat

<This article was published in the August 2009 issue of The Racing Post.>

Photo by Anita Ritenour

With temperatures in Texas reaching triple digits on a regular basis, there’s been a lot written on exercise in the heat. There are some highly respectable exercise physiologists and coaches in the state that have studied the research [...]

Got Iron?

In last month’s issue we talked about the stress of exercise, and how fitness and health are not synonymous terms. This time we’re going to look at some evidence of how training can have detrimental effects without careful management, and we’re going to start with a substance that is crucial to your existence: oxygen.

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