I had high hopes for the JOIN Cycling adaptive training plan/app. Unfortunately, some rough edges make it difficult to recommend.…
Review
July 2, 2024
JOIN Cycling Coach & Training
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No. Not unless I’m missing something… As I’m sure you all know, and the author of the article below readily admits, we calculate power (i.e. the metric that matters) by using the incredibly simple formula “cadence * torque = power” in watts. So when Zach gets on his soapbox about Training with Torque, and how it’s all important and stuff, what he’s actually trying to sell is Training with Cadence by a…
Blog
December 16, 2022
Move More? Have A Better COVID-19 Outcome.
If you needed another reason to feel good about all those hours you spend pushing the pedals, pounding the pavement, or even swimming. Let’s bask in the finding in this study, which looked at the relationship between COVID-19 outcomes and levels of physical activity.…
News
December 7, 2022
Phosphate Loading, Meh…
I can’t say that I’ve even been tempted to load up on phosphate pre-race, but now I know that I should resist this urge, should it ever appear. Down boy! Down!…
News
September 22, 2022
Zwift Releases their iOS UX Dumpster Fire to Apple TV
I have to wonder what the product managers at Zwift were thinking when they OK’d releasing the hot mess that is Zwift on iOS to the Apple TV. While it’s usable, barely, on an iPad it is not on the Apple TV. I really hope this was an accident, because wow……
News
June 2, 2022
Antibiotics May Impact Endurance Athletes
Anecdotally, I have absolutely noticed a decline in motivation and performance after a course of antibiotics. Although, in each of these cases there has also been a reason why I was taking the antibiotics. Usually because I crashed my bike and needed them to prevent or fight off an infection. For that reason, I’ve never really thought about the potential that antibiotics were exacerbating the problem – until last night when I…
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April 15, 2022
Just Breathe
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April 10, 2022
Some Unqualified Training Advice :)
A friend recently asked me to assist them with putting together a training plan. They didn’t provide much in the way of specific goals, so I shared some thoughts on how I approach training. What I’m currently doing, which includes work on the bike as well as off. Some of the way, or maybe why, I do the off-bike work is structured for cycling fitness, but even before I started cycling I…
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January 6, 2022
Hitting the wall isn’t bad…
Until relatively recently, I’d never failed to complete, or even had to pause, a structured workout to make it all the way through. Back then, I took a small amount of comfort from this artifact. Now, I think that’s backwards, and I couldn’t have been more wrong. My current thinking is that I wasn’t pushing hard enough in my structured training. So I wasn’t identifying areas of improvement. Finding a limit is…
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December 2, 2021
Pain Cave Setup – 2021
I spend a lot of time riding the trainer in my “pain cave”, so I’ve had to put a lot of thought into making it work from an comfort and ergonomics perspective. This video walks through the setup and some of the why I made the choices I made configuring it.…