Keeping The Body Fueled Up As someone who spends a fair amount of time working out, I want to do what I can to make sure I can perform well each day. Obviously, the food I eat makes a difference and I try to eat a healthy diet on a weekly basis. But, in addition [...] Read more »
Get Fit Faster Using Heart Rate Based Training
Heart Rate Is Key To Fitness One of the best ways to build your fitness and increase your ability to workout better, is by using your heart rate to set your workouts. I’ve been training with a heart rate monitor for nearly 27 years and have found it to be very helpful. Back in the [...] Read more »
The Indoor Trainer Difference
As I was comparing my workouts over the last couple of weeks I noticed something that I think I instinctively knew but hadn’t seen so plainly before. Indoor trainer workouts are a very efficient way to train. A Tale Of Two Weeks Take a look at these two charts from WKO+: This first chart is [...] Read more »
Heart Rate Based Training Part Two
Welcome to part two of this series on using your heart rate to exercise properly. This part is fairly long but I think the information is worth the time it will take to read it. In part one of this series I discussed what maximum heart rate is and how it relates to developing a [...] Read more »
Heart Rate Based Training Part One
This is part one of a series on using your heart rate to train effectively. I wanted to do this series because I know that most people who ride a bike for fitness or competition don’t have a power meter (yet). That doesn’t mean you can’t do effective training. In fact, heart rate based training [...] Read more »
Final Preparation For Six Gap Century
The Six Gap Century is in 3 days and I am just about ready to “roll”. But, before I start the ride at 7:30AM on Sunday there are a few things I still need to do in order to complete my preparation. The Riding I have really cut back on the riding this week in [...] Read more »
