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Getting Skinny In The Snow

You’re short of time but you still want to be the local hero on your home trails? The gym’s packed with pumped-up chavs and you’d rather be outside anyway? Then perhaps cyclocross could be the right sort of winter training for you. We got the guys from SCOTT Bike24 Mountain bike Race Team to show us just how much fun you can have in the snow on skinny tyres.

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Nutrition Tips From Anneke Beerten

“We train like rocky, sleep like a baby and eat like a lion”. We all know the in’s and out’s when it comes to training or bike set up, but do we also know how to fuel or body? Anneke Beerten is not only an extremely fast and successful racer, she also has a diploma in sports nutrition and was only too happy to give us some valuable advices about nutrition.

Anneke ist eine der schnellsten Enduro Racerinnen der Welt. Eine gesunde Ernährung gehört ebenso zum Trainingsalltag wie die Stunden im Sattel.
Anneke is one of the fastest Enduro...

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4 Sling-trainer exercises for more core and leg strength

Sling-trainers are getting more and more popular, available from many different brands. You could well describe them as mobile gyms as the opportunities to train with them are extremely varied. A short while back we showed you four exercises for increasing core strength to help you improve your bike control. The next three sling trainer exercises presented here aim to further increase your core strength and stability. The fourth exercise can be used as a supplement to what we already showed you.

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Editor’s Winter training blogs Part 2

At the beginning of December in the first part of this article we told you about our strengths, our weaknesses and the resulting winter goals. Now, a good four weeks later it’s time to report on the first phase of our winter-workouts. You could say ‘false start’ is the best description up until now, but read on for yourself…

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5 Tips for more Turbo Trainer Fun

As much fun as muddy winter trails can be you’ll never be able to spend as much time riding them as in the summer. The consequence: your fitness melts over the winter like ice in the sun. If you’ve always thought turbo trainers too tedious but want to hold on to your hard earned summer fitness it’s time to rethink your opinion. And for anyone thinking about pushing their limits don’t forget: “champions are made in the winter”.

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