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A member asked today why his TSS and IF are lower than the workout’s prescribed TSS and IF even though he was above the target almost the entire workout. What do those acronyms mean? The interesting features of the workouts are 4x20s “muscle fiber activation efforts”. For almost the entire workout, his power was above…

As we head into the colder months, at least here in the northern part of the western hemisphere, it’s time to shift gears and dial back the intensity, log some longer, steady-effort base mileage, and start laying that aerobic foundation in hopes of ascending to higher levels of fitness in the upcoming cycling season. This,…

With the winter season very soon upon us, I’ve devised a fully-developed and thoroughly tested cyclocross training plan that will give ‘cross riders 3 options based on training time availability as well as 2 further options based upon incoming fitness and planned season peaks. The first 3 options will allow riders to choose between 3…

In response to a question frequently asked by our subscribers, our support specialist, Alex, recently posed a generalized version of this question as a topic for this week’s blog post. Simply, many indoor riders wonder if there is a relationship between cadence and FTP. So I think this is a good opportunity to provide a…

Regardless of which type of riding occupies your leisure time – and I’m assuming your time on the bike is mostly leisure time otherwise you’re a pro rider and unlikely to learn anything from this post you haven’t already been directly exposed to – learning how to best draft fellow riders is not only useful…