Do You Really Need a Heart Rate Monitor for Cycling?
Someone at the café stop keeps telling you to train by heart rate. Your training plan does too. You glance at the strap on the table and then at the…
Obsessed With Your Average Speed? It Might Be Why You’ve Stopped Getting Faster
You roll out, settle into a rhythm, and glance down a few miles in. The average speed is sitting a touch lower than last week, so you push a little…
Can You Still Ride With AFib? What Cardiologists Actually Say
John Mandrola is the kind of doctor who understands the fear from both sides. He’s a cardiac electrophysiologist at Baptist Health, and he’s also a lifelong exerciser who raced bikes….
What Is the FTP of the Average Cyclist?
You finish your first FTP test with shaking legs and look at the screen. Or a friend at the café stop drops their number like it’s nothing. You check one…
Why You Gain Weight Every Winter (and How Cyclists Finally Break the Cycle)
February tells on you first. The bibs that felt roomy in September now fit like sausage casing, and you wonder if age finally caught up. If that sounds familiar, winter…
Do Cyclists Over 50 Really Need to Lift Weights? We Finally Looked at the Evidence
You know that moment on the club ride when the pace snaps. Everyone else jumps across the gap and your legs just hum the same old note. You still finish…
Restarting Cycling After 40: How to Come Back Without Wrecking Yourself
You know the bike is still in there. It leans behind the lawn chairs in the garage with soft tires and a light coat of dust, and you have perfected…
The Metrics That Actually Matter for Cyclists Over 50 (And the Ones to Stop Chasing)
You finish a good ride, stop the computer, and get handed a dozen numbers plus a score out of 100. Most of them tell you nothing you can actually use….
The Laziest Ways to Get Faster on a Bike (That Actually Work)
What if the smartest training was also the easiest? You don’t need to suffer more to ride faster. Half the riders passing you aren’t tougher than you, they’re just working…
Why Recovery Takes Longer For Cyclists Over 50 – And What You Can Do About It
You do a ride that would have cost you an afternoon at 35, and now it flattens you for three days. You’re not imagining it. Some of that slower bounce-back…