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Potato Purée Can Replace Conventional Carbohydrate Gels Without Performance Loss

Welcome to 2019, where sugar is evil, ketons are in and people are trying to replace energy gels with potatoes. Yep, potatoes. A new study from the University of Illinois…

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Indoor Cycling as Effective as Medication in Treating Parkinson’s Disease, New Study

Riding on an indoor bike three days per week appears to significantly decrease Parkinson’s symptoms for patients in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study published…

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How to Convert Watts to Calories Burned While Cycling

Traditionally speaking, trying to get a good idea for calorie expenditure from exercise is about as precise as an Imperial Stormtrooper with a laser blaster. There are plenty of apps…

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Why Cyclists Should Make Sleep a Priority in Their Daily Training

In April, I lost my job. I gained a nice severance payment, a reduction in stress, and a lot of free time. One of the first things I did was…

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Why You’re Cycling More But Not Losing Weight

Training hard and losing weight is a great combination for improving cycling speed, especially uphill, but doing both at once rarely works out. People hoping to lose weight with exercise…

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New FTP Testing Protocols

I was catching up on some reading when I came across an interesting article by Kolie Moore of Training Peaks about FTP testing and training, you can read the full…

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Back Away from the Suncreen, Sunshine Might Just Do More Good Than Harm

I often find myself taking heat from family and friends for not wearing a hat, not putting on sunscreen, not putting on long sleeves and pants, etc… when I’m out…

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How to Write a Cycling Training Plan for the Coming Year

The start of a new year means new resolutions. However, without a well laid out plan, most won’t make it further than a month or two. Having a goal (or…

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Awesome Chart for Finding Bodyweight Exercises for Every Body Part

For 15 years I almost exclusively lifted weights for my strength training exercise, but recently I’ve been trying to move to a more holistic approach. I use bodyweight movements for…

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The Right Amount of Alcohol? None.

A truly gigantic study entitled “Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” has determined that no…

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What it Took for Ted King to Win the Dirty Kanza

Ted King rode his way to a second Dirty Kanza win over the weekend. Kansas was brutally hot, humid and windy, but despite the conditions King went solo at 40…