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Potato Purée Can Replace Conventional Carbohydrate Gels Without Performance Loss

  • Kevin Curry
  • October 25, 2019
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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

  • Kevin Curry
  • September 13, 2019
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

  • Kevin Curry
  • August 29, 2019
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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

  • Kevin Curry
  • August 28, 2019
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

  • Kevin Curry
  • July 3, 2019
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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

  • Kevin Curry
  • January 22, 2019
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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

  • Kevin Curry
  • January 14, 2019
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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

  • Kevin Curry
  • January 3, 2019
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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

  • Kevin Curry
  • November 26, 2018
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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.

  • Kevin Curry
  • August 28, 2018
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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

  • Kevin Curry
  • June 4, 2018
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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…
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Maybe it is Possible to Catch Up on Sleep Afterall

  • Kevin Curry
  • May 29, 2018
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I sleep in late whenever I can. I don’t pull of 11 or even noon like I did as a teenager anymore, but if I can stay in bed until…
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Cycling Keeps the Immune System Young

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How Long Would You Have to Ride Your Bike to Mine One Bitcoin

  • Kevin Curry
  • February 1, 2018
I just spent an hour and a half grinding out some miles on Zwift and I had a thought. If I swapped my trainer for a generator, how long would…
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Recommended Reading: Strava Fitness App Can Reveal Military Sites, Analysts Say

  • Kevin Curry
  • January 29, 2018
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Another great argument for opt-in as opposed to opt-out data sharing on social networks. This past weekend, [Nathan Ruser] announced on Twitter that Strava’s heatmap also managed to highlight exercise…
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