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Indoor Cycling Training & Turbo Training Guide

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Indoor Cycling Training & Turbo Training Guide

Indoor training can, and should be a part of any cyclists training regime. But how do you get started? Well, luckily, we're here to answer all your questions with our handy guide on indoor cycling training and turbo training. 

2020-03-27 14:20:24By

Cycling Nutrition Plan

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Cycling Nutrition Plan

Cyclists require a lot of energy to endure their intense training regimes, and this cannot be done without a well-thought out nutrition plan. We have teamed up with the sports nutritionists over at Myprotein to help you structure your diet around training so that you get the best from the hours of tough work on the bike.

2018-01-05 17:40:16By Elizabeth Demetriou

What do the Tour De France riders eat and drink

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What do the Tour De France riders eat and drink

It may enter your head how nice it must be for a Tour de France rider to be able to eat so much food?! Imagine all those calories you can consume withour getting fat? Well this may not be as enjoyable as you think.

2017-07-04 10:20:11By

Why is the Tour De France so hard?

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Why is the Tour De France so hard?

It is hard to believe but The Tour de France isn't half as hard as it used to be when it first began in 1903. Riders would ride all day and all night, but, as you can imagine this faced major issues and so as time went on the Tour de France evolved making it what it is today and still proving to be the hardest bike race in the world. But what makes it so hard? What makes it different to any other race in the world?

2017-07-01 08:00:21By

High protein recipes for cyclists

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High protein recipes for cyclists

Recently there has been quite lot of focus on cyclists taking on more protein. Proteins are needed to repair and regenerate torn and fatigued muscles.

2017-06-30 16:05:48By

How often should you Cycle?

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How often should you Cycle?

The big question is how often should you ride in order to make you, either fit enough to just happily ride your bike, fit enough for the club run, or fit enough to race. Whilst these may all be slightly different goals there is a secret magic formula to ensure you are pedalling pretty in the peloton.

2017-06-26 11:02:04By

Sports Nutrition: sweets or gels?

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Sports Nutrition: sweets or gels?

Isotonic, 2:1, triple action…. You can be forgiven for recognising these terms but have no idea why they’re relevant to you. After all, these are just marketing terms banded around by nutrition brands, right?

2017-04-13 16:59:22By Casey Walker

How To Get More Power From Your Legs

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How To Get More Power From Your Legs

Power, we all want more. We are always trying to eek out a little bit more, whether it's loosing weight to increase your power to weight ratio, whether its buying more aero kit, aero wheels, lighter bikes, we are always striving to achieving a little bit more. But what if you are missing the obvious. Power doesn't just come from your legs...

2017-03-17 14:05:47By

Fuelling for your Rides

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Fuelling for your Rides

The list of different types of cycling is amazing. You can road ride, mountain bike, hill climb, track race, time-trial and BMX. Each discipline needs to be fuelled slightly differently, so we've put together a nutrition guide for a number of disciplines.

2017-02-21 16:51:48By

How to get lean muscle through cycling

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How to get lean muscle through cycling

How do you get lean strong muscle through cycling? It's not just about miles anymore, there is more to it. Read our blog to find out more.

2017-02-17 10:20:52By