This article originally appeared in Issue 23 of Cyclocross Magazine and talks about injury and how you can avoid it,…
Tag archive for ‘training’
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Should You Be Stretching More? — Issue 23 Sneak Peek
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Wahoo Fitness Releases Indoor Training App with Strava KOM Segments
Don’t like riding on the roads but miss the thrill of competition? Already dreading winter trainer sessions? There might be…
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Coaching Corner: Getting Ready for Commitment
by Jacob Fetty If ’cross is your primary partner, what should you be doing over the coming weeks to insure…
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Look Back: Cyclocross Training Camp at World Cycling Centre with Geoff Proctor
What do serious Juniors do in the off-season? A six-day training camp at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland,…
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Introducing Our New FAQ Section: Info Every ’Crosser Should Know
Lately, we’ve been covering the latest tech news, featuring great races, talking summer training and getting in-depth with some great…
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Why You Should Attend (or Host) a Pre-Season Cyclocross Clinic: How To
Summer: a time to relax, have barbeques, hit the beach, and … get ready for cyclocross season. If you finished…
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Training Tuesday: Matt Fitzgerald, Sports Nutrition Extraordinaire
Because no one has written much on nutrition for cyclocross racers, we at Cyclocross Magazine decided to ask Fitzgerald for some cyclocross-specific advice. As ’crossers, we have interesting nutritional needs: we race in all types of temperatures and climates, we go hard for 45 minutes two days a week and then recover to do it all again and of course, we do love the beer tent. We’re a nutritional enigma, trying to eat healthy surrounded by waffle carts and chocolate-covered bacon and trying to stay svelte for a long season that often isn’t a racer’s main season is a challenge in and of itself. It gets even harder when racers’ schedules demand a lot of recovery and travel time, and little by way of long hours on the bike. Luckily, Fitzgerald had some tips for us.
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Coaching Corner: Building Your Own Barriers
Building a set of collapsible barriers with PVC pipe is a piece of cake! If you’ve ever attending a cyclocross practice session, you probably have seen a set of PVC barriers erected. For one thing, they’re incredibly easy to break down and set up. An added bonus is that if a newer, more unsteady rider crashes into them (or if a seasoned pro comes in too hot and crashes into them), it won’t really hurt anything but his or her pride.
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The Benefits of a Pre-Season Cyclocross Camp
On Friday, we talked a bit about what to look for in a training camp. But today, we want to…
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Cyclocross for Newbs: Lessons Learned Looking Back on My First Season
by Seth Lincoln Going into the 2012 cyclocross season, I had exactly zero racing experience and searched high and low…
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Considering Coaching? Nationals Winners Weigh in on Their Coaches—Or Lack Thereof
Now that the season is over and you’ve most likely taken some time to think about your results from the…
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Training for Cyclocross – An Off-Season Plan for a Strong Next Season
Done for the season? Put on a few extra pounds? Want to race better next year? While some of you…
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Coaching Corner: How Much Time is “Enough Time”? How Can I Fit It In?
Today, our coach-in-residence, Jacob Fetty, talks about being reasonable about training. And if you want to read even more about…
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Sneak Peek: Issue 19′s Feature on Recovery Rules
In the spirit of holiday giving, we wanted to offer our readers a sneak peek at what’s between the pages…
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Coaching Corner: Lower Your Workload to Increase Balance and Reach Your Goals
by Jacob Fetty One cup of coffee. Two. Kids are up. Work is calling – literally and figuratively. You are already…
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Holiday Nutrition: the Cyclist’s Guide to Avoiding Weight Gain with Nationals Around the Corner
by Jordan Dubé As a student of Sports Nutrition, I got into this gig because I wanted to know, “What…
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What Powers Cyclocross, the Surprising Truth: A Column by Adam McGrath
by Adam McGrath This cyclocross season has been a great success, and upon reflection I have only one thing to…
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Skills and Fitness on the Fritz? Consider a Clinic!
With so many clinics popping up in early September, we wanted to show this gem off again! Summer: a time…
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Using Rollerblading as “Cross”-Training: John Arias Talks Inline
We’ve all heard that pro-cyclocrosser Adam Myerson started out roller speed skating. Because rollerblading has since declined in popularity, it’s…
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Training with High Intensity: A Look at the Cyclo90 H.I.T. Program
by Molly Hurford Looking to get ready for cyclocross on the off-season but finding yourself short on time? We looked…
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Riding the Night Train – Tips and Tricks for Cyclocross Training at Night
An oldie-but-goodie, we’re taking a look back at a great piece on training and riding at night. Now that the…
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Women’s Wednesdays: Clinics Down Under
by Kate Lansell The first Dirty Deeds (the cyclocross series that’s growing the sport in Australia) women’s skills session was…
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Women’s Wednesday: Off-Season Antics, Part II
by Molly Hurford The off-season isn’t really much of an off season for any of our serious women racers, as…
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Training Workout Review: Cyclo90 H.I.T. Program
by Molly Hurford We recently interviewed Graeme Street, the creator of the Cyclo90 H.I.T. Program, and now that we’ve had…
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Newbie News: Remounting (Video)
Here at Cyclocross Magazine, we’re excited to launch our first of many how-to videos. In this series, we’ll be asking elite riders to show us how they perfected skills like remounts, dismounts, cornering, barriers, sand and quite a few other tricks.
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Lessons Learned – A Column by Lee Waldman
It was just last year when I wrote that short-track mountain bike racing was the key to preparing for the upcoming ’cross season. Not racing the road, I still wanted to keep that edge that only real racing can give you. So, I turned to the C.U. Cycling Short Track Series. The fit seemed perfect -short, intense races that mimicked the effort and style of cyclocross racing. Because they were short, they allowed for more training on race days. I’ve added something else. Something even more intense and painful in it’s own way. Endurance racing.
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In the Saddle with Todd Wells, Three-Time National Champion
This marks the start of the new online “In the Saddle” feature for Cyclocross Magazine. Bi-weekly, we’ll be chasing down…
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Bike Commute to a Winning Cyclocross Season
With much of the country celebrating Bike to Work Month, Week or Day (today in the Bay Area), and (some…