If you’ve been following the recent Training Tuesday articles from Chris Mayhew, you’re might be curious about the value of a pre-season taper. Read this week’s article to learn how to sharpen your fitness for the rigors of ‘cross and the start of the saeson.
It seems easy enough. Train in the late summer and early fall, then race, recover and repeat through Nationals. But how much form do you …
Last week’s Training Tuesday talked about the benefits of taking a break as ‘cross season approaches. This week, Chris Mayhew tells us how to get to work for ‘cross now that we’re rested.
It’s time to take a break again. Read JBV Coaching’s Chris Mayhew’s take on why we need a summer break if the goal is to be fit and fast come ‘cross season.
Many recent Training Tuesday pieces have talked about working on skills during the offseason. Here, we present an article on tackling downhills that first appeared in Issue 30 to help you start thinking about those “mission-critical” components of racing cyclocross.
Enjoy this interview with Chris Mayhew where Neil Schirmer exploits Chris’ kindness for you in a rapid-fire question-and-answer session on a wide array of topics for this week’s Training Tuesday.
Get control of pre-race jitters and find more success with these tips from JBV Coaching’s Chris Mayhew in this week’s Training Tuesday.
Cyclocross season is months away. But the weather is nice in most places and everyone wants to get going. Here are a couple of workouts with an eye towards the ‘cross season from Chris Mayhew.
Chris Mayhew talks us through positive self talk and how to practice it in training and racing for better performance.
Happy racers go faster. Why not take some time and use a different approach, like yoga, to reach your goals, rather than the usual “I must go harder” approach that is so common among bike racers?
Bike racers. It turns out they like to race bikes. A lot. But for cyclocross racers, ‘cross only last a few months of each year, so what are you going to fill the rest of the year with?
Adam Myerson looks at courage, suffering and how that makes us who we are as bike racers in this edition of Training Tuesday.
Why do you race? For those that race, they know. Or they at least have an idea of what it is about racing that keeps them lining up. Adam Myerson walks us through the exercising of answering the question, why race?
As spring draws near many of us start thinking about local training races in advance of our bigger targets later in the year. But do we really know how to treat those training races and what to be doing in them? Adam Myerson brakes it down for Training Tuesday.
Adam Myerson of Cycle-Smart walks us through working in cycles to get the most of our training in this Training Tuesday piece.
Seth Hosmer, a racer, cycling coach and chiropractor based in Portland, Oregon, contributed an excellent and very well received article in CXM’s Issue 14, “Foam …
June is here in just a week, and September and racing season are not too far behind. If you haven’t started coming up with a plan for the season, now is the time to start. We have a great article here by USAC Level 2 coach Mike Birner about how to start the season strong by building a good base over the summer. Birner believes that, “Base period should be about building the ‘engine,'” and following his advice will get you one high-horsepower motor!