HERE’S A HINT: It involves lifting weights. But not like you’ve ever done before.
“The key to being faster on a bike is not necessarily just going faster, but also not slowing down,” says Jacques DeVore, a certified strength and conditioning coach. Most strength training plans are designed to improve power. But DeVore’s programme, detailed in his new book, Maximum Overload for Cyclists, which he co-authored with Roy M Wallack, aims to boost what he calls Maximum Sustainable Power (MSP), which he says allows you to stay fresher longer. “You’ll feel as good on the last climb as you did on the first.”
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2017 من Bicycling South Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2017 من Bicycling South Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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IN KENYA'S MAASAI MARA, KNOWN MORE FOR SAFARIS THAN CYCLING, THE MIGRATION GRAVEL RACE CHALLENGES RIDERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THE WORLD WHILE FORGING A FUTURE FOR BIKE RACING IN AFRICA.
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DEAR MARK CAVENDISH
WHEN I FIRST STARTED FOLLOWING professional road cycling around 2014, you were at the top of your game.
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A FEW YEARS AGO, my wife and I along with her parents, brother and his wife-cycled down the Danube River in Europe.
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