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5 Essential Cycling Tips

Whether you’ve continued to train during the winter months or not, cyclists everywhere look forward to going out in the sun. As the Rugby & Coventry Bikeathon is fast approaching, we’ve put together a few key tips which will help you complete your chosen Sportive or charity ride; you may even get that personal best you’ve always strived for.

With limited time for training on the bike during the week due to work and Family commitments this could help you with fitting those important sessions in. No matter if you’re competitive or just a recreational cyclist it’s always good to have a goal and see improvements. Why not make the most of your time by fitting your training into your daily commute.

In general, people exercise to make some part of their body function better. However, without effective use of recovery periods (see 4 Recovery Periods Your Probably Ignoring!) you’ll most likely waste most of your hard work! With this in mind here are 7 simple recovery strategies everyone needs to be doing. Give them a try.

Like me, if you train hard from week to week and month to month on a specific training programme you’d like and expect to see regular physiological improvements and adaptations. I can say I do, but how many people are actually treading water, or in some cases going backwards, from week to week and month to month, or even year to year? 

As the cycling world continues to spend fortunes on bike fitting, it’s been suggested that cyclists and bike fitters alike are neglecting or undervaluing the importance of an ‘off-bike’ biomechanical assessment.

As our client-base of recreational and competitive cyclists has increased over the last 12 months, the topic of ‘Strength Training’ has been a huge talking point here at Peak Performance.

By Nathan Parsons

This fantastic piece of equipment was kicking around long before the fashionable and seemingly ‘must have’ invention called the turbo trainer. However, when it comes to training effect are they equal?

By Nathan Parsons

This is an area that most cyclists wouldn’t even consider when thinking about ways to increase performance.