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Build Back Stronger with a Cycling Overload Block
By subjecting yourself to a training load that your body is not used to, you will build back stronger and prepare better for your next event.
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Mindfulness: The Secret to Becoming a Better, Happier Athlete
When it comes to being a more mindful athlete, there are a few simple strategies that could bring more presence to your training—and life.
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Adventures of a Lifetime: The World’s Most Challenging Off-Road Bikepacking Races
The number of grueling multi-day off-road races has skyrocketed in recent years. We highlight some of the most adventurous, most challenging events in the world.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Bikepack Racing
We explore training principles, nutrition strategies, and psychological tools that will help you complete ultra-distance bikepacking events.
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Low Risk, High Reward: The Polarized Training Method for Cyclists
Can you make significant performance and fitness gains with just three types of rides? The science says yes.
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The Simple Beauty of the Best Efforts Power Curve
The Power Curve plots your peak performances across various time periods, helping you understand the type of rider you are and how to improve.
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How to Use Strava Flyby to Hone Race Craft
The Strava Labs feature allows you to visualize where you gain or lose time relative to other athletes, which can help you refine pacing and race strategy.
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How to Use Strava’s Fitness & Freshness Tool
Fitness and Freshness enables you to track your levels of fitness, fatigue, and form over time, which can both help you peak for races and prevent you from overtraining.
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Peak Performance: The Power of Periodized Training
The concept of periodization has been a part of cycling training for decades, and creates a stepwise method for reaching peak fitness.
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How to Use Strava to Optimize Your Training
Among its many roles, Strava is a virtual competition. This feature can be effectively used to hone fitness, especially when it’s worked into a structured training plan.
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The Three Keys to Motivation
The most successful athletes rely on three fundamental psychological concepts—autonomy, competence, and relatedness—to set and achieve their goals.
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How to Create Effective Training and Performance Goals
The process for setting goals, and crafting strategies to attain them, is as much about looking back as it is about looking forward. And honesty is key.