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Packs or Bottles, Vomit Intervals & Power for Tech Sessions
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly answer listener questions on: Whether to use hydration vest (packs) or bottles in a 3-4 hr race? Whether max intervals like wingates are relevant for endurance racers & masters Does a power meter...
Your Cyclocross Capsule Wardrobe: What You Need to Race
It is CYCLOCROSS SEASON, which means all everyone is talking about is what they're going to wear (and ride) on race day. It's a topic very near and dear to my heart because I am a total weenie in cold and wet conditions, which as anyone who races cyclocross knows, are...
What Weight Plates to Get For Your Home Gym?
This is something we just went through so we wanted to share for those of you building out home gyms so you can #liftheavyshit at home! Once you have gotten some progress out of our basic home-gym setup (see this post - LINK for our basic home gym setup to get started...
Training
How to Increase Your Cycling Threshold Power (FTP)
If you're on a quest to elevate your cycling performance, you've likely heard the term "Functional Threshold Power" (FTP) thrown around and wondered how you can increase it. This post will give you a quick definition of FTP, help you understand why you should care...
Should You Use the Auto-Pause Feature on Your Garmin Bike Computer
Let The Timer Run! When you're out on a ride, it can be tempting to use every feature your Garmin bike computer offers, including the Auto-Pause function. After all, it sounds convenient—automatically stopping the timer when you stop moving and starting it again when...
My Top 5 Cycling Tips
Getting started in cycling? Here's what I really, really wish I had known when I got started—maybe then I wouldn't have spent the first 2 years riding in my gym shorts instead of finding comfortable bibs! If you're not new to cycling, some of these may seem a little...
Racing
10 Things I Learned From Racing an Ironman
This piece on Ironman was so much fun to write for Bicycling, because it let me think about the whole year of training—and race day! A lot of practical stuff in here, like what to wear and choosing the right gear, but also some goofy stuff. Read it here Before you go,...
Q&A: Endurance Racing, Base Training, the Coach Process and More!
February's Q&A is here and it's a fun one! Sprinting on the trainer: The Coaching Process: how to become a coach Endurance training: Base Season and Training Camp Mistakes Don’t forget to check out our show and all the other podcasts available thanks...
Paris to Ancaster and a Rediscovery of Racing
This past weekend, I did something I haven't done in since September. I stood on a start line at a race convinced that I was going to try, and that if I did, I could actually do well. It's a weird feeling, finding that pressure again. It didn't happen often this past...
Cross-Training
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Mindset
E-Bikes are Part of a Healthy Aging Strategy
We wanted to pose a question today: What if electric bikes (e-bikes) and electric mountain bikes (e-MTB) could keep you and your friends riding and moving in nature for many more years, compared to deciding you'll never use one? Hear us out! You do not NEED to get an...
Is It Time for a Habit Audit?
Today as we recorded this week's podcast, I was talking about the fact that my knee is experiencing a bit of a tweak these last few days. It's nothing new or super serious-feeling, but it is serving as a reminder that I can't take my general health/working legs for...
Fiction Versus Reality – An Important Athlete Lesson
I read a lot of fiction. A lot of it is very cheesy. And without getting too deep into it, one of my favorite authors not only owns a bookstore in a small town, she's used that bookstore (and the couple other businesses she owns) as settings for a couple of her books....
Nutrition
Camp Cooking for Beginners
Does the idea of using a camp stove make you nervous? Yeah, me too. For some reason, the open flame / tiny propane tank just made me nervous, and like I had no business cooking at my campsite. Ask me to start a campfire and I'm on it. (I'm actually pretty good at it!)...
What Milk Alternative (or Milk) Should You Try?
Over on Outside, I did a pretty fun investigation into all things milk-related. And I very quickly realized something I'd never noticed before: Milk alternatives are NOT created equal. Some are packed with fat, some are super sugary or carb-laden, some are jammed with...
Katie Compton’s Smartest Tips for Picking the Right Food for You
Katie Compton has been one of the most consistent cyclocross racers in the world for the last 15 years, despite pretty constant health problems and issues she's had to diagnose and deal with. That's why I was so stoked to sit down with her for Bicycling mag and talk...
Lifestyle
The Pixie Cut, 2 Years Later (Or, Why to Keep Your Short Hair)
why to keep short hair A couple years ago, I wrote about returning to my pixie cut and why I suddenly felt 110% more like myself again. I wanted to come back to it now, almost two years later, because of everything I've written, it's one that continually gets...
Organizing Your Cyclocross Gear for Less Mess (and Mud)
READER QUESTION: Can you maybe do something on how to organize your gear for cyclocross? I feel like my vehicle is a disaster and disorganized putting me into a panic before races to find stuff. Small storage bins, bags? Any hacks would be awesome. Thanks! As everyone...
September is Coming… My Favorite Back-to-School Inspired Outdoor Gear
Because who doesn't love B2S? Seriously, back to school (despite not being in school) is one of my favorite times. I feel like it's a holdover from adolescence when September was more like the New Year than January 1 ever was. I've said it a million times, I always...
Women Specific
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Gear
The Consummate Athlete 2024 Gift Guide – Gifts for Every Athlete in Your Life
Tis the season... to shop for yourself and other athletes in your life! This year, we're sharing our favorite gifts to give and receive in this one single spot rather than spreading it out into multiple gift guides. We'll likely update it as more ideas come to us, and...
NormaTec Recovery Boots: Review of the Pulse 2.0 Compression Boots
2024 update: Having now had the Pulse 2.0 Compression Boots for over three years, they're still good as new, still going strong, and yes, I still recommend them. I am a reluctant convert to compression boots, specifically NormaTec (now owned by HyperIce) recovery...
Getting Better at Fueling on the Run
I'm working really hard right now on fueling more effectively for long runs... It's not something I'm great at, and I know it holds me back in races. So, it's been a priority for me this summer + into the fall! Three Tips for Improving Fueling: 1: Use the Interval...
Videos
3 Thoughts on Off-Season
3 Thoughts on Off-Season = BALANCE I tend to use the term 'Balance Period' for the period of time between the final Competitive/Race Period and the start of 'Base' Period. Without fail the biggest mistake athletes make is carrying the same injuries, illnesses, and bad...
Off-Season – Video Check in & Off-Season Basics
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erCNqJSz0Ew] Show Notes -> Make sure you take at least a recovery week, if not a full week off bike. -> If you have been charging hard at races or had any injuries/illness will need at least 2-3 weeks. -> those time...
3 Common Mountain Bike Mistakes That Steal Your Speed
3 Places I see clients loosing 'free' speed are found below. Too often I get to see clients too late. At the race site in the days before the race is a tough time to make change in your trained movements (good or bad). Our skills are very much connected to our end...