How much training is enough? The secrets to making long-term fitness progress
The key to making progress is to do just the right amount of training and no more. Hannah Reynolds sets out on a mission to quantify ‘enough’
The key to making progress is to do just the right amount of training and no more. Hannah Reynolds sets out on a mission to quantify ‘enough’
Straightforward advice to help you ride faster and longer
Now that Strava is charging £4 per month for full access to leaderboards, Hannah Reynolds assesses whether, in terms of motivation and training benefits, it’s money well spent
Skipping your warm-up may save time, but your performance will suffer
Are you going for long bike rides but not getting fitter? You need to ride regularly to get the full benefit – and here's why
When looked at over a period of months, your average speed can tell you a great deal about how you’re improving as a cyclist. Here’s some top tips to get your mean looking meaner
Toggling through today's training sessions and their associated intricacies is almost as laborious an undertaking as the ride itself
Learn from the pros to fuel your cycling performance, manage your weight and improve your health
Former pro Roger Hammond explains how to deal with strength-sapping gusts
Get your cycling off to a flyer — and begin spring as you mean to go on with these tips to maximise your cycling and fitness in the early season
Want to go faster? Push harder on the pedals! But what about honing the way you apply that pressure? Is it worth trying to improve your technique? Hannah Reynolds investigates
As otherwordly as pro riders may seem, they’re only human and are just as prone to acts of stupidity as the rest of us, as CW found out...
How do you draw your roadmap to success? Hannah Reynolds and Josephine Perry explain how to build your personal profile and turn self-knowledge into success
Body Mass Index, or BMI, is widely used to measure if you are a healthy weight… but does it work for bike riders?
Warm weather training destination Tenerife has received a lot of coverage since Bradley Wiggins invited journalists to see his Tour de France prep. Does it offer the same opportunities for amateurs...
Are you painfully obsessed with KOMs and segment times? Bedevilled by ‘uh-oh’ notifications? Or is it all just healthy, competitive fun? We speak to some self-confessed Strava fanatics
How do sprinters train for their explosive speed? Whether you're a racer or just looking to spice up your training rides, here are some sprint training sessions to try
Pacing is key when it comes to time trials: go off too fast and you'll fade, hold too much back and you'll be disappointed with your time. Here we look at pacing, efficient use of energy and nutrition strategies to help you perform to your best
After seven great years, goodbye, and thanks
Think tough climbing and you probably imagine the long, winding, hairpin ascents of the Alps. But for sheer brutality, the steep hills of the UK have few equals
Break up a long ride with these efforts to help build your power and leg strength
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