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’
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How to be a better cyclist in seven steps
Straightforward advice to help you ride faster and longer
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The Strava dilemma: Is it money well spent?
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
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Do you need to warm up before cycling?
Skipping your warm-up may save time, but your performance will suffer
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How often should I cycle to get fit?
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
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How to cycle faster and increase your average speed
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
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Training made simple: How to get back to basics
Toggling through today's training sessions and their associated intricacies is almost as laborious an undertaking as the ride itself
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What do professional cyclists eat?
Learn from the pros to fuel your cycling performance, manage your weight and improve your health
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How to cycle in the wind: pro tips to help keep you upright
Former pro Roger Hammond explains how to deal with strength-sapping gusts
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Eight ways to improve your cycling ready for the spring
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
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Can you perfect your pedalling?
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
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The questions you never dared ask a pro cyclist
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...
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How to build your personal roadmap to success
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
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What's the perfect BMI for a cyclist?
Body Mass Index, or BMI, is widely used to measure if you are a healthy weight… but does it work for bike riders?
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Cycling in Tenerife and the Mount Teide climb
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...
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Are you a Strava addict?
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
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How to train like a sprinter: essential tips to improve your top-end speed
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
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How to avoid wrist pain when cycling
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How to pace a long time trial (video)
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
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Editor's letter: Farewell Cycling Active magazine
After seven great years, goodbye, and thanks
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How to ride faster up short, steep hills (video)
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
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How to ride no-handed
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Build your cycling strength with big gear efforts
Break up a long ride with these efforts to help build your power and leg strength
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Job opportunity – join the Fitness Team
We're looking for a full-time fitness writer for our road bike magazines and rapidly growing website
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The ultimate route across France?
