Fitness
All the advice and insight you need to improve your riding, enhance your performance or simply get into better shape with cycling.
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Five reasons you need a fresh bike fit
Your optimum riding position changes over time according to age, weight and flexibility. Is it high time you had a fresh bike-fit?
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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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
By Hannah Reynolds • Published
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'Do cyclists live longer?' - you asked Google, and we've got the answer
The fountain of eternal youth hasn't been located yet, but the bike in your garage is a good place to start
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Hill-climber, mountain runner, road racer, Zwift supremo, scientist, sheep farmer: The many talents of Mary Wilkinson
CW meets the astonishingly multi-talented former world-class runner turned top-flight cyclist
By David Bradford • Published
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Eight HIIT workouts for faster rides
We take a look at eight sessions perfect for getting training benefits in a constrained time schedule
By Paul Knott • Published
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Fat burning and cycling: separating the myths from the truth
Burn more fat and you’ll spare carbohydrate, lose weight and ultimately ride faster — that’s the theory. But does it work in practice, or is it all a bunch of big fat lies?
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Should you ride your bike on Christmas Day?
Dedicated or selfish? We look at both sides of the Christmas Day training debate
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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'Will cycling change my body shape?' – you asked Google and we’ve got the answer
New to riding bikes and worried your new found pedal pushing habit will turn you into the incredible hulk? Or perhaps you're actively seeking hulkesque proportions? We've got the answers...
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Make faster your new normal: The riders 'locking in' their lockdown gains for 2022
One surprise effect of lockdown was that many cyclists made transformative fitness gains. How can we learn from them to ‘lock in’ the positive changes? Deena Blacking finds out
By Deena Blacking • Published