Training
All the advice and insight you need to improve your riding, enhance your performance or simply get into better shape with training.
Cycle training advice from the experts. Whatever riding you do our cycling specific training articles will help you gain insight and knowledge on what does and doesn't work for you and your riding. Plus insight in to what training the pros do.
For more, have a look at our training plans.
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What is TSS in cycling - and how can understanding it improve your fitness?
We take you through the benefits - and the limitations - of this key cycling metric
By Andy Turner • Published
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Ask a cycling coach: ‘Most training plans are too specific – how can I improve all areas of my cycling?
What's the best training you can do if you don't want to be railroaded into being a pure sprinter, time trialist or ultra-distance cyclist?
By James Spragg • Published
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Ask a cycling coach: 'Big days and rest days or riding every day - how should I structure my training camp or vacation?'
Is it best to just stick to base miles or should you be sprinkling intervals into most rides?
By James Spragg • Published
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Prepare for your cycling holiday or training camp with these eight essential steps
Get the most from your cycling holiday with a little preparation
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan • Published
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Ask a cycling coach: ‘I struggle to keep up with my mates on false-flat climbs, what can I do?’
Draggy hills aren’t the most inspiring terrain, but they are quite unique in proving a challenge to both lightweight climbers and heavier-set powerhouses - here’s how all riders can improve
By James Spragg • Published
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7 benefits of riding outdoors - which you’ll miss out on if you train inside all winter
As with most things in life, there is a balance to be struck…
By Andy Turner • Published
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Heart rate cycling training still matters: simple, cost effective and accurate - here's how to benefit
It might play second fiddle to power in the modern hierarchy of training metrics, but heart rate cycling training should not be overlooked...
By Charlie Allenby • Published
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Cycling training zones: how to use your power meter and heart rate monitor to maximum effect
Combining rides of different intensities is the cornerstone of building fitness — and to do so, here’s what you need to understand about setting and using your training zones
By Jim Cotton • Published
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Just getting rolling? Kickstart your riding with our cycling training plan for beginners
Ready to get fit and healthy through cycling? Then this is the plan for you! In partnership with Alzheimer's Research UK
By Anna Marie Abram • Published
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