The Cycling Brief

If solo indoor training isn't your thing - or you're looking for some variety in your winter program then indoor group cycling (in the right place) might give you a motivational and performance boost. This episode discusses how a studio builds their cyclists, and the added benefits of training in a group environment.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Learn skills to help your performance, not race related but skills you can practice and perfect to improve your performance every time you ride. Things like standing while climbing, sprinting, and breathing.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

When we're in the grind with training, having an accountability system is a great way to stay focussed on what matters. This episode goes through 4 levels of accountability, and how each one can help.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Confidence is the gateway to peak performance. Learning how the mind works is a big part of the puzzle, controlling is another story. It a skill that can be learned though. This episode will arm you through solid ideas and exercises to build to confidence to the next level.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

This week it’s all about the numbers, and their context in a linear periodisation training plan. Depending on how involved you get with your training and analysis, it may all be new to you. But I believe it’s super important to have an understanding of the metrics (even if you’re being coached).

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Joe Friel is easily one of the most influential coaches and authors in endurance sports. Introducing periodisation to the broader endurance community, as well as other training ideas and metrics. This episode focuses on topics that are relevant to the Semi-Pro to get a bit more of an understanding behind the ideas, and the man that brought them to us.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

This show is dedicated to those that live in snowbound winter climates. I present 4 cycling alternatives to build and maintain aerobic fitness based on a criteria of easy to learn, cheap to start, potential to compete, and easy to access.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

These High-Performance principles apply to every competitive cyclist - not just those at the top. These principles will help you understand how to keep developing your cycling to be better year after year.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

If you take the important mental elements that it takes to be a successful and consistent cyclist and place them in an order from foundation to optimal, then you have Dr Jim Taylor's Prime Cycling framework. I discuss this framework with a sprinkling of my own experience.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

What if all the training you do over 7 hours is making your heart and health worse not better. This episode explores the recent findings of Professor James O'Keefe and his study on Extreme Endurance exercise and the possible implications for the Semi-Pro cyclist. Hint: It may surprise you.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING.