The Cycling Brief

Correct alignment of your body on the bike is secondary to correct alignment off the bike. Up to 25% of your training plan should be dedicated to maintaining and improving your bodies functional movement and structure to enable a more aggressive position on the bike. Or adjust the bike to your structural realities. That's holistic bike fitting.

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

We talk about the idea behind the The Power and Fatigue Profiles, how power meters help to work out your optimal training hours, why keeping a training diary is the most important part of training with a power meter, specific ways to get the best out of yourself during intervals, books for athletes wanting to understand training, their body and mind, and the future of cycling training technology in the next 5 years.

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

The most important relationship in cycling: Finding a coach is hard enough without being clear what you want out of the relationship. These questions get you ready to be coached and help filter out the wrong candidates.

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

A new perspective on road safety to shift your mindset and give you more freedom when riding on the road. Hint: It's about your circle of influence, not HiVis clothing.

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

When buying cycling clothes price is a major factor, especially when knicks are involved. How can companies justify charging over $300 for a pair of knicks? The episode uncovers some reasons, but not the ones you may first think of.

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

Working with these fundamentals will help you turn the strength gained in the gym into muscular power and endurance on the bike.

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

These 5 principles can help you make important decisions regarding things like when to stop intervals, when to ride in a bunch and other important decisions that need to be made during training. Having something to fall back makes training consistent and can put your mind at ease.

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

The 6 steps according to Joe Friel-Planning 2013 or any year is long and complex. This episode goes through his training plan process and sets up a framework for getting the most out of 2013.

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

Making training easier and more efficient is all about perceived effort compared to power output. I explore this idea with the latest indoor trainers and their super powerful software. It's amazing what's out there!

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

Buying a bike online, and by yourself is hard. That's why I run through my process for sizing, and compare it to 3 popular online size calculators to find out the best frame for my new bike.

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