Category: training
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Exercise Intensity and How it Impacts Fitness, Health, and Mental Wellbeing
Let’s start by defining Exercise Intensity as anything other than stress that raises your heart rate into Zone 1 or higher for a sustained period of time. How do you know your Zones (for HR they are 1 through 5)? Do a search there are many websites and formulas available. Most will get you close.…
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Thank You Georgia
As in the State, where my wife and I are visiting our granddaughters. Ok, daughter-in-law too while we wish our son and the crew of the USS Wyoming a safe, uneventful deployment. Have to say this area is flat, windy (feels like more headwinds than tailwinds), little cover, and incredibly courteous drivers. Wow, sure wish…
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Making the Most of Travel Days
My wife and I are enjoying some not so quiet but extremely enjoyable vacation time in St. Mary’s, GA. Visiting our granddaughters. The youngest celebrates her big First Birthday this weekend. As much as I enjoy family time, thankfully they all know I will go nuts if I don’t get to exercise. After a little…
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Training for Tailwinds, Yes You Do!
Okay so that is hard to believe. Why one earth are you telling us we need to ‘train’ for tailwinds? Clearly you don’t know Jack. (I’ve been wanting to find a way to incorporate that somewhere. 😀) Seriously, there are aspects of tailwinds especially when considered in the context of either a long day of…
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Training for RAAM2CC – Headwinds
As if the term Headwinds wasn’t bad enough already for those of us who enjoy outdoor activities now it seems the entire business world has started bandying the word about whenever they have less than ideal market conditions. And that in a nutshell defines what headwinds are for cyclists – less than ideal riding conditions.…
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Training – The Hills
Yesterday kicked off the very broad topic of training for an epic adventure ride. All of these training articles will assist you even if you are ‘just’ a weekend warrior or starting to explore the world of bicycling. And yes, to a large degree this applies to e-bikes as well. Provided they are pedal assist,…
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Training for an Epic Ride Across America at Any Age
This will be the first of many related posts as I train my body, mind, spirit, and develop the proper fueling (food), hydration (more than water), stretching, and recovery techniques to conquer the route. Perhaps not with ease, but as quickly as prudently possible without risking too many bonking episodes or fatigue. To be successful…
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