Training: Top Stories

• Feb. 27, 2008
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Protect your heart this season
  Cardiovascular disease is still the number one killer in this country, a contributor to heart attacks, high blood pressure, and strokes. Of course, regular exercise and training is good for your heart and raises the helpful HDL cholesterol, but you ...
• Feb. 13, 2008
  Training Stress Score (TSS)- defined
  Training Stress Score (TSS)- The TSS represents a calculated number that takes into account the duration and intensity of a workout to arrive at a single score of the overall training load and physiological stress created by that session. One hour ...
• Feb. 12, 2008
  Powering up for the Tour of California
  It is often said that races are won - and lost - in the off season. One thing is certain: The rider who steps to the top of the podium on the last day of 2008 Tour of California has surely been training with rock-solid focus over these past few ...
• Jan. 30, 2008
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan - Nutrition trends for 2008
  Before your thoughts turn to experimentation with new sports nutrition products and carbo-loading strategies that support your training and racing efforts, let’s take a look at some predicted food and nutrition trends for 2008. In the coming ...
• Jan. 24, 2008
  USOC hosting women's leadership meet
  A group of roughly two-dozen women will converge on the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on Friday to learn what they can do to encourage female leadership in cycling. They will be exposed to information from an impressive slate of ...
• Jan. 12, 2008
  Year-end review: Power analysis tips
  Happy New Year! 2008 is here and it’s time to capitalize upon your 2007 training files and training log entries. For those of you who didn’t keep a training log in 2007, this is your chance to get started. Reviewing your 2007 training ...
• Dec. 23, 2007
  Time for camp: Lotto heads to Spain
  It’s that time of year for roadies. This month, many of the world’s top professional teams have made the move to warmer climes to reassess their 2007 campaigns and to get ready for the coming season. In Spain, the seaside resort community of ...
• Dec. 19, 2007
  Keeping a handle on holiday havoc
  So here you are in the middle of December and perhaps you already have a few holiday parties under your belt. How many rides or workouts have you already missed this month due to the change in season and a busy schedule? Don’t feel that all is ...
• Nov. 21, 2007
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Eat right for 'cross
  Cyclocross season is well underway, and as competitors you likely have adjusted your training for the short, but very high intensity racing. Your workouts are likely characterized by various interval sessions, while endurance and recovery ride ...
• Oct. 17, 2007
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Building better bones
  Osteoporosis prevention and treatment has long focused mainly on women. It is true that men build larger and stronger bones early in life and are less likely to develop this disease, which is characterized by less dense, brittle bone mass more ...
• Oct. 3, 2007
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: That cuppa Joe
  Dear Monique, Thanks for a great article titled “Feed Your Head.” I have one question though concerning the following statement:Research on ...
• Aug. 29, 2007
  The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: Feed your head
  Cyclists rightfully focus their dietary attention on consuming the properfoods in adequate amounts so that they can sustain energy during long trainingrides, and replenish muscle fuel stores and recover nutritionally duringthe season.  But you ...