How hard is hard?

In the same way that a structured indoor training session can have an Intensity Factor based on the time, and the power that’s been prescribed, the category of workout stress can be defined by the TSS or Training Stress Score. That can also be used to monitor...

Attributes

When looking for a coach, is there any specific attributes that would mesh well with what you have as a goal? The first step for you would be what that is; Fitness -> Performance -> Personal Best -> Results -> Podium, then is there an event that you are...

Being positive

This was brought to my attention by someone who felt that positive was used often, in a very negative way. The example being covid of course, but also things like cholesterol at your annual checkup ‘hey, I was positive for good cholesterol’ which would...

Women in the sport of cycling

Most of the time I don’t even think about it, being the only female on a club group ride. For me it’s normal, it’s how it has been from the start, either being the only one or one of a handful. There was 4 of us in the first White Rock race that I...

Recovery week

When I had classes indoors on wattbikes, they would chuckle when I told them it was recovery week since the workout they were about to experience would very likely be hard in one way or another. What is harder though is to get through to how an athlete approaches the...

Concepts

Is coaching an art or a science? To recognize this concept, a parallel can be drawn between bike fitters who can look at someone and immediately ‘see’ the body and the bike and what it would take to make the two work together; both in how they could look...

Resolving!

Resolving is the verb used when a resolution has been made; that is the act of finding a solution or an answer. Once the answer has been found, it’s resolved! Yet not as simple as that, since resolution is found in legal terms, in picture sharpness or clarity,...

You’ve heard the saying…

.. people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” It’s a great quote frequently attributed to the wrong person, which makes the point! Regardless of who penned it, it’s a...

Physical performance

We want it, but have we defined what it is and what it means to us? I can only speak for myself about what it means to me, so I’ll start there; there’s a gradient of physical ability or a ramp, another way to look at it. It starts from the lowest...

Exploring

This may seem to start off topic, but I’ll get to the exploring in a bit. A few years ago I was shown point of view, pov, and that has made a profound difference in the way that I look and understand things around me. The demonstration was this; a couple of...