4ucycling

Ask any serious cyclist about their workout regimen and they'll absolutely tell you about strength training. Cycling is a physically-taxing activity that requires you to have powerful legs, a solid core and strong arms, and the best way to achieve all that is through total body strength training. Although your legs are the core muscle group used in cycling, the rest of your body needs to be trained to effectively support the foundation they create. Your back and abdominal muscles must provide a stable platform and strong core that supports your peddling power and increases your speed and endurance on the bike. Keep in mind, all the strength training you do also boosts your leg power, so it's a win-win situation all around. In addition to improving your cycling performance, strength training is important for the health of your muscles and joints. Because cycling requires the body to engage in repetitive movements for extended periods of time, a strength deficit can begin to

Cycling has become an up and coming sport for Americans during the last two decades. Many American professionals, including Lance Armstrong, Greg Lemond, and George Hincapie, have done wonders for growing the sport of cycling in America. They have inspired many juniors to get on their bike and ride in hopes of maybe participating in the most competitive cycling event in the world, the Tour De France. Cycling can be confusing for those who do not understand it, let alone not sure how to get in to racing. In this article, I will lay out the steps necessary to race and move your way up the ranks in becoming a professional cyclist. First and foremost, to get started you will need to have a bike to race on. You can either borrow one from a friend or buy one, either way, you have to have one. After you get your hands on a bike, you can begin riding. If you have never ridden before, you will have to spend some time training and learning the techniques to handle a bicycle efficiently. Once y

While training the cyclists, one should keep in mind that they must not go after how much distance they cover every week, it is around 400-600 k/m per week is enough. The time should not be wasted on spending extra kilometers which are of no use. For your on satisfaction, you can go to any limit of the extra kilometers but you will not achieve anything extraordinary. Registering in the cyclists training sessions with a calculated number of kilometers and a proper schedule must be followed. It includes various races along with the period of recovery and the divided training sessions. Endurance is very necessary part of any training however in cycling it must be kept in mind that having a session of anaerobic is more necessary than endurance. There is another training given to how to take a break and get recharged while cycling and still win the race. Anaerobic sessions are given more significance in the training and it requires a high level of attention during the training. It m

As with any sport, to be the best possible, a cyclist has to know the best foods to eat. It may seem like an obvious fact, but the food a cyclist eats should go down easy and stay down. Variety and moderation are two words to remember when racing or touring. Moderation means there are no good foods or bad foods, but rather healthy foods and not-so-healthy foods. Variety is important because nutrients are distributed in many foods. No one super-food contains everything you need. A cyclist will burn more calories than a sedentary person, but that doesn't mean the cyclist has a license to eat anything they want. The correct eating plan will give you energy for an entire race or tour. A diet of low fat and high carbohydrates will provide the needed energy. While a high carb diet is normally taboo for a normal dieter, they are not evil as many are taught to believe. Carbohydrates are actually the body's preferred source of energy. Good sources of carbohydrates are fruits, vegeta

Dutch cyclist Monique van der Vorst is one very fortunate cyclist. At the age of 13 she was an extremely sporty child, who enjoyed playing hockey and tennis. Unfortunately, when she had to go into hospital for a routine operation on her ankle, she sustained considerable nerve damage to her left leg. This became paralysed from the hip down, ending all her dreams of becoming an accomplished athlete. Undeterred, Monique learnt to master 'hand cycling', operating a specially modified bicycle where the wheels are powered from a crouching position by spinning the pedals by hand. She then went on to compete both nationally and internationally. Kitted in Holland's traditional orange, she won six European titles and three World Championship titles. Tragedy overtook Monique once again that same year, when she was struck by a car. This time the damage was far more severe than her earlier leg injury. Her spinal cord was affected, leaving her paralysed from the waist down. Where les

There always seems to be hostility between bicyclists and vehicle drivers when it comes to sharing the road. Both parties believe that they have specific "rights" on the road and believe that the other person is in violation of those rights. Sadly, both parties are often incorrect about the traffic laws they believe have been violated. Most traffic rules surrounding bicycles and vehicles sharing the road are urban legend. There have been several cases of violence between cyclist and motorist in the headlines over the last few years. For instance, some cyclists have experienced harassment from irate drivers, which resulted in verbal abuse. In some cases, cyclists were even run off the road and physically injured. Biking/motorist myths may have played a part in this scenario. Myths About Bicycle/Motorist Interactions There is no guarantee of right-of-way for either car or bicycle on most roads. There is no requirement for the bicycle to be used on a sidewalk if one is ava