4ucycling

Indoor Cycling Pros Convenience - no need to travel with your bike to a good cycling location if your trainer is set up at home or your gym is near by All weather - rain, snow, hail, cyclone, tornado... Safety - no traffic to contend with and it's unlikely that your stationary bike is going to fall over on you. Controlled conditions - no traffic lights to stop at, no hills to climb unless you want them. This also allows you to target a specific heart rate or power output Entertainment - it's safe to use your MP3 player when you don't have to look out for traffic. That favourite TV show might be just a remote control away. Close to home - by this I mean close to your family allowing you to exercise after the kids have gone to sleep. Cons Hot - you can get hotter due to no airflow (unless you have a fan on). Then again, maybe it's cold and you want to get warm! Limitation of the trainer - not all trainers are created equal. Mag trainers can feel very differen...

What is bonking? So if bonking isn’t the fun we might initially imagine it could be, what is it? In simple terms, bonking is when your body feels as if it has completely run out of energy, bar the absolute minimum needed to turn the pedals at the slowest possible pace. In scientific terms, bonking comes about when your body’s easily converted glycogen energy stores are depleted and instead your body has to resort to solely burning fat for fuel. How do I avoid the bonk? Step 1 The most obvious way is to eat glycogen-promoting complex carbohydrates (such as rice and potatoes) in the time leading up to a ride. However, it’s actually a relatively fine balancing act. If you spend the days before a big ride gorging on pasta, you’ll almost certainly take on more carbs than you’ll burn on the ride itself and will therefore put on fat. So simply make sure you have a sensible amount of complex carbohydrate foods in meals during the two days before a big event. Step 2 Once you’ve start...