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Planning a training camp: The best time for a road bike camp

Video: a training day with top sprinter Jasper Philipsen

Indoor Cycling vs. Outdoor Training: Rain Ride or Roll – What Really Gets You Further?

The data game: the key numbers which make you a faster cyclist

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Core training: the best workout for road cyclists

Bike fitting: how to find the perfect road bike saddle

The amateur athletes of Team Alpecin got a very special remote saddle fitting from gebioMized in Corona times. Normally the riders of Team Alpecin would have gotten a professional bike fitting at the kick-off in Bielefeld; including a field- and laboratory test to determine the individual saddle choice. But as we all know everything turned […]

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Sore Muscles: Recovery of Aching Muscles

Why do muscles often ache for days? Alpecin Cycling addresses the phenomenon of sore muscles and provides tips for recovery. They appear insidiously. When the work is done – usually the day after a race or a hard training ride they make themselves painfully felt – sore muscles. Legs ache and get heavy. But how […]

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Core training: the best workout for road cyclists

The training experts at COROX have put together a special workout for road cyclists that strengthens and stabilises the core muscles. Plus: exercise video. Core training – for many ambitious hobby- and amateur cyclists, this idea seems daunting. “I want to spend the precious time I have for training on the bike and not on […]

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Short & crisp: The best training units for indoor road cyclists

Riding endless hours at low intensity is not the order of the day for indoor training. If you want to improve your aerobic endurance on a turbo trainer, you need to complete smart and varied turbo sessions. Every second counts! If you keep that in mind, you know why training on a turbo is so […]

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Interview: Björn Geesmann on indoor training

Training indoors on a smart trainer or a regular bike trainer has many benefits compared to training on the road. Professional coach and sports scientist Björn Geesmann explains why “riding stationary” is an extremely efficient form of training.

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FTP Test – Big Form Check for Road Cyclists

Ride hard on the bike trainer for 20 minutes to determine your current performance level. If you really want to make progress in training objectively visible, you can use an FTP test to determine your own performance level and your individual training zones. The FTP now has the same status among road cyclists and triathletes […]

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Training Plan: Performance

You love bike marathons and Gran Fondo rides – epic ascents and descents are your true passion. The prospect to participate in these events already motivated you for winter training. To make sure you don’t lose your passion for cycling or your already acquired form and to improve it further, you train between eight and […]

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Jörg Ludewig about the Alpecin Cycling Challenge

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How to determine your training zones

If you do not know your training zones exactly, the following table helps you derive them from performance data, heart rate values or perceived exertion. Then just enter the correct value at TrainingPeaks. AnT = individual anaerobic threshold Training zones power@ threshold HR @ threshold maximum heart rate (HRmax) perceived exertion (BORG-Skala; 6-20) Breathing target […]

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Training Plan: Granfondo

You want to use your time in a clever and efficient way to improve your performance and endurance – despite the current limitations. Your goal is to go on really long rides with your friends in summer – if this is possible again by then – do some playful short sprints with them and participate […]

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Core training: the best workout for road cyclists

The training experts at COROX have put together a special workout for road cyclists that strengthens and stabilises the core muscles. Plus: exercise video. Core training – for many ambitious hobby- and amateur cyclists, this idea seems daunting. “I want to spend the precious time I have for training on the bike and not on […]

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Strength training for cyclists: the 5 exercises every rider should do

“Strength training can have multiple benefits for cyclists, such as improving sprint performance, improving muscular strength, reducing body fat, improving lean muscle mass and increasing bone mineral density,”

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5 reasons to try night cycling

Riding your bike at night will boost your fitness over autumn and winter and deliver some surprisingly powerful benefits. The cold and dark winter months can be a hard time for road cyclists. Now that the clocks have gone back and the dark nights are setting in, it can be difficult to find time to […]

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How to train for big climbs when you don’t live near the mountains

Learn how to perform climbing-specific drills on flat roads, and how to use your own natural local conditions.

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