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- Apr. 16, 2008The Feedzone with Monique Ryan: First-quarter checkup
Your tax refund is in the mail, spring is finally here, and the first quarter of the 2008 racing season is finished. Now is a good time to check on your progress and move your nutritional goals up on the priority list to ensure that they are ...
Apr. 11, 2008Indoor fun, and the coach takes questions
As a general rule, cycling is a game best played outdoors. There’s more room to roam, sights to see and places to go. But there are also exceptions to every rule, which is certainly the case in this case.
Bad weather, short days and any number ...
- Apr. 4, 2008Power at lactate threshold wins races
Competitive cyclists are not patient people. They tend to go directly to the pain, work too hard too early, and mistakenly overlook the real limiter of their performance simply because it doesn’t hurt enough to satisfy their addiction to pain. ...
Mar. 28, 2008The lab rat is loose
You know the guy who couldn’t pass a calculus exam even if the fate of the human race depended on it, but who can count blackjack cards like one of those brainy MIT kids or Rain Man? Well, I guess don’t really either, but I do know I am not that ...
- Mar. 26, 2008The Feedzone with Monique Ryan — Fat as fuel
Hi Monique,I really enjoy your column and informative responses. My question revolves around the slippery slope of weight management. A big challenge for me is maintaining lean body mass once the season gets started; when the intensity of the ...
Mar. 7, 2008A conversation with Scott Nydam
Scott Nydam attacked early in the second stage of the Amgen Tour of California last month, spending a long and lonely day off the front of the ...
Mar. 3, 2008Spring Forward to Race Intensity
March is here and your first race may be just around the corner, if you haven’t already toed the line. This is the time of year when intensity must inevitably increase as part of your preparation for the demands of racing. Hard, yet focused, ...
- Feb. 27, 2008The 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, 2008Training 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, 2008Powering 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, 2008The 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, 2008USOC 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 ...
