The World’s Greatest Stretch lives up to its name. This one move targets your hips, spine, and core, making it perfect for warmups, mobility work, or recovery. Learn how to do it properly and why it belongs in every smart training program.
Read moreIncrease Power and Speed with Complex Training
It's time to dive a little deeper into the secrets of pro athletes when it comes to sport specific strength training.
Complex Training has been used by pro athletes for a long time and now becoming more widely used among us mere mortals. It can be used year around (timing it with the rest of your workouts is however very important) to increase your SPEED, POWER, IN-RACE ACCELERATIONS, and PERFORMANCE ECONOMY. So no matter what kind of endurance athlete you are you can benefit from this type of workout.
Read moreStrength Workout to Increase Muscular Endurance (video)
The best way to increase your strength is with functional strength training or "weight training".
Mountain biking and cyclocross racing are unique in the fact that they demand a lot more from your upper body and core compared to Road Cycling. Every time you go through a technical, rocky up hill section or whenever you dismount or remount on the CX bike you use core and upper body muscles.
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