I love Cycling, How to Cycling? Cycling tips

1. If you ride with your hands on the tops/flat part of the bars, ALWAYS WRAP YOUR THUMBS: I've personally--and talked to too many pros--who've slipped off their bars at the worst time or silliest time, depending on how you look at it, because they didn't have a grip on the bars. I remember Danny Pate of Garmin-Transistions in particular telling us about his misfortune while racing one year because he'd had his thumbs on top of the bars.

2. Change your hand position on the bars every few minutes, practicing to produce power in the drops, on the hoods, and/or on the tops: This will allow you to adapt neuromuscularly and be able to produce the necessary power when slicing through a head wind or climbing a steep hill.

3. Visit your doctor for an understanding of your cardiovascular fitness and blood work: Getting your cholesterol checked and practicing a cardiac awareness and prevention lifestyle will improve your riding immensely. In addition to knowing your true risk for heart disease, know the warning signs for a heart attack so that you can avoid my story. 

4. Go slow to go fast!: If you are a rider looking to gain improvement, do a field test or visit a physiologist to help you determine your lactate threshold power and heart rate, and train to improve it. Training in your easier zones below lactate threshold will make you faster all around in the long run or ride, as the case may be.

Probably 95 percent of the people I coach or ride with are going too hard, too often, to reach their fitness goals. Some high school or college coach along the way has them believing in the old adage of no pain, no gain, and that's the last thing we want our athletes doing.

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