Cycling Training & Technique

Whatever your fitness level, riding up hills can be tough. Read my top 7 (relatively) easy to implement tips for getting better at climbing.

Are you looking to train using either heart rate or power meter data? In this post I explain both methods and help you decide which is best for you.

Want to get maximum fitness from the right amount of effort? In this detailed post I tell you everything you need to know about ‘proper’ cycling fitness training.

Nine different ways to approach improving your cycling fitness, from ‘just ride more’ to ‘get a coach’ with many other options in between.

Is a bike fit worth it? Short answer: yes. You’ll go faster (all else being equal) and suffer fewer injuries. It’s a no brainer. Read this post if you need more convincing.

If you’re a ‘time-starved’ cyclist and you want to improve performance, it’s vital to know the difference between training volume and intensity. This post has you covered.

Understanding periodisation will help you to build a cycling training programme that improves your fitness and performance on the bike. Here’s how it works.

How to build good cycling habits? You just need to repeat a series of simple actions every day. This post will tell you how.

There are few things worse for a cyclist than a persistent painful knee. In this post I recount what I did to resolve my own knee pain and get back to fitness,

Building a cycling habit during the summer is easy. Maintaining it during the winter is hard. Here’s how I do it.

How do professional road cyclists achieve such magnificent feats of speed and endurance? And how can you apply the lessons to your training? This post explains all.

A post on how I cycled every day for 35 days in a row. Read if you want some tips on how you can do the same.

Which is an aspirational title for a blog post, if ever there was one. My thoughts on how to make cycling (and staying fit through cycling) a permanent habit, rather than a chore.

This post does exactly what it says on the tin. It tells you how to build a structured, periodised cycling training programme. Get fitter the right way!

Way back in the mists of time, I conducted a survey of Sportive Cyclist email subscribers, asking them for their biggest frustration with cycling. There were complaints about the state of British roads (and those of Azerbaijan) and the standard of cycling when riding as a group, but the main …

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Want to know how the Strava Fitness & Freshness chart can help your cycling training? This post tells you all you need to know.

Hello and welcome to the Newsnight Review. I’m Kirsty Wark. I jest. But I am wearing women’s clothes. I jest again. (Or do I…?) This is a slightly new feature on Sportive Cyclist. I’m going to review a book. You’ll be pleased to hear that it’s a book about cycling. …

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A guest post from an ex-pro cyclist turned coach (i.e. not me) on how to get maximum fitness bang from your limited time, er, buck.

My post on how to train when the weather is not playing ball. Warning: one of the suggestions is just to suck it up.