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Does Training On An Empty Stomach Help You Lose Weight

Does Training On An Empty Stomach Help You Lose Weight?

Should you eat during a ride? How about before and after the ride? Which is best for losing weight and (more importantly) improving fitness? In this post, I investigate…

Lose weight cycling

Cycling to Lose Weight: How One Man Lost 6 Stone by Cycling (More Than a Third of His Bodyweight!)

Find out the exact steps taken by one man to lose 6 stones in just one year (by road cycling).

Cycling and coffee

Cycling And Coffee: A Stimulating Study

Road cycling and coffee seem intrinsically linked. But why? And why do pro cyclists all seem to want jobs as baristas? Your intrepid velo-reporter finds out.

How To Improve Your Diet For Road Cycling

In which our hapless hero considers what a healthy diet looks (and smells) like.

Cycling Weight Loss Success Story: How Giles Lost One Third Of His Bodyweight

Are you looking to shift a few extra pounds and think the bike may be the tool that helps you do that? Good news – you’re on the right track. And I have a reader success story to prove it. (Yeah, yeah, a sample size of 1 does not prove …

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Cycling for weight loss

Cycling For Weight Loss (Or Should That Be The Other Way Around…?)

In this post I outline the 6 specific actions you need to take in order to achieve your optimal ‘racing’ weight

How to achieve your cycling racing weight

How To Achieve Your Cycling Racing Weight (Without Starving Yourself)

Want to lose weight and maintain performance? Read my key learnings from ‘Racing Weight’ by Matt Fitzgerald, which tells us how.

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