For athletes striving for peak performance, maintaining smooth and even power output during intervals is crucial. This holds true no matter your discipline, from roadies to MTB athletes and everyone between, the ability to sustain consistent power levels can significantly impact your performance. Power meters, with their precise data feedback, provide valuable insights to help you optimize your training. Yet, achieving smooth and even power output throughout intervals can be a challenge. Fear not! Here are six practical tips to enhance your interval training and attain greater power consistenc ..read more

As the world of sports and athletic performance continues to evolve, one essential aspect often overlooked is the distinction between training methodologies for junior athletes and their adult counterparts. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is a pivotal period in an athlete's life, marked by unique physiological, psychological, and developmental changes. These distinctions are crucial to acknowledge, comprehend, and integrate into training programs tailored explicitly for junior athletes ..read more

Spring has started to peak through these last few weeks, allowing for some runs and rides in shorts instead of layers. No matter the weather, there is a post-workout snack that always hits the spot: for me it’s smoothies. They are easy, versatile, refreshing, and can be prepped in advance as they last for months in the freezer ..read more

Recovery is key. Whether you bike, run, swim, or climb, nutrition is what keeps you moving and grooving. To keep those legs fresh and the body from feeling stale in tomorrow’s workout, consider introducing tart cherry juice into the mix. Whether you have heard the hype about its benefits or not, let’s breakdown the proposed recovery benefits ..read more

The term “marginal gains” has become a prominent buzz word in cycling media over the years. Shave a couple grams here and there, increase aerodynamics by a fraction of a percentage, utilize the latest nutritional breakthroughs, all with the goal of adding up a few tiny gains to the sum of an overall noticeable increase performance. For professional athletes in the pro peloton or athletes at the highest level of their sport, chasing these gains might be worth it in the long run. For the vast majority of athletes, however, becoming a successful athlete lies in the creation and maintenance of suc ..read more

All over the country junior athletes are flocking to the sport of cycling, specifically cross country mountain bike racing (xc mtb). Racing at the middle school and high school level has exploded in popularity in the last few years, and with it the natural urge to become stronger, faster riders ..read more

Before we get into heat adaptation tips, let’s first take a look at some of the primary (negative) physiological changes that occur in the body when training or racing in a hotter environment ..read more

The winter season is often a time for athletes to reflect on the previous season’s training and performance, and begin to lay the framework for the coming season. One crucial component to that framework is conducting a thoughtful analysis of past performances, and to create a clear and specific set of goals in an effort to create a roadmap of tasks and processes to follow for the coming season. The process of goal setting ..read more

In recent years, gravel racing has become a more prominent staple on race calendars - not just in the U.S., but worldwide. However, with the growing popularity and prominence of gravel racing, there are still a lot of unknowns surrounding the topic of training for gravel events. I use the five tips below with the athletes I coach to create a framework that should help to inform training needs for any event ..read more

Let’s take a look at the overall structure of your annual training plan: At WPA, we divide your year, or your Annual Training Plan, into these key phases ..read more