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How to Safely Return to Cycling After Injury?
By Christopher Schwenker — May 26, 2022 Follow this framework for a post-injury return to cycling protocol. Injuries are an undeniable fact for athletes, even cyclists. The repetitive pedaling motion predisposes us to the perils of overuse, and for many crashes are a traumatic reality of our beautiful but unforgiving sport. The weekend warrior in us often lives our athletic youth vicariously through our weathered and battered bodies, and something has to give. Cycling-related injuries ... Read more
The Difference Between Thirst and Drinking—Developing a Cyclist’s Hydration Strategy
Eliminate the guesswork with a systematic approach. Christopher Schwenker, The Zommunique — May 19, 2022 Drinking during endurance exercise seems like a no-brainer. We know we have to drink—we’ve had it drilled into our heads from the start. Talk of the health and performance benefits of the proper hydration balance are all around us. Despite the advice of coaches and cycling friends and the abundant media sources agonizing over the topic, finding the balance ... Read more
1 Simple Tip for Better Climbing
1 Simple Tip for Better Climbing Did you know that by simply bending your elbows you can improve your climbing power and control, thus improving your climbing performance? Why? First, by bending your elbows you bring your chest lower and further over the bike, placing your pelvis in a better position over the bike for an incline. This improves the angle of your previous upstroke and downstroke to one that optimally produces power. Ultimately translating to ... Read more
Training for Weight Loss
Maybe you made a goal of losing weight this Winter or offseason but feel as if you are falling short on that with about one month to go until Spring? Weight loss with cycling can be tricky for a couple reasons. First, the sport of cycling is about efficiency. So the better you get, the more efficient you get. Second, cycling is a sport that enables the athlete to push hard and further because the ... Read more
3 Ways to Overcome in High Pressure Situations
Competition can often put us in vulnerable situations as we put it all on the line for a chance at personal glory. But it doesn’t have to create pressure. Instead, competition can give you experiences and new direction that leads to new personal growth. In this blog I detail three ways to overcome the feeling of pressure and convert it to new, powerful perspectives. Look for the reasons you CAN succeed. Stop looking for the reasons why you can’t and start looking at the ... Read more
How To Create Confidence When You Feel Insecure
How To Create Confidence When You Feel Insecure How do you create confidence? Well, confidence is a precious commodity as a cyclist, and we have four steps for you to create it. Pivot away from negativity. It is critical to put negative criticism, disappointing results or difficult days behind you. You have to pivot once a bad day is over and look ahead to the next challenge using a positive mindset to give you energy ... Read more
Tips to Recover from Injury
Tips for Recovery from and Injury Injuries Suck…there are no 2 ways about it. Even worse when the injury was not related to your sport…but it puts your sport on hold. When you are a cyclist, whether it be competitive, or recreational, you want to be out there riding, not watching through a window or on a park bench as riders go back. We all want to get back on the road or trail as ... Read more
How to Make a Comeback
Ready to make your comeback? Know that you're not alone. With the right steps, you can come back stronger than ever.
Bonding Experiences
We just returned from our World Tour stop in Austin Texas. The entire trip we dealt with dodging raindrops to get our rides in. Some cyclists would be down in the dumps with the radar we were looking at. But our club took it in stride and made lemon margaritas out of lemons. We snuck in a few rides with some dry pavement. We took a few KOM’s. At night, we had dinners with some ... Read more
Worrying About Averages Will Make You Average
Focusing on averages as an input is not the best use of your attention. Discover how to overcome mediocrity and start getting better results.
