Fitness
All the advice and insight you need to improve your riding, enhance your performance or simply get into better shape with cycling.
Explore Fitness
Latest
-
Zwift unveils its biggest cycling esports competition after losing out on hosting the World Champs
The Zwift Games will consist of three races for men and women: the Sprint, Epic and Hill championships
By Anna Marie Abram Published
-
The great sock debate: do socks go over or under leg warmers?
Opinion is divided among cyclists as to whether to wear your socks over or under your leg warmers. Here's what our staff thinks
By Anne-Marije Rook Published
-
Ask a coach: ‘Is cycling bad for your posture?’
Hours spent hunched over the bars is one thing - combine that with a desk job and it’s easy for neck and shoulder pain to develop. Coach Welburn shares his tips on how to recover your posture
By Alex Welburn Published
-
Reduce injury risk by following this guide on how to set your cycling cleat position
Riding clipped in can be more comfortable and enhance your performance - providing you’ve set your cleats up correctly. Here’s our expert guide on how to do just that
By Nicole Oh Last updated
-
The ideal cadence for cycling explained: are you pedalling too fast or slow?
We all have our natural pedalling speed - but what is actually optimal?
By Anna Marie Abram Last updated
-
I’m a psychologist: here’s what I learnt about returning to cycling after a serious injury
Although regaining confidence can be difficult, there is much you can do to help yourself - here’s what I discovered from my own experience and others
By Dr Marianne Trent Published
-
Crossfit vs Hyrox: I tried both fitness trends and only one made me a better cyclist
Hyrox - the race for 'every body' which combines running with functional strength exercises - beat Crossfit's Olympic lifts meets gymnastic mash up, for former bike racer Hannah Bussey
By Hannah Bussey Published
-
Anti-aging lifestyles compared: $2m-a-year Blueprint project vs the humble bicycle
Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson spends millions trying to defeat the ageing process, but could regular cycling be just as effective? We decided to find out
By David Bradford Published
-
VO2 max for cyclists: What is VO2 max? How does mine compare and how can I improve?
Defining your 'aerobic ceiling', VO2 max is a crucial fitness benchmark - here’s what you need to know and how to improve yours
By Brendan Housler Last updated