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Sleep: how to improve the quality
A great book explaining the how and why of improving the quality of our sleep.

Sans Chaine
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Sleep: quality over quantity
Getting better sleep, rather than more, should be your focus.

Sans Chaine
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Toolbox: using your wind jacket, your new best friend
Your wind jacket is a versatile piece of clothing that can make your winter riding both more enjoyable and safer.

Sans Chaine
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Toolbox: using your clothing to layer up for versatility
Layering your clothing will ensure you have the versatility needed as the weather changes on any given ride.

Sans Chaine
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Self care: do a little bit everyday
We often don't do our self care because of the perceived time commitment. It doesn't have to be that way.

Sans Chaine
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Self care exercises: shoulder rotations
Maintaining scapular mobility is a must for both health and performance.

Sans Chaine
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Self care exercises: scapular mobility
Counteract our constantly hunched position on the bike

Sans Chaine
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Self care exercises: cogs
Working on your cogs will help maintain connectivity and mobility throughout your body.

Sans Chaine
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Self care exercises: clock workout
This is the type of work you could do throughout the day, countering our time spent sitting at the desk.

Sans Chaine
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Structured workouts: indoors or outdoors?
Just because a workout has a structured workout file attached doesn't mean you can't take that ride outdoors.

Sans Chaine
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The Toolbox: putting together the jigsaw puzzle
The Toolbox helps make you a complete cyclist, helping ensure your training will translate into better performance.

Sans Chaine
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Rest weeks: err on the side of caution
Rest weeks play in a role in keeping your training consistent over time. Be ambitious with your training, but err on the side of caution

Sans Chaine
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Movement first philosophy: it ain't about the muscles
When we talk about movement we tend to talk about muscles, but we should be talking about our structure.

Sans Chaine
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Mind-body connection: brushing your teeth
Many riders can't take one of the hands off the bar to eat. Here is a little fun to help your work towards a better mind-body connection.

Andrew Randell
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Toolbox: how to work towards lower tire pressure
A wider tire, at a lower pressure, is faster and an all around better setup. Are you game to try? We'll take it slow.

Andrew Randell
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Toolbox: rethink your tire pressure (it is almost certainly too high)
Back in the 90s we thought the that the narrowest, fastest tire, pumped as hard as possible was the optimal setup. How wrong we were.

Andrew Randell
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Respiration range: both deep and fast
As with our cadence your respiration also needs to be versatile across the range, from slow to fast.

Sans Chaine
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Adjusting the cadence in a workout: work on the edge of your comfort zone
Adjust the cadence targets in the workouts to make them more your own.

Sans Chaine
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The myth of climbing at 100rpm is ruining your endurance rides
Riding at 100rpm may have worked for Lance Armstrong, but for the rest of us it is ruining your endurance rides.

Sans Chaine
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Pacing: how to manage that weekend where you can put in extra time
Sometimes the stars align & we get a weekend to do some extra riding. Make sure you figure out your goal and how to achieve it.

Sans Chaine
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