Struggle — training tips
6 Training Tip: 2 Weeks to Go to Struggle Dales
With only two weeks to go until your sportive - including your taper week - now is your last chance to get some extra training miles in the bank while also ensuring all your kit and equipment is road-ready. Here's what you should be thinking about this week...
1. Last Long Ride
This is your last chance to maximise the miles before starting your taper. However, a ride that's too far and too hard may take your body too long to recover from. Plan...
Training Tips: 5 Best Sportive Training Ideas For Icy Days
With icy conditions forecast over the weekend, stay safe by maxing out indoor training sessions. Here’s our top tips to train for a Struggle sportive on an icy day.
1. Take a Test
It may not be a four-hour ride but we promise you an FTP test (Functional Threshold Power) will leave you lying on the sofa for the rest of the afternoon.
Now is an ideal time to carry out an FTP test; benchmarking your fitness at the start...
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Training Tips: How to improve your cycling cadence
Winter is the perfect time of year to focus your training on improving technique and iron out any bad habits. Team Struggle shares their top turbo session to help improve your leg cadence.
Up your Revs
Speeding up your leg cadence will help lower fatigue levels during those long hours of Struggle training and ensure that on Struggle Dales you’ll hit those last climbs with looser legs.
Struggle's Matt said: "As a racing cyclist it's important for me to keep my legs as fresh as possible, especially throughout longer...