Next Year's Cycling Season Starts Now

 

Get A Leg-Up On The Competition By Tapering Off This Season While Re-Loading And Getting Ready  For The Next

 

Assess Your Accomplishments Of This Year  

And Start Drafting Your Goals For Next Year

In the cycling world, there is always competition among cyclists. From who is the fastest sprinter, strongest climber, or who can time trial the best. There is even competition among the average cyclist who maybe competing against their individual goals of possibly  completing certain distance for the year or maybe challenging themselves to riding their first century. Nevertheless, your success and approach for the next cycling season is directly negated to the tapering-off of the current cycling season.

 

Its is at this time of the year that despite your ambition to keep on riding, mother nature have other plans. The change in weather as you know is one of the primary contributors to cutting back on logging miles on your bike. However, it does not mean that all that you have accomplished is a loss. Tapering-off your cycling season is essential because it gives your muscles a chance to start the recovery process for the next season. The recovery we speak of stems from the example of an average cyclist. Lets say the average cyclists rides 4-5 times a week with an average of 25-35 miles each time. Over a period of several weeks to months, such muscle use will lead to fatigue setting in. As a result, a cyclist may experience lower than normal atheltic output where riding the same mileage may seem more cumbersome on certain days. Due to this fact, rest is necessary.

 

Seeing that the time between the end of this cycling season is not very far from the start of the next cycling season, tapering-off becomes more essential. If a cyclist just stops riding and remain inactive until the snow melts, it would be like rolling back the clock by about two years worth of work. Getting back on the bike will be difficult at first and any progress made would only be in the name of catching-up and not making progress. As a result, setting up fewer rides towards the end of this cycling season will be an active resting period where you remain active while resting certain muscle groups. This will also serve as a means of maintaining whatever fitness gains you have accomplished which would reduce your fitness loss due to activity cut backs and it also sets you up to start from a larger fitness base once you are ready to get started on the next cycling season.

 

Many cyclists start reving up their cycling campaign for the next season just after the major holidays. Your start time is primarily up to you, but it needs to be established. The reloading period my include spinning indoors complemented by strenght and fitness training. It's during this period where a cyclist can get a lot of work done on their core, upper, and lower body . As you know, more than half of your cycling strenght derives from your core muscles, so it is well advised to take advantage of this time.

 

On the other hand, their are the procrastinators who believe they can work on their fitness as the season progress. That maybe true, but only to a certain extent. In the world of cycling, the greatest rewards are reaped by those who put in the work way ahead of time. GP Sports Cycling & Fitness can chart this course for you. "Contact Us" and let us demonstrate how we can help you.

 

Cycling is an endurance sport which requires one to use certain safety gear seeing that the cyclist is exposed to many environmental elements. As a result, it is recommended to consult your medical physician before taking on any  endurance exercise. It is also recommended that all cyclist wear a helmet at ALL times and carry along identification and a communication device on all bike rides. A container for water or a sport drink of your choice is also recommended seeing that the average cyclist will socomb to thirst and dehydration without something to drink.Remember, safety must always be a primary.