CHAIR Chair pose, also known as powerful pose (utkatasana), builds strength in the quads, which makes it good for cyclists. Chair requires core stability and mental determination as well. Be sure to breathe throughout your time in the pose. From mountain pose, bend at ...

Although you and I may never earn the right to tattoo the Olympic rings on ourselves, that doesn’t mean we can’t ride an Olympic-quality bike. Pitiful consolation, I know, but it’s something. Matt Reed is known as an all-rounder who is capable of taking a ballsy flier ...

In a race year that has boasted as many headlines about weather as it has triumphant athletic stories, race morning in Penticton was a welcome site to pros and age-groupers alike. The days leading up to the Subaru Ironman Canada gradually grew warmer giving race day an ...

Aug. 24, 2008 -- Chicago certainly doesn’t have the reputation for having the perfect climate for triathlon, but thousands of athletes were treated to near-perfect conditions for the 26th annual race. Taking advantage of the pristine conditions were Great Britain’s Stuart ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often trying, but when tackled ...

From Fitness Cycling by Dede Barry, Michael Barry and Shannon Sovndal. Copyright 2006 by Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. Excerpted by permission of Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.

August 19, 2008 My last four major injuries have been traumatic: a broken wrist, fractured clavicle, fractured scapula, lacerations. This season, I started to have knee pain around Mile 10 of the Spirit of Racine Triathlon, a repetitive stress injury as my doctor ...

Dear Lennard, You mention you use the No Tubes set up with your Ksyriums and Hutchinson’s Road Tubeless tires. I would like to do the same, but am concerned about Hutchinson’s warning against doing so. Something about ammonia breaking down the inside body of the ...

Emma Snowsill is the Olympic champion. The three-time International Triathlon Union world champion executed the perfect choreography Monday to become the sport's third women's Olympic Triathlon gold medalist. Snowsill stuck like glue to Vanessa Fernandes on the bike and ...

BEIJING GOLD MEDAL BICYCLE: ORBEA ORCA 14.75 POUNDS OF SPANISH GOLD The gold medal-winning Orbea Orca– the dream machine ridden by Samuel Sanchez and the entire Euskaltel-Euskadi Team. Equipped with the revolutionary Dura-Ace 7900 group and ultra-light Dura- Ace carbon ...

Beijing, China (August 20, 2008) - Less then 24 hours after the completion of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games triathlon, the International Triathlon Union today announced an innovative new platform for the sport by establishing a pioneering new series that will take triathlon to ...

An aero bar is more than just a bike part—it is an integral factor in a tri bike fit. As Dan Empfield explains, bar choice can have as profound an impact on a bike fit as frame size. This means that choosing the correct aero bar is a fit issue and weight, aesthetics and even ...