The Midlife Cyclist: The Road Map for the +40 Rider Who Wants to Train Hard, Ride Fast and Stay Healthy

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Much of it has a strong basis in science as you’d expect but rather than constant references to scientific papers, he mostly refers to what the specialists he works with have told him – which I think is fine given the intended audience and the credibility of his tame experts. No matter how my day is going, I can always count on Vijay's inspiring and informative posts to put a smile on my face.

Unfortunately the images were mostly decorative and an opportunity was missed to match and interplay more usefully with the text content. Rachel worked hard to transform her situation and continues with her running and cycling activities. It tells you why you should and how to go about it, either adapting what you’ve done in the past or learning something new. Because up until relatively recently in human history terms, human beings haven't exercised past the age of 40.

I sell cycling holidays in southwest France and hope that if you’ve stumbled upon this review, you might be curious enough to have a look at the rest of my web site. They may raise your bars (no headwind offsetting upper body loading), review saddle choice, and give you postural tips to make sure you maintain good posture. I had a serious dehydration experience about a month ago, literally while I was reading the chapter on heart conditions. Our name and mission are inspired by those weekly newspapers that tell the story of community, inspiration and, most importantly, inclusion.

Renowned cycling biomechanics pioneer, Phil Cavell, explores the growing trend of middle-aged and older cyclists seeking to achieve high-level performance. The way we metabolise food also changes due to reduced insulin sensitivity over time, causing weight gain. One of the curses of our age is that people live for a long time but endure poor health for a large chunk of those years. He also has useful case studies based on clients and friends which illustrate the issues he’s talking about and personal anecdotes which I enjoyed.

I’ve been around bikes my whole life and like to imagine I know what I’m doing, and in some ways I do. Phil’s voice will be new to American readers, but in his native England and throughout the European continent he’s a recognizable authority on everything you and I do on two wheels. Sometimes pure joy, sometimes serious, always around: can’t think of my social media without a daily dose of cycling from Vijay". There are numerous benefits to that but what particularly chimed with me was staving off osteoporosis by subjecting my bones to the impact of my feet hitting the ground.

That’s not to say I’m anti-data – my job as a thoroughly modern bikefitter requires fluency in its language and application – but technology is something that we at Cyclefit have adapted and bent to our will, rather than something that we inherently venerate or rely upon. I think this is where virtual cycling can and will make headway, using technology to make the riding control/experience more involving. Getting some depth of understanding about what might be going on in my chest helped me feel more at ease. In addition, with technological advances in the virtual cycling game, I communicate with my teammates via Discord.

We see hundreds of midlife athletes every month and every year, and they're all trying to push their bodies even harder as they get into middle age. Cavell, the balance also includes the trade-off between the brain-building stimulus of riding and racing outdoors with the neural-induced stress it creates. It is also a very safe activity - once you get the technique down, you have more points of contact with the groundless likely to turn your ankle or fall. My legs (and the rest of my muscles) are the same size now as they were when I was 18, but it seems I can’t rely on that always being the case so I need to take action now to make sure I hang on to them.