The best recovery methods are boring! Post-training recovery is a hot topic. Recovery is discussed online, in magazines, and on podcasts. Exotic, expensive recovery methods and nutritional supplements, many of them endorsed by pro athletes, are touted as the secret key to athletic success. It's easy to become obsessed with and confused by recovery strategies to the point that the stress of worrying about recovery actually impedes recovery. The good news is that the most effective recovery actions you can take are simple and either free or cheap.

Losing weight, for many people, is a good idea and bicycling can be an effective part of a weight loss plan. Specifically, improving your body composition (the ratio of fat mass to non-fat mass) may help you avoid diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. If you race then you may improve your power by shedding a few pounds. (Alternately, you may improve your power if you add a little bit of muscle.

If you’re reading this then you like to ride your bike. I’ll further guess that you want to accomplish something special on your bike. Maybe you want to ride your first century, enter your first race, or podium at a specific race. Maybe you want to keep up with your cycling group or do a multi-day bike tour. Whatever achievement you have in mind, a training plan with structured cycling workouts will help you get there.

Reddiyo provides some of the most effective structured cycling workouts available today. These workouts are built specifically for you and your goals and can be performed several ways.

An increasing number of cyclists are coming to understand the importance of adding strength training to their training plans. Effective strength training improves neuromuscular coordination which improves cycling economy. The stronger you are, the more force you can put into the pedals which enables better sprinting and climbing. Stronger fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibers are more fatigue resistant and critical for endurance training. Here are a few tips on how to get the most out of a strength training program.

One of the key visions that we hold at Reddiyo is that all cyclists, regardless of training device, should be able to benefit from our training platform. In another step towards that vision, we are happy to announce that Reddiyo now integrates with both Wahoo and Suunto along with the already supported Garmin and Polar. This feature ensures that any activity performed on your Wahoo or Suunto devices will be synced directly to Reddiyo.