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Home Trainer Program - week 5 - Power Meter Based
This is our week 5 home trainer program and also the last as everybody in Europe should be out of confinement by the end of this week. Some countries have already started their de-confinement (German ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Home Trainer Program - week 4
This is now our week 4 home trainer program. The last two weeks with threshold training in week 2 and anaerobic exercises in week 3, were quite challenging and we have to allow for some recovery time ...
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Home Trainer Program - week 4 - Power Meter Based
This is our week 4 home trainer program. The last two weeks with threshold training in week 2 and anaerobic VO2 Max workouts in week 3 were quite arduous, and we have to allow for some recovery to an ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Structured Turbo Training & Lessons from a Legend
Structured turbo training in the present environment with restrictions on outdoor movements can give you positive health and fitness benefits. The environment in which you have your turbo trainer loc ...
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Home Trainer Program - week 3 - Anaerobic Exercises
Confinement keeps going and we have reached week 3 of our home trainer workouts. We did Endurance in week 1, Strenght & Core with efforts out of the saddle in week 2 and shall do Anaerobic Exercises ...
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Home Trainer Program - week 3 - Power Meter Based
Confinement keeps going and we have reached week 3 of our home trainer workouts. We did endurance in week 1, threshold training in week 2 and shall do anaerobic VO2 work this week. As a reminder, the ...
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Home Trainer Program - week 2
We are now all used to some form of confinement. More so if you live in Italy, Spain or France, and a little less if you live in Ireland, UK, Canada or USA. In some countries long outdoor bike rides ...
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Home Trainer Program - week 2 - Power Meter Based
We are now all used to some form of confinement. More so if you live in Italy, Spain or France, and a little less if you live in Ireland, UK, Canada or USA. In some countries long outdoor bike rides ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Home Trainer Program - week 1
The Covid-19 confinement does not allow us to cycle outdoors anymore, now that spring has arrived… It looks like the only way of maintaining/building our bike fitness is taking out the turbo trainer. ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Home Trainer Program - week 1 - Power Meter Based
The Covid-19 confinement does not allow us to cycle outdoors anymore, now that spring has arrived… It looks like the only way of maintaining/building our bike fitness is taking out the turbo trainer. ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Cycling in Britain and Ireland During Covid-19 Lockdown
Covid-19 has impacted cycling in several ways, but there are still opportunities to cycle during the lockdown. At the time of writing, both Ireland and Britain are not enforcing lockdown measures to ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
SportActive Cycling in Mallorca and Coronavirus
Dear Friends of SportActive, Everyone at SportActive hopes you and your loved ones are well. As you are no doubt aware, Spain is in lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak. This has affected our Mallor ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Embrace and Ride Les Gorges de la Nesque
Close to ‘The Beast of Provence’, Mont Ventoux is the magnificent canyon of Gorges de la Nesque. Many see this as the second most important canyon in Province after the Gorges de Verdon, but others w ...
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Welcome to the Road Cycling World of High Intensity Interval Training
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is an increasingly popular form of training. Here, you give it everything you’ve got on the bike for around two minutes. Ten out of ten effort. After a two min ...
Friday, 16 July 2021Read more... -
17 Reasons to Ride a Marmotte Granfondo this Year!
There is nothing quite like the challenge of a Marmotte Granfondo. Often set in the most famous mountain ranges in the world, they offer you the chance to ride routes used in the most renowned profes ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Your Professional Early Season Training Week in Mallorca
The only Early Season Training Camp you’ll ever need. You want to improve your cycling and take it to a new level. You want to put in better performances in events and train more effectively, but how ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
6 Christmas Gift Ideas for the Cyclist in your Life!
Christmas isn’t far away, and you may be racking your brain to think of a suitable present for the cyclist in your life. Fear not. Cyclists are always on the lookout for new gear, and many will be ha ...
Wednesday, 26 July 2023Read more... -
Twenty Eight Countries, Three Continents, the Ultimate Cycling Challenge?
At SportActive we’re no stranger to intense cycling challenges. Taking on Tour de France and Vuelta cols and demanding sportives are something we at SportActive relish. Taking on twenty-eight countri ...
Sunday, 27 October 2019Read more... -
4 Riders to who Might Just win The Tour de France 2019
On 6th July, one of the biggest and prestigious sporting events on the planet, the Tour de France begins in Brussels. It is an event packed with emotion as pro riders take on 3,460 kms across France ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Geneva Nice 2019 – 550 kms, 12 Alpine Passes & 1 week later…Col de Turini & Castillon
There has been hors category cols, snowstorms, high winds, brilliant sunshine, and challenging climbs and our team has come through with flying colours. Here you can see Yvonne riding Col de Turini. ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Geneva Nice 2019 – Riding into the Sky! Col de la Bonette & St Martin
As the SportActive team edged closer to Nice conquering one col at a time, one of the great challenges of the tour presented itself in the form of col de la Bonette. At 2802m and hors category gradie ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
La Route des Grandes Alpes Izoard & Vars
After yesterday’s snowstorm the team were feeling confident and ready to take on more French Alps challenges. You can see Yvonne discuss it here; Today, features two climbs including a Tour de France ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Geneva Nice 2019 – Conquering Cols Conquering Snowstorms Télégraphe & Galibier
Day 2 of Geneva to Nice started in good spirits. Here you can see Brian talk about one of his favourite climbs, Galibier. The schedule included: Col du Télégraphe, (1566 m), 12 km, average gradient 7 ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Geneva Nice 2019 Riding into the Sky! - Col des Aravis, Col de la Madeleine
Our team has looked forward to it all year and it has finally begun, Geneva to Nice kicked-off on the 9th June 2019 with the snowy peak of Mont Blanc in the backdrop. Today the team rode the first of ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more...
