Health and Nutrition
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Your Guide to Preparing for the Mallorca 312 & Marmotte Granfondo Alps Sportives
You’ve booked the big sportive and you’re eager to prepare and develop the right condition to complete it. That’s great but how is that accomplished? This guide will provide guidance on how to comple ...
Wednesday, 25 January 2023Read more... -
The Right Food for the Right Ride – Determine Your Cycling Nutrition
The chances are you know that cycling nutrition is vital to putting in good cycling performances. What you eat on and off the bike is important and plays an important role in how far you can ride, ho ...
Monday, 02 January 2023Read more... -
17 Tips for a Stellar New Year of Road Cycling
We all know that New Year’s resolutions don’t tend to stick. You make the promise to do this and do that, and a few weeks in they start to slide. It’s just how it is. At SportActive, we have your bac ...
Thursday, 29 December 2022Read more... -
How Accurate is Your Calorie Burn Device?
Thanks to the rise of electronic devices we have a plethora of ways of measuring calorie burn when on two wheels. The more sophisticated devices can measure distance and show GPS information as well ...
Wednesday, 07 September 2022Read more... -
Training Tips for Every Kind of Cycling
Whether you crave the feeling of getting to the summit of the highest cols, riding faster on the flat, cyclosportives, or simply enjoy cycling for the beauty of it, we have a training tip for you. In ...
Tuesday, 05 April 2022Read more... -
9 Achievable New Year’s Cycling Resolutions
Now you’ve had your turkey and celebrated the new year, now is the time to get organised and back on the bike. We have all made resolutions but sticking to them can sometimes be difficult. In cycling ...
Wednesday, 12 January 2022Read more... -
The Quick and Easy Guide to Cycling During Lockdown
The idea of this guide is to help you maximise your cycling time, maintain your condition, and to continue to get enjoyment from cycling. With tighter restrictions in place in the UK and Ireland and ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Cycling with Sciatica: Chiropractor's Tips To Ease Pain
Cyclists need to watch out for a variety of injuries, especially sciatica. This irritating condition alters your sciatic nerve causing it to send tingling sensations throughout your lower back. If no ...
Monday, 10 May 2021Read more... -
6 Tips to Lose Weight Through Cycling
Cycling is a fantastic exercise. It works certain muscle groups, exercises your heart and keeps you in better condition. It is also good for your immune system, which in the current climate is no bad ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Using Road Cycling to Burn Fat
Getting the balance right with fat is important if you want to be a better road cyclist. Too much and the excess weight will hold you back and slow you down. Too little and you will deplete your glyc ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Cycling, Hydration, and what you need to Know
Always Keep Hydrated Keeping hydrated is essential to cycling whether you are on a training ride or a sportive. As we ride we lose fluids through our sweat all the time and we risk running into unple ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Understanding Carbohydrates in Relation to Cycle Training
If you are cycling for over an hour and a half on a training ride or sportive, you will need to take food and fluids to avoid the dreaded “bonking”. Your fluid intake will be water possibly mixed wit ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Coming Back to Cycling after a Long Break
If you haven't ridden for a number of years, getting back on a bike may seem a bit daunting. You may have been putting it off, planning to ‘do it tomorrow’, and never actually quite getting around to ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021Read more... -
Want to Stay Healthy as you get Older? Start Cycling
Enjoy a Cycling Holiday on the Cycling Paradise of Mallorca There has been a lot written about the health benefits of cycling. Studies have found that it is good for your heart, lungs, muscles, and m ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021Read more... -
Seven Good Reasons to Start Road Cycling...
...as well as Saving the Planet. If you are yet to climb back on the saddle and start cycling, here are good reasons to do so. There are few negative points about cycling, and lots and lots of good o ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more... -
Improve your Core Strength for Better Cycling
A cyclist's core strength is very important. It can prevent pain and injury, as well as providing a cyclist with a solid muscular base for sprinting, hill climbing, and distance cycling. If you spend ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more... -
Slow Energy Foods Which Should be Part of your Training Diet
Get the most of your Cycling Training Slow energy foods are excellent for your training programme as they provide energy over the long term. This list of four of the best foods are fairly easy to tra ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Eat the right Foods for Better Cycling Performance
Like all exercise and sport, eating the right food is essential for performance. Even if you are only riding your bike to and from work, you will still be burning energy. A good diet will compliment ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more... -
Lose Weight by Cycling
Lose Weight by Cycling Cycle your way to Health Cycling is not only one of the fastest growing sports on the planet it is also offers a good way of losing weight. Swapping your car for two wheels is ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more... -
Nutritional mistakes made by cyclists
Common nutritional mistakes made by individuals on our cycling trips Whilst it is obviously important to eat healthily and avoid fatty foods where possible, a large proportion of the individuals on o ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more... -
Leah Vande Velde's low gluten recipes
Anti-inflammatory, low gluten diet : a new power source for cyclists ? Leah Vande Velde's low gluten recipes Published : by Sarah Staber in VeloNews May. 13th, 2009 Read Sarah Staber's entire story o ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more...
