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Beat Boredom on an Indoor Bike

By Sheila Ascroft

If you’re stuck riding an indoor trainer three or four times a week, the winter months will definitely improve your fitness, but it could wear down your mind. It’s hard to keep pedalling and go nowhere–eventually the boredom will drain you. Having a spring goal will help keep you focussed.

Some lucky people have

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Spinning & Yoga: The Perfect Workout

By Kerry Guglielmin

It’s a wintry Friday evening, minus twenty-five degrees outside—a perfect night to curl up with a book in front of the fire. Instead, I pull on my bike shorts, scrape the ice off the car and drive over to the community centre for a spin/yoga class. I know it will be worth it.

When

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Pedal Mechanics—Back to Basics

By Clair Cafaro

During the cycling season weʼre so happy chasing down rivals, breaking records, or simply exploring the countryside with friends, that we rarely give a second thought to how we rotate those pedals—approximately 17,000 times per 100 km ride!

Late fall is the perfect time to

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Bike Trainer Blues: Hmmm, that couch looks inviting. . .

By Shane Brown

It’s early in the morning—dark and freezing outside. I remind myself that I have invested heavily in lots of equipment for days just like today. Why? So I can’t use bad weather as an excuse for not doing my workout on the bike trainer.

Guilt gets me out of bed. . . I call

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Indoor Cycling – Help or Hindrance?

As the last of the autumn leaves swirl around your tires, you resign yourself to the inevitable: it’s bitter cold and soon the snow will fall. It’s time to store your bike for the winter and turn your thoughts to keeping fit in the off-season. But the thought of endless hours on the trainer almost

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