Our bodies are meant to be support structures which allow us to function. Functional training exercise programs are designed to maximize neuromuscular efficiency, or optimize the way muscles work together to move bones.

There seems to be quite a bit of interest in low intensity looooong duration base work vs higher intensity short duration. It is no secret I'm not a fan of long and slow. There are several reasons as to why, but the biggest one is how that accelerates the body breaking down faster, and here's why.

Most people have desk jobs. Those jobs shut down glutes and tighten muscles all over the musculoskeletal system by shear virtue of being in…

The following information details how you lose your performance potential when performance robbing muscle imbalances are left unaddressed. We'll begin with the most common thing we see at the studio when people come in for …

A couple of years ago,  I met one Michael Ploch through another cycling website where I'm the fitness editor. I interviewed him about his return from an illness and his insertion into the Cat 5 peloton in Tampa.

From there, we interacted constantly, talked a ton, and long story short, he's invited me to be a part of the IRideBicycles.com community as a resource for all of your training/fitness/etc questions.I'm looking forward to helping people ride longer and pedal…

I bet that got your attention didn't it? Let's see. I'm brand new to the site. No one knows who I am, and here I am telling you power meters might not actually measure power.

Well, they don't, and here's why: your nervous system will only allow you to exhibit the amount of power that your joint stability allows. So they should actually be called "stability meters." They more stable your joints are, the more power you will put out. Paul Chek training guru says "you can't…

A train isn't the most dangerous object when navigating your bike across RR tracks.  The tracks themselves can come up and bite your front wheel if you aren't careful! 

A quick note of caution when approaching RR tracks: Hit them head on, even if that means to swing out a bit.  Give audible cue and / or hand signal those around you and hit the tracks at a 90 degree angle.  Two folks I know went down just this…

I don't really have a need for a folding bike, but if I did the Brompton crowd seems like a fun bunch. To show what I mean here is a video of the 2011 Brompton Wold Championships.

In order to create an interesting and dynamic site, I'm looking for like minded people who want to be a part of this ground floor opportunity. We want to feature several types of professionals on this site to be our go too representatives. I'm looking for a fitter/bike wrench type, a trainer as well as a nutritionist who want to represent I Ride Bicycles who want to be an intricale part of what we are doing here. If you would like to be considered for one of these positions, send me a friend…

After spending over a year, a bit of money, as well as a lot of time and energy invested with another Velo site, I've decided to return to something that I think works as a great place to meet up with other like minded Bicycle people. Its going to take a lot of work and I'll need quite a bit of help, but it will be worth it.

Feel free to get started on your own blog posts, photo up loads, its our site and it will only be what we make it so lets get started…