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 stronger!

To give you an idea of my experience, I founded INTEGRATE Performance Fitness in Mountain View, CA in 2008. We cater primarily the endurance sports enthusiast population in the SF Bay Area. Long story short, our job is to make bike riders faster!

I am a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer, Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist. Long story short, my job is to make sure the riders who come into our facility don't fall apart so they can get as much enjoyment out of being the saddle as possible.

I've also been named the San Francisco Bay Area's Best Personal Trainer (CitySports Magazine.... INTEGRATE has also won "Best Northern California Fitness Facility" by Competitor Magazine, the folks who bring you VeloNews. I am also a strength and conditioning consultant for the Northern California High School MTB League as well as the National Interscholastic Cycling Association.

If something hurts, send over a question. Want to get faster uphill, we can figure out how to do that. Long story short, if you want to know the most effective ways to get more fit on your bike, I'm here to help.

Oh yeah, I love burritos, Shirley Temples, Batman (BIG BIG NERD), Mountain Biking ( I do that road bike thing so I can get faster on the dirt!), video games and "Archer."

I've also got an awesome wife and the cutest baby ever!!