Periodisation vs Reverse Periodisation: Which is For You?
The indoor season is here, and chances are you already have a couple of goals in mind for the next summer season. If you haven’t already started, now is the time to get a plan together to ensure you...
View ArticleHow to Make & Keep Cycling New Year’s Resolutions
Cycling New Year's resolutions and goal setting may sound overrated. Defining what you want to achieve is extremely powerful to support your training. Setting fitness resolutions, and importantly...
View ArticleHow to get the most out of your final training phase
Congratulations, you’ve made it through the intense off season- well, almost. Whether you’ve still got the remnants of holiday food pickings to burn off, or you’re busy building up the last of your...
View ArticleJames Golding: How to train for Race Across America
After his success at Race Across the West, Wattbiker James Golding is ramping up his training for his next big adventure, Race Across America- an ultra-distance road cycling event totalling...
View ArticleHow to Improve Your Cycling Cadence
When it comes to becoming a better cyclist, efficiency is key. Seemingly, less effort really is more when finding your ideal cycling cadence. You don’t need to pedal harder for a more efficient ride....
View ArticleHow to Improve Your Cycling Endurance
Cycling endurance training helps you improve how long you can sustain your power output. Our expert tips cover all aspects of endurance cycling from pacing, the right workouts all the way through to...
View ArticleAsk the experts: Should you train with a coach?
Knowledge, wisdom and motivation are all things we wish we had infinite access to, especially on those days when training is a little more difficult. Whether you’re just starting out, or you’re a...
View ArticleInjury to Ironman: how Wattbike Atom is aiding one Wattbiker's road to recovery
Already a keen Wattbiker, Chris Scott’s training came to an abrupt halt after breaking his legs, pelvis, hands and shoulders in a motorcycling accident late last year. Ten months on, Chris’ road to...
View ArticleSetting your winter training goals ft. Lucy Gossage
Starting your winter season knowing the performance targets and goals you want to achieve is incredibly powerful for your training, no matter how big or small they may be. Having targets to train...
View ArticleHaute Road Training Plans - Multi-Day
Wattbike’s Haute Route training plans are designed for professional cyclists and bike training enthusiasts and will help you improve your stamina and test your cardiovascular endurance. Training for...
View ArticleThe Haute Route Climbers Training Plan
What is the Haute Route Cycling Training Plan? The Haute Route has been dubbed the world’s highest and toughest sportive. A multi-day event featuring 20,000m of climbing, what could be tougher? Try the...
View ArticleCycling Training Plans for Sportives
Sportive training plans get you ready for race day. Distance is no obstacle - whether you’re preparing for a 40 mile, 50 mile, or 100 mile sportive, the training never stops. The Wattbike sportive...
View ArticleThe Base Training Cycling Plan
What is The Base Training Cycling Plan? The base training cycling plan, developed in partnership with Veloptima and InPursuit Coaching, is 12 weeks long and provides 3-5 weekly indoor smart bike...
View ArticleCreate a Performance Boosting Winter Training Plan
Winter training doesn’t have to be battling wind and rain, and the cold. You can make the most of cycling with an indoor trainer. With an established winter training plan you can improve your distance...
View ArticleGetting the most out of your indoor miles for outdoor gains
The spring sunshine and longer evenings are upon us, and it’s definitely that time of year to start planning those outdoor adventures. But, we don’t want to forget the power of an indoor training...
View ArticleTop tips for spring training success
Perfecting that pain cave setup is essential for powering through any Wattbike session, and especially important when the warmer spring weather starts to arrive. Here are some top tips to get the most...
View ArticleGuide to Winter Training
Winter is the ideal time to maximise your cycle base training, and although it’s a lot more fun to breeze along the open road under a warm summer sun, knuckling down for some serious watts over winter...
View ArticleHow to Increase Cycling Wattage
For cyclists, achieving a high wattage is like the Holy Grail. We spend hours in the pain cave trying to improve the numbers and sweating it out on an indoor bike trainer so that outdoor rides become a...
View ArticleSweet Spot Training
If you’ve never come across the term ‘sweet spot training’ before, you may be justifiably confused and also intrigued. It’s a type of training that is unique to cycling and won’t be found in training...
View ArticleStrength Training For Cyclists
Once you become serious about cycling and get hungry for results, you realise there are a lot of plates to spin when it comes to training. You already know you need to ride intervals, sweat through...
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