by RICHARD CONARD 01/22/2023

Cycling endurance training is about getting yourself best prepared for races. But it also helps keep you fit and healthy for everyday activities too. Even if you ride casually and do not race or not often, you could still get a lot of benefits from taking on the challenge of training endurance performance in cycling.

Help improve your power and stamina in cycling and overall

There are a number of things that can be done to improve your strength and stamina within your cycling training plans. This can help you get to the front of the pack, improve your racing times and performance and give you an edge at times during races when others start to flag. You will also start to enjoy the race more as it hurts you less!

One of the main muscle groups you use when cycling is of course, in your legs. There are a lot of exercises you can include in your training to help build stamina and strengthen those leg muscles. This will then positively impact your cycling endurance. A good one you can get quite creative with is the leg squat, especially one-legged squats.

Some ideas might include sitting on a chair or a raised flat surface if you are at the gym and then stretch one leg out then try to stand without allowing the leg you stretched out, touch the floor. When you get very good at doing that and have built up strength you can add ankle weights to up the challenge and increase your strength. Then you can mix it up sometimes doing with and sometimes without.

Hill climbs are another great way to boost endurance performance in cycling. Work on hill climbs and then move up to adding weighing yourself down to make it harder, you can also add in not changing gears to see if you can get up. Each time you reach the highest part of the hill you can manage, go back down and then repeat the same thing and build up how many times you can achieve this.

Use a good coach to achieve your cycling goals

A good way to improve your cycling endurance is to also employ the help of someone who knows what they are talking about in the form of a good coach. Make sure they have experience with cycling or triathlon training and that they can offer you training that you can fit into your everyday life. They should design a training plan that is specific to you and your needs. Whether you are racing, want to join a cycling club or just want to improve your performance a coach could really help.

Summary

What is important when you want to build up your cycling endurance is to create an achievable training regime and build up the process so your stamina and strength increase over time. This way you avoid injuries and have much better success. There is nothing you cannot achieve if you are ready to work for it!