Rob is a fully qualified Level 3 Cycling Coach with the Association of British Cycling Coaches and founder of Propello, a cycling-focused health and fitness business delivering performance training programmes and bespoke coaching to cyclists anywhere in the world. In his spare time Rob can be found riding the local Devon lanes in training for his next European sportive.
2018-09-18 15:46:50 - "If it keeps on (T)rainin' levee's goin' to break ..." Now it's getting near that time of year when many of you will have been training, racing and riding pretty hard...
2017-11-21 14:55:41 - There is so much confusion out there about Functional Threshold Power. Ask a group of riders what they think Functional Threshold Power is and you will probably get the...
2017-09-25 15:17:51 - One of the most difficult elements of cycling is learning the art of pacing - the ability to judge how hard to push so that you can cover the required distance as...
2017-04-12 14:23:56 - Around this time of year I get a bunch of questions about POWER and what it actually means for people in the real world out riding their bikes. There is a lot of science...
2017-02-15 15:27:32 - Ask a group of riders what they think Functional Threshold Power (FTP) is and you will probably get the answer that it is the maximum power that they can hold on a...
2017-01-31 16:13:22 - I wrote this piece last year and it was probably the subject that received the most comment and interest. We have added a little more meat to the bone and introduced...
2017-01-11 15:58:17 - Turbo or road? It is a question that I often get asked. Can I do my weekly workouts on the road rather than indoors on the turbo? The quick answer is yes. We should all...
2016-11-17 14:59:42 - One of the most difficult problems that coaches have is persuading athletes to take recovery days, easy weeks and have a few weeks chilling at the end of a season. I...
2016-11-09 15:31:19 - I have now completed the start of season of fitness tests for all of my coached athletes - it has been quite a two weeks of hard work for them as well as me! If you...
2016-10-26 16:43:19 - I gave a presentation to my Development Squads this week on their Foundation Training Programme. I am coaching a great group of 23 riders with a specific goal of...
2016-09-07 14:15:20 - I would wager a lot of money that a very large number of you have got to that stage in the season where any gains in performance have stopped and no matter how hard you...
2016-08-23 14:53:24 - As some of you know I recently went to the Italian Alps and Dolomites taking on 700 km/450 miles and 20,000m/65,000 feet of climbing over six days riding. It was a...
2016-06-20 14:10:38 - You may have heard the term 'burning matches' when you have been out cycling with friends or in groups. Exclamations such as 'she burnt all her matches early on and...
2016-05-12 14:33:39 - OK, it's this time of year again. I have been harping on about quality training vs quantity for the past few weeks but then the sun comes out, fitness starts to appear,...
2016-04-22 12:49:00 - .........now you focused your training on QUALITY? Around this time of year I get a bunch of questions about POWER and what it actually means for people in the real...
2016-03-30 15:36:03 - With the race and sportive season upon us it seems a good time to talk to you about how you should be capitalising on all the good aerobic work that you have probably...
2016-03-15 12:20:15 - So here's the scene. You only have 45 minutes for a 60 minute Z5 workout. You need to find 15 minutes from nowhere so you do what looks like the easiest thing to do and...
2016-01-28 14:08:46 - For those of us living in hilly or mountainous regions, climbing is a fact of our cycling lives. Even if your home is surrounded by flat land many of the gran fondos and...
2016-01-07 16:45:31 - Having just completed my monthly set of fitness tests, I am pleased to say that the training that I started at the beginning of November is slowly starting to translate...
2015-12-10 15:02:24 - Are you confused by heart rate zones? If so you shouldn't be surprised because I reckon that there are something like 80 different ways to calculate and present them. I...
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Gran fondos, or, "great rides," as they're known in Italy,...
In the last year of the 19th Century, Marshall "Major" Taylor...
And now it is official. GFNY Santa Fe has been confirmed...
