ANTHONY WALSH

How Cycling Coaches Build Race-Specific Plans — What You're Actually Paying For

A generic 12-week plan and a race-specific training programme look identical in a spreadsheet. The difference is in the ...

How to Structure a Training Block — The Framework Pro Coaches Actually Use

Most training plans fall apart because the structure underneath them was wrong from the start. This is the mesocycle fra...

Polarised vs Sweet Spot — Which Training Model Fits Your Life

The polarised-versus-sweet-spot debate has generated more online arguments than almost any other topic in cycling. Most ...

When to Test FTP — And When Testing Does More Harm Than Good

Every six to eight weeks is the standard advice, but context changes everything. A badly timed FTP test can wreck the tr...

Achilles Tendinopathy — Why Cycling Is the Best Cross-Training Option

The Achilles heals slowly and punishes impatience more than almost any other tendon. Here's why cycling is the one form ...

The Runner's First Bike — What to Actually Buy Without Overthinking It

Runners approach their first bike purchase the way they approach a marathon build — six weeks of research, fourteen brow...