Steve Cummings built a long WorldTour career — Olympic track medals, stage wins at the Tour de France and the Vuelta, and a reputation as the peloton's great breakaway tactician — by doing things his own way. He tweaked nutrition, training and preparation to fit himself rather than following any programme as gospel. For the self-coached amateur, Cummings is the case study in disciplined individualism: experiment seriously, keep what works for your body, and know when to revert.
The major positions Cummings is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Steve Cummings on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
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“The idea basically you know like the caveman and all I what I used to sort of run on was just meeting berries but obviously the caveman didn't ride a bike so we just had to put a few carbs in there to tweak that system and I don't know it worked very well for me.”
“I tried to limit it actually because at one point I was doing it a lot. I basically wouldn't be breakfast ever. But we limited it because ultimately when you get to a race and you do have to have breakfast, our stance is like sort of, it was too much of a shot to the body so we had to change it around a bit.”
“I did most things on feeling and then used the numbers as sort of confirmation really.”
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