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Got questions about cycling training? We're tackling your most common queries head-on, from finding the best training camp destinations to sorting out practical issues like saddle sores and nutrition timing. Whether you're planning your next cycling adventure or trying to stay comfortable on the bike, you'll find straightforward, experience-backed answers here.
"My favorite place to go for a training camp is Girona. It's just really really tough to beat. It has that great combination of flat roads, short climbs, long climbs, and then when you finish you finish in a sort of cool medieval town."
"Prevention is definitely the first part there. The main thing on it is prevention."
"Don't sit around in your chamois—especially if it's a wet day. When you get home, take your cycling kit off immediately."
“prevention is definitely the first part there is some chamois creams on the market I know Dave's a Brit skis won these not has some antibacterial stuff built into it think the a sauce one does as well and that's important just keeping the area down there the down there area called the undercarriage”
“washing your kids after every session it seems common sense but you wouldn't believe how many people think they can get a second we're out of a chamois you absolutely cannot it needs to be washed and needs to be washed at 60 plus degrees to get that bacteria out of it”
“insulin is a storage hormone it's not a bad hormone for its role among other things is storage so when insulin is present in the system the ball it sends a signal to the body to store the food that's being eaten that are processed at that time so when you're training or exercising insulin is neutralized so it's not stored”
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