Why is recovery so important for cyclists?

It’s easy to consider hard training sessions as being the best markers of fitness and performance gains, but how much thought have you really given to your recovery?

Chances are, if you’re like the majority of Matt Bottrill Perf...

Following a very busy two years of hard work, with little time spent away from work and my bike, I’ve spent the last month really recovering, with no riding or exercise. I could tell by the final weeks of the season that my body and mind were both in great need of a re...

For triathletes, the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii is like the Olympics, the Tour de France and World Cup rolled into one. It’s the world’s most iconic endurance event, it’s the original IRONMAN and was first held in 1978 with 15 competitors including fou...

I’ve been with MBPC for almost 5 years and in 2017 I had a serious accident at the finish of a TT. After this I no longer wanted to race on Dual carriageways. Fast forward to 2018 and under Dan Barnett I hit my targets of podium in the Tour of Cambridge, National Welsh...

Choosing to sign up with a cycling coach is not a decision to be taken lightly, there are so many considerations to take into account, and what works for one athlete does not work for another. Indeed, for some, having a coach isn’t necessarily needed – if you’re a casu...

As a cycling coach it is so easy to focus on the technical details such as speed, power and aerodynamics but an often overlooked and I would argue equally important aspect is the relationship that forms between coach and athlete.

In the modern world of remote coaching p...

In 2016 I fancied something new on the bike, to keep my winter varied, and to try new skills. What followed was the most hilarious introduction to cyclocross ever witnessed, I honestly think my wife wet herself laughing at me! All that season I had won races on the roa...

With the UK weather playing mayhem with athletes goal races it can be really hard to keep that focus and to even want to carry on training. Once that adrenaline stops the first reaction is to always feel really down and depressed. You forget how far you have come and t...