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Category: Fitness

Fitness

5 Essential Balance Exercises

  • July 15, 2026
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A simple routine to improve your balance and stability.

Fitness, Know How, Nutrition

How to Recover Faster After Hard Rides

  • July 14, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

6 Recovery tips every rider should know

Fitness

Swiss Ball Advanced Core Workout, by Kate Slegrova

  • July 10, 2026
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Try these 5 killer moves from Kate to get your trunk firing.

Fitness

Fitness | 5 Key Kettlebell moves for more strength and power on the bike

  • June 30, 2026
  • By Bike Network

Unlock your riding potential.

Fitness

FITNESS: Yoga | The 15-minute recovery session

  • June 21, 2026
  • By Crew
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4 simple poses to boost recovery

Fitness, Nutrition

Broccoli: The One Vegetable Experts Say You Have To Eat | Here’s Why

  • June 20, 2026
  • By Bike Network

A most crucial vegetable for all riders

Fitness, Know How, Nutrition

8 Ways Riders Over 40 Can Stay Strong, Fast and Injury-Free

  • June 14, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

You don’t have to ride slower!

Fitness, Know How

Video: 2 Conditioning Workouts for eMTB & Gravity Riders | by Fit4Racing

  • June 11, 2026
  • By Bike Network

Build a body that actually performs on the bike

Fitness, Know How

5 Things to Know About Gravel Bikes

  • June 9, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

The nuances and ride feel of gravel bikes

Fitness

4 Stretches To Ease Lower Back Pain

  • June 4, 2026
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A big day on the bike or a long day at your desk could lead to excessively tight hips which often presents as lower back pain.

Fitness

Yoga: Balance and stability routine

  • May 29, 2026
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A simple routine you can do in your home that will have a significant impact on your riding.

Fitness, Know How

Want To Get Fitter? Here’s The Training Concept Most Riders Completely Misunderstand

  • May 22, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

The importance of systematic overload and recovery in your training plan

Fitness

YOGA: 5 moves to improve hip mobility

  • May 17, 2026
  • By Bike Network
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Including yoga in your weekly riding routine turns out to be very beneficial for performance.

Fitness, Know How

Unlocking Peak Performance: The Power of Periodization

  • May 15, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

Periodization is a critical component of training that is often overlooked

Fitness

Fitness | Get more power and speed with these 5 Barbell moves

  • May 9, 2026
  • By Bike Network

Unlock your riding potential with Barbell Strength Training

Fitness

5 Essential Core Strength Exercises, with Kate Slegrova

  • April 26, 2026
  • By Bike Network
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Improve your balance, stability and power transfer with this simple routine by Kate.

Fitness, Know How

Fitness: Why mobility is every rider’s secret weapon

  • April 21, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

You don’t need hour-long sessions to see results

Fitness

6 Must-Do Leg Exercises to Ride Faster

  • April 18, 2026
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These home or gym based routines will improve leg strength and make you faster

Fitness

Fitness | Build Power & Speed with these 5 Dumbbell Moves

  • April 10, 2026
  • By Bike Network

With free Dumbbell Workout

Fitness, Know How, Nutrition

Burned Out on the Bike? 5 Key Signs You’re Overtraining & How to Bounce Back

  • April 3, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

Systematic overload and then recovery is the only way to get faster

Fitness

Fitness: 3 Balance Exercises That Will Improve Your Riding

  • March 23, 2026
  • By Bike Network
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Three simple enough do-at-home balance exercises which we guarantee will improve your riding.

Fitness

FITNESS: Yoga with Lynette, CORE STRENGTH

  • March 19, 2026
  • By Bike Network
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20-minute core routine

Fitness

YOGA: 8 Simple moves to improve your stability

  • February 25, 2026
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Simple moves to improve your posture and balance on the bike.

Fitness

YOGA: Recovery Sequence with Lynette

  • February 17, 2026
  • By Crew
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Try this routine to speed recovery, improve your overall conditioning and restore your energy.

Fitness, Gear Reviews, Nutrition

Review: Torq Endurance Sports Nutrition

  • January 14, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

Bars, gels & energy drinks

Fitness

MTB Workout | 8 Best Moves for XC, Trail, eMTB and Enduro Riders

  • January 2, 2026
  • By Myles Kelsey

Get stronger and ride technical trails with confidence

Fitness

Yoga | Hip, Neck & Shoulder Mobility Routine with Sheona Mitchley

  • August 6, 2025
  • By Bike Network
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6 poses to improve your mobility and flexibility.

Fitness

How To Use A Foam Roller and Why You Need One

  • May 13, 2025
  • By Bike Network
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The upgrade everyone needs

Fitness

Yoga: 5 Daily Maintenance Poses for Mountain Bikers, by Sheona Mitchley

  • April 6, 2025
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Sheona Mitchley guides you through 5 poses to build your strength and stabilisers.

Fitness

YOGA: 6 Poses to Release Back Pain from riding

  • September 25, 2024
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Sheona Mitchley guides you through 6 poses to release lower back pain.

Fitness, Know How, Racing

2023 Cape Epic: 8 Essential Survival Tips That Could Save Your Race

  • February 27, 2023
  • By Bike Network

Amy Wakefield knows…

Fitness

6 Moves To Improve Your Proprioception | By Nelia Harding

  • August 28, 2019
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Looking for more control and balance on the bike? Well, control and balance are closely related to a term we seldom hear, proprioception.

Fitness

Fitness: 7 Moves to improve your functional trunk strength & stability on the bike

  • July 5, 2019
  • By Bike Network
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Want to nail switchbacks, corkscrews, off cambers and just ‘feel’ stronger on the bike? Then this one is for you.

Fitness

FITNESS: 8 Upper Body Functional Strength moves for all riders

  • June 5, 2019
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Whatever kind of riding you are into a little extra upper body strength will yield gains.

Fitness

FITNESS: 6 Key moves to improve leg strength

  • April 26, 2019
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A lower body strength routine for trail, XC, road, gravel, enduro, DH and E-Bike riders to dip in and out of all year round.

Fitness

FITNESS: Strength training with Nelia – Workout 1

  • April 1, 2019
  • By Bike Network
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Find your neutral spine position, stabilize your spine, hinge through your hips — your journey to getting stronger starts here.

Fitness

FITNESS: The fundamentals of building strength for riding

  • March 7, 2019
  • By Bike Network
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Nelia, our strength and conditioning coach talks through the fundamentals and benefits of functional strength training for riding.

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