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Book Excerpt: A Zen Approach to Training with Power, from Training and Racing with a Power Meter,

In an exclusive book excerpt, authors Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggan discuss some simple ways a power meter can help riders track performance changes over time

Book excerpt: The myth of ‘The Fat-Burning Zone’

In an exclusive excerpt from his book Racing Weight, Matt Fitzgerald explains the best way for cyclists to eat and ride to reduce body fat

Coaches Panel: A quick question (and answer) about intervals

A former racer returning to the fold asks the coaches for advice on adding intervals to his workouts

Training for Gran Fondos, part 5: Tapering and tips

Ready of the big ride? Proper tapering in the final week can make the difference

Train like a Tour de France racer — during the 2010 Tour

You may not be able to race the Tour de France, but you can simulate it at home. FasCat Coaching’s Matt Rossman has prepared a training calendar that mimics (albeit on a smaller scale) the physiological demands of a grand tour.

Coaches Panel: Kit Vogel responds to comments about asymmetry in cyclists’ bodies

Katrina Vogel responds to the many questions about her column earlier this month on asymmetry in cyclists

Training for Gran Fondos, part 4: Descending

Getting down a mountain you have just climbed is half the fun of climbing it in the first place, and in a long Gran Fondo descending is more or less unavoidable. Are you white-knuckled after the first turn? Are you fearless, but find yourself leaving skin on the mountain a little too often? If so, then read on — carefully!

Coaches Panel: Why do knees often track asymmetrically?

A bike fitter asks why so many clients require spacers for their left pedal spindles

Coaches Panel: Suggestions for a rider with large leg-length discrepancy

Sugestions for a rider with one leg three centimeters shorter than the other

Coaches Panel: How to train for a bike race just a few weeks away

A reader asks how to best peak for a race just two weeks away