I used many resources throughout my half year of cycling. Probably the biggest resources that I used was my dad. He taught me how to plan out my basic workouts and he told me what I should be doing. He continues to help me out to this day and won't be stopping anytime soon. All of the information from my dad was told to me, so it isn't exactly considered "research." The other huge resource that I used was the internet. I read lots of articles and applied them to my project and racing. I did the majority of the reading that I did in my project of the internet.
Some of the resources used:
1. TrainingPeaks
TrainingPeaks is a program that helps you plan out your workouts. While they are most famous for their program, they also have articles and forums.
2. Bicycling.com
Bicycling has lots of forums all about training. The forums are very helpful and they can teach you lots about how to create an effective plan.
3. Active.com
Active.com is yet another website with lots of great forums. The website is focused on a vast variety of sports, but it has a healthy cycling section too.
4. Mensfitness.com
Although Mensfitness isn't as serious as a lot of the other websites, it still contains some valuable information. The majority of Mensfitness is for beginner cyclists, so I didn't use much, but other parts of the website had great information about how to become strong for cycling.
I ended up reading lots of these articles. Altogether, they equated to more reading than some rather long novels.
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