Bicycle Training
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Little Blue’s Big Adventure
A Bike’s-Eye View Cycling the South of France Hey there, Little Blue here! Or, as the mechanics tend to call me, bike model Ti73/1. I’m part of the ExperiencePlus! bike fleet and have arguably the worlds greatest job! Each cycling… Read full article
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My First Bike Tour
My First Bike Tour Conquering Fear and Finding Bliss Last fall, with no bike travel experience or real training to speak of, I went on my first guided cycling tour. It was my husband’s enthusiastic “bike touring conversion” that started… Read full article
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How Hard Should I Train For This?
To start this section off we want to remind you first and foremost that although these trips can accommodate travelers with just about any level of fitness, you will be riding a bike most of every day while you’re with… Read full article
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Bicycle Training Calendar Level 4 – 4.5
Level 4 – 4.5 Training Program Joe Friel, nationally recognized fitness expert, designed this 12-week Training Packet specifically for ExperiencePlus! Bicycle tours. Our level 4 – 4.5 tours are for riders who love to climb (and descend). These tours are… Read full article
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Bicycle Training Calendar Level 3 – 3.5
Level 3 – 3.5 Training Program Joe Friel, nationally recognized fitness expert, designed this 12-week Training Packet specifically for ExperiencePlus! Bicycle tours. Our level 3 – 3.5 tours are for riders enjoy some climbing every day. These tours are best… Read full article
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Bicycle Training Calendar Level 2 – 2.5
Level 2 – 2.5 Training Program Joe Friel, nationally recognized fitness expert, designed this 12-week Training Packet specifically for ExperiencePlus! Bicycle tours. Our level 2 – 2.5 tours are for riders who prefer a combination of flat and rolling terrain… Read full article
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Bicycle Training Calendar Level 1 – 1.5
Level 1 -1.5 Training Program Joe Friel, nationally recognized fitness expert, designed this 12-week Training Packet specifically for ExperiencePlus! Bicycle tours. Our 101 level tours are perfect for people looking for mostly flat terrain or those newer to cycling. If… Read full article
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Training for an ExpeditionPlus! Tour
By ExpeditionPlus! veteran, Mary Gantz Mary Gantz doesn’t let living in pancake-flat Florida inhibit her cycling success. She road Coast to Coast across Chile and Argentina in 2006; from St Petersburg to Istanbul in 2007; pedaled across the High Andes… Read full article
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Fear and Cycling
Fear? Yes, fear. Come on, admit it. There have been times when the thought of riding hasn’t always been pleasant. Maybe it’s the fear of the open road, riding in groups, riding again after a crash or taking on a… Read full article
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Spring Fever: Getting Ready to Ride
Finally. Spring is upon us. The days are getting longer. The desire to get outside and ride is growing. Unless you have been able to ride outside throughout the winter, it’s probably best to ease into outdoor riding. Here are… Read full article
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Yep, It’s Winter. Take Your Work-Out Inside…
and Reap the Benefits. By Leah Barrett, Nutritionist and Wellness Counselor at become fit in Fort Collins, Colorado OK, some of you are hard-core and no matter how cold or wet or windy it gets out there, you will not… Read full article
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Get Out and Ride
Get Out and Ride (even if you don’t feel like it) By Leah Barrett, MS, LCSW Nutritionist / Wellness Counselor at become fit in Fort Collins, Colorado So, you’ve signed up for a fabulous bicycle trip with Experience Plus! and… Read full article
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Joe Friel’s Health Benefits of Cycling
by Joe Friel It can be difficult to keep up an exercise program, especially if you don’t see results right away in the mirror or on the scales. After all, the No. 1 reason most people workout is to look… Read full article
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Safe Cycling is Smart Cycling
The League of American Bicyclists is the nation’s premier bicycle advocacy group which, over the last forty years, has developed THE national standard in bicycle safety education. It is unfortunate that most people learned most of what they know about… Read full article
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Tips to prepare for your bicycling trip
Interview with Joeann Gutowski We visited with Joeann Gutowski in our Fort Collins office before she heads to our Bicycling Through the Best of Provence tour this fall to ask about her routine and tips to prepare for her cycling… Read full article