Why I love my Elite RealAxiom

Monday, January 24th, 2011

I’ve never really been a fan of indoor training. Coming from the Southern Hemisphere, where the winters aren’t very extreme, I’ve always struggled to find motivation to get onto the indoor trainer. Recently my opinion has changed. I have fallen in love with my Elite Realaxiom indoor trainer. Even in the beautiful summer weather, the Realaxiom has made me [...]

Hill attack intervals

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Teammate Lizanne Naude putting her hill attack training to use in the Cape Cobra race (Photo courtesy of Ronel Rust of Torque Pics). Today I did a hill attack session in training. This session involves finding a climb or a series of climbs more or less 3 minutes in duration. Start with a good warm [...]

How to stay fit this winter

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

  With winter fast approaching, the thought of how to stay fit during the miserable winter months is a question bound to be on many people’s minds. The easiest solution to this problem is to start cycling indoors. The challenge however, is how to make indoor cycling more interesting and fun. Here are a few [...]