What you should be reading, watching and listening to. Plus our top gear picks this week. Read It’s been an incredible season of cycling and it feels like the summer has flown past like the peloton at full sprint – luckily Cycling Weekly has put together a recap of the best moments from this year….
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Skiers conquer the Tsirku Glacier
From the archive: this feature was first published by SportPursuit 4th Nov 2016. With winter fast approaching we are looking back on some of the gnarliest riding from past season so you can start building up the stoke for this year’s snowy months. Tsirku is a three-part big-mountain adventure ski series from Sherpas Cinema and…
Nutrition for Triathlon
Ian Craig, MSc, DipCNE, INLPTA is an exercise physiologist, nutritional therapist, NLP practitioner and an endurance coach. Previously a competitive middle-distance runner, Ian specialises in sport from an integrative health perspective. He is the editor of Functional Sports Nutrition magazine and also lectures and writes extensively in the UK and South Africa on the concept…
Have your say and shape the ski industry
SportPursuit has partnered with Listex, a trade event for professionals in the ski industry, to see what real skiers and snowboarders want from their snowsports holidays. Fill in the survey below to have your say and improve the ski industry for everyone. Listex has created a brand new survey to gather opinions from across the…
Get into: Track Cycling
With six indoor velodromes in the UK find out how to give track cycling a go this winter. Read more articles like this in Totally Active Magazine. If you’re a cyclist, you can’t fail to have been inspired by the sensational success of the Great Britain’s cyclist this year, including standout performances from Team Sky’s…
Run7 Global – 7 Wonders, 7 Marathons, 7 Charities
Run7 is a newly founded charitable initiative that exists to raise funds and awareness of the best global sustainable business practices. Driving education and dialogue to combat climate change apathy via a ‘world-first’ series of marathons and ultra-marathon events staged at 7 Natural Wonders of the World. Run7 was founded by and is delivered by…
The Kit List – September 14th
What you should be reading, watching and listening to. Plus our top gear picks this week. Read An innovative use of recycled plastic has been unveiled in the Netherlands, where a pilot scheme has launched the first bike path made entirely of recycled plastics. Read more on Cyclist Magazine. Part running, part mountaineering, all incredible…
Talk of the tour
Latest and greatest updates from the 2017 Tour de France Last updated: Friday 21/07/2107 Tour de France 2017: Mollema wins Stage 15 Tour de France Stage 14: Froome back on top Tour de France stage 6 finish line quotes Tour de France: Kittel wins stage 6 as Froome retains lead Tour de France stage 5:…
A Royal Ramble
The 440km long Kungsleden in Swedish Lapland offers hiking through some of Europe’s greatest wilderness. Lara Dunn heads north of the Arctic Circle to tackle part of it. This article was first published on 13th October 2016 and is a feature piece from Totally Active The Kungsleden stretches 440km from Abisko in the far north of…
Beginner’s Guide to Heart Rate (Part 1)
Nikalas Cook explains how to get the most out of your heart rate monitor. Read more articles like this in Totally Active Magazine. The first wireless heart rate monitor was invented in Finland in 1977 by Seppo Säynäjäkangas, founder of Polar, as a training aid for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski team. They became…
Grand Raid Cristalp Mountain Bike Race
Charlie Evans has worked for British Cycling for the last eight years, developing their coaching pathway across the road and mountain bike disciplines. He has raced mountain bike XC to an elite level, though enjoys nothing more than riding his home trails of the Peak District. Read more articles like this in Totally Active Magazine….
Bike Fit Blues
Apart from the self inflicted, and enjoyable for some, burning pain in your quads and lungs when you’re pushing hard, cycling should be a pain free experience. It’s no coincidence that it’s the chosen rehabilitation activity following many injuries as it’s zero impact and therefore incredibly kind on your joints. However many cyclist do experience…
PRE RUN WARM-UP Routine
Turn up for any race and you’ll see the full spectrum of warm-up routines. From extensive protocols that take almost as long as the race itself to those that prefer to stay in the car with the heaters on until the last possible moment. Find out what you should and shouldn’t be doing to get…
Spine Challenger
175 kilometres in 60 hours, across the bogs and moors of the Pennine Way and in the depths of winter, Tim Budd tackles the Spine Challenger. Read more articles like this in Totally Active Magazine. Although I’m generally comfortable covering decent distances on the fells, really long ultras have never really appealed. At least, they…
Minimising MAXIMAL Losses
Attention to detail is key to optimal performance but only once you’ve ticked off the big boxes. Nik Cook highlights the main areas that could cost you the most time, energy and enjoyment when tackling a sportive this summer. Read more articles like this in Totally Active magazine. At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Britain’s…
Le Mans 24-Hour Sportive
Fiona Russell is better known as the journalist and blogger Fiona Outdoors. Based in Scotland she combines her passion for outdoors sports, including road cycling, with her written work. Fiona enjoys cycling sportives, cyclocross events and triathlon. Her greatest achievement as an adult was qualifying to compete for Team GB in the 2013 World Age…
Post Exercise Stretching Routine
Ayo Williams is a Personal Trainer / Strength & Conditioning Specialist with nearly 20 years’ experience of training individuals to performance and aesthetic goals. An accomplished sports massage therapist, his qualifications also include a Sports Science degree and CSCS certification, from the NSCA. He currently leads a team at Matt Roberts Personal Training, London. Read…
Stunning ski video made with just an iPhone and string
“No iPhones were harmed during the making of this video” This post was originally published on 12th February 2016.
Fresh powder envy: 1950s helicopter skiing!
Seeing as we usually bring you the latest and greatest action and outdoor videos from around the web, this week we’ve decided to switch it up and take a journey back in time. Don’t worry, this week’s video is still remarkable, it just happens to be from the 1950s. Long before the creation of chairlifts,…