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	<title>Power Meters &#124; Heart Rate Monitors</title>
	<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net</link>
	<description>On The Bike Training with Heart Rate Monitors and Power Meters</description>
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		<title>Cycling and Weight Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As a cyclist you're probably already aware of the advantages of carrying less fat. Not only will your health be improved, your longevity increased but you will also be able to ride faster over rolling terrain. 
Weight loss is one of the main aspirations for people when asked what they would like to change [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/cycling-and-weight-loss/</link>
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		<title>How To Do A Power Profile Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A power profile test is conducted at the start of a training programme (or for those of you without a power meter its done at the point you switch to training with one). It is used to  establish what kind of a rider you are, where your strengths and weaknesses are and to set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/how-to-do-a-power-profile-test/</link>
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		<title>What is VAM and How to Calculate it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You might have heard a lot about VAM or vertical ascent in meters per hour to give it its full name. VAM is a measurement coined by Dr Michele Ferrari  as a means of comparison between riders and climbs giving us an ability theorize and attempt calculate relative power output.
It is important to understand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/what-is-vam-and-how-to-calculate-it/</link>
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		<title>What do PowerCranks do?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PowerCranks have been around for a number of years now and have been seen as a quiky piece of kit by many in the cycling fraternity. Some swear by them in the off season while others seem them as an object of ridicule. They will even work with Powertap power meters and should help to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/what-do-powercranks-do/</link>
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		<title>FACT LBP-20 Training With a Heart Rate Monitor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the unusual things about the FACT theories on training is their recommendation that the majority of training is done at a moderately low intensity.
For most riders the magic figure is LBP-20.
What does this mean exactly?
Well LBP is your heartrate in beats per minute at the point of your lactate balance point, as calculated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/fact-lbp-20-training-with-a-heart-rate-monitor/</link>
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		<title>Why Cycle for Fitness?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The exercise ones body gets while cycling is generally linked with an increase in health and well being. According to studies carried about by the World Health Organization, lack of physical activity is second only to smoking tobacco  as a serioud health risk in developed countries, and consequently many tens of billions of dollars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/why-cycle-for-fitness/</link>
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		<title>The Benefits of Resting When Training With Power Meters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know if you’ve heard this before – training makes you slower, recovery makes you faster. Think about it for a minute nest time you are sitting on your turbo trainer looking over the figures from your power meter or heart rate monitor …If you were to ride hard every day would you get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/the-benefits-of-resting-when-training-with-power-meters/</link>
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		<title>Ask Uncle Bob</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Bob
I’ve been racing for a number of years now and being a family man I’ve tried to keep my training to  a set schedule so as to be able to give a lot of regular time to my family, which is something I consider important. Last weekend I was thirty minutes into my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/ask-uncle-bob/</link>
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		<title>An introduction to training with a power meter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you are thinking of getting a power meter but want to know exactly what you can use it for?
If you are the sort of person who loves knowing what's going on inside your body, what's going on with your aerodynamics and what's really happening in a race then you will absolutely love having a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/an-introduction-to-training-with-a-power-meter/</link>
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		<title>Teams and Institutes Using Lactate Pro Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a partial list of teams and institutes who have used Lactate Pro testing equipment in conjunction with their training programmes.
Adidas National Running Team (Canada)
Arizona State University
Biathlon Canada
Canadian Forces Base, Kingston
Canadian Forces Valcartier, Biathlon
Canadian National Cross Country Ski Teams
Canadian Olympic Kayak Team
Canadian Space Agency
Concordia University, Montreal
Green Mountain Valley Ski Academy, Vermont
Hope College, Michigan
Ironman Institute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cyclingfitness.net/teams-and-institutes-using-lactate-pro-testing/</link>
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