What is Up with Cycling Orthotics? By Ben Stein, MS For MTBCOACH.COM For those of you that are unaware of the use of cycling orthotics, they are used along with proper bike fits, cleat alignment, and shims, to adjust body alignment with the geometry of the bike with the intent to improve power and decrease […]
By Ben Stein, MS In the many bike fits that I have performed over the last few years, I have noted countless instances of knee adduction and abduction while pedaling. Adduction is movement toward the midline of the body and abduction is movement away from the midline of the body. These movements can […]
Take a deep breath and be mindful By: Ben Stein, MS, ACSM EP/CET ben@mtbcoach.com Recently, I was taking part in the “Turkey Cross” cyclocross race in beautiful Eagle, ID. Since I was racing later in the day, I was able to do a fair share of heckling. Most of my race heckling was done on […]
