{"id":236107,"date":"2025-10-23T22:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/236107\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T22:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:41:11","slug":"30-minute-workouts-to-build-explosive-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/236107\/","title":{"rendered":"30-Minute Workouts to Build Explosive Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019ve ever wondered how some cyclists seem to possess an extra gear and hit unimaginable speeds, you\u2019re not alone. And it’s not from putting in a million miles a week. It turns out that performance gains come less from sheer volume and more from balancing intensity, recovery, and consistency. Knowing how to train hard\u2014and when to ease up\u2014is the secret to smarter, faster riding.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s episode of the Bicycling Show About Bicycling is inspired by “30 Minute Indoor Cycling Workouts to Boost Your Fitness<\/a>,” one of Bicycling\u2019s most-read training stories this month. Our cycling and fitness experts Bobby Lea, Monique LeBrun and Tom Messina dive deeper into the benefits of short, intense workouts and why they\u2019re so effective\u2014whether you do them on the road, or on an indoor trainer this winter.<\/p>\n

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In their discussion, Monique breaks down key training terms like VO\u2082 max, lactate threshold, and neuromuscular power in plain language. The conversation turns practical as Bobby shares his go-to rhythm: three days on, one day off. Listening to your body, they agree, is one of the most important training skills of all. \u201cTrain hard, rest hard,\u201d he says, a reminder that fitness doesn\u2019t just happen on the bike. <\/p>\n

Their conversation delivers valuable tips to supercharge your workouts and training goals. And if you truly want to start breaking some speed records, check out our latest member-only training program How To Ride Faster<\/a>. Hosted by cycling enthusiast and former professional road racer Jen Whalen, the program is packed with videos and actionable advice to help you achieve the speed goals you\u2019ve been dreaming about. <\/p>\n

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Louis Mazzante is the Test Director at Hearst\u2019s Enthusiast Group, overseeing product testing and expert reviews at Popular Mechanics, Runner\u2019s World, and Bicycling; he has more than 20 years of experience testing bikes, skis, cars, tools, and cool gadgets\u2014and he is always searching for new gear that looks good, solves problems, and has a fair price. Prior to his current role, he wrote for or led several product-focused consumer and trade magazines. He\u2019s a former ski instructor, bike racer, trail builder, and, thanks to the demands of a 2005 Nissan X-Terra with 208k+ miles, amateur car mechanic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read If you\u2019ve ever wondered how some cyclists seem to possess an extra gear and hit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,133520,110452,133515,133518,133529,133523,133517,784,20690,133530,133524,133519,133521,127675,133522,133527,133531,133516,133528,133526,85,133525],"class_list":{"0":"post-236107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bicycling-show","11":"tag-bicycling-com","12":"tag-bike-fit","13":"tag-bike-performance","14":"tag-bike-setup","15":"tag-colin-mcsherry","16":"tag-crank-length","17":"tag-cycling","18":"tag-cycling-comfort","19":"tag-cycling-injury-prevention","20":"tag-dan-chabanov","21":"tag-expert-tips","22":"tag-jonathan-blyer","23":"tag-knee-pain","24":"tag-matt-phillips","25":"tag-muscle-imbalance","26":"tag-riding-tips","27":"tag-saddle-height","28":"tag-saddle-sore","29":"tag-seat-position","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-tom-messina"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}