Consistency is the most important aspect of any training program and I don’t think it gets emphasized nearly enough.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Exactly 👊👊

@richardmiddleton7770

4 ай бұрын

I agree, as long as your breaks from cycling are also consistent.

Bike racers are a tough group...it's hard for people that are so driven to know when to ease up.

@joerenner8334

4 ай бұрын

Only those that are insecure with big egos

@rockhopper01

4 ай бұрын

@@joerenner8334wrong. It’s easy for all sorts of riders to over extend. Don’t be an ass.

@joerenner8334

4 ай бұрын

@@rockhopper01 You sound insecure

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Right. Always feels like failure. 🤔👍

I find that often the third beer stop makes me feel a little bit sick, so i tend to make the third stop a coffee stop with a snickers bar. Then i am good for the ultimate beer stop with just 10 km to home.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

😂👊🍻🍺

Following up. Added 500 cals plus a Snickers to my past Sunday ride with 4800 feet of climbing. Felt amazing with the extra fuel during the ride and pushed 212W avg. I did find eating cliff bars WORK to break those things down to swallow. To your point today, skipped my scheduled ramp test today because I'm still not recovered from the hard ride mentioned above.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

212 nicely done 👊💪

Excellent. It took me 5 years to realize this. Now I know; "The most important training session is the next session."

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Glad I helped you. 😜👊

Chris your videos are great real common sense /old school stuff /enjoying just riding your bike which I feel most people have lost sight of . Safe riding and keep those videos coming . 👌👌👌

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

The Velominati with their "harden the fuck up!" mantra will be displeased, Chris. ⚙️🎩 😜

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Yes they will be 😂👊

Great stories and advice Chris! We've all got to learn to listen to what our bodies are telling us, and not just listen, but follow. Consistency guided by that and coupled with patience, not forcing and impatience, will bring us up to where we want to be.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Great vid bro, yeah man, I love my rapha jackets with their wool base layers!

As soon as I saw the title and opening clip, I just knew what you'd be communicating here. It's about building a streak and keeping on it without interruption.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Exactly 👊👊

where i live, winter is about 25C (77F). i really will not have this kind of situation but your tips has been very important to make my trainning better. thanks

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Enjoy that heat and sun. 👊👊

Bike racers by nature are goal driven. It's important to try not to view every training ride as pass/fail if your goal is improving for tomorrow and beyond. Sometimes a good enough training ride is plenty to keep you on track for your goal that is further down the road.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Great advice Chris, and it transfers to other training as well. I lift weights pretty extensively and your tips work for that also. Especially at my age. At 64 an injury can sideline me for weeks, if not months. I've had shoulder injuries dog me for years. In powerlifting we call it ego lifting and it's bad. We have to progress and anything, ANYTHING, that interrupts good training or causes us injury or training scars will stop progression cold. Great advice again Chris!

Chris, you give the most sensible advice that i have ever heard. And we can believe it because you have been there and done that

I have been enjoying the practical advice. Nothing flashy just the bread and butter and that is what gets you better

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Exactly 👊👊🥖 🧈

Great advice! I learned more from your cold weather clothing advice from a few years ago, than anything. Maybe an update?

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Will do 👍👊

Pop Tarts! How did I not know this great pro secret! My next ride will definitely have a pop tart included...

More wisdom from the guru! Of course, the ones who most need to listen to this, won’t. Two things to add: - When coaching (casually), I employ a dialectic that goes like this: Q: What is the most important workout? A: The next one…. That is, agreeing with Chris, don’t so totally trash yourself on today’s workout that you end up not being able to do well on the next workout. - Another thing I agree with, Pop Tarts are really great en ride eats. Perfect form factor, pre-packaged, & inexpensive. My go to are TJ’s Strawberry Iced. Also thought you’d want to know that the creator of Pop Tarts passed away today…. He left a happy legacy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/william-bill-post-pop-tart-inventor-dead

the most successful riders and racers have this ability, phone it in before its an issue...especially getting sick. The agro, pain = gain, go 100% crowd is fast short term but implode in short order...play long game, the advice ive gotten from many riders....well said Chris

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Exactly. Long game is it. 👊👊

Chris is definitely a member or RIM BRAKE CARTEL!!!👌🏻💪🏻🚴🏻‍♂️

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

😂👊👊

@christianb.1028

4 ай бұрын

I can't believe he's riding a rim brake bike in these conditions! Speciannondale, Triant and Canyanello told me that's impossible! Glad he made it home safely!

Love the channel! As I've aged, I'm less willing to ride in the crazy cold like my younger days. I'll opt for a 1.5hr Wahoo ride with some good 5-10 minute efforts at above FTP. As for ride food, I prefer some of the junky stuff. Yes I'll have gels, Stinger Waffles, Jelly Belly beans, etc but I no longer can do a the traditional Cliff bar or commercial energy bar. I prefer the oatmeal kids cliff bars or Nutrigrain bars, pop tarts, individually packaged baclavas, oatmeal pies, and the like.

@kokonanana1

4 ай бұрын

Little Debbie oatmeal cream pies!!!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Oatmeal pies I can enjoy for sure. 👊😋

Allways nice to See you ! Thank you for this

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Reminds me of team camp in California, I snapped my rear derailleur cable on a big climb day so I was basically doing standing starts on my first-year Emonda SL-R... Once we got back into the flats I felt like I was working hard, thought maybe I was just tired, but I look down and my wheel is rubbing! So I'm getting pulled along by the scooter man with the spare wheels, when I start feeling the bike get squirrely underneath me! I look down and see the wheel is yawing as I put my weight on the saddle. The chainstay was completely severed! So the scooter man had to call his wife with the minivan to come give me a ride to the hotel... Those poor SL-Rs, they weren't ready for me!

VERY sensible advice. Thanks for posting!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

LOL! No one else wanted to join you on your 5 hr. cold snowy weather ride?

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

I tried. But they all wanted to gravel ride. 😱👍

Glad you made it home ok. Would you consider showing how you dress for the weather completely and are still mobile on the bike?

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. This is really where the good clothing comes into play. It’s light, not restrictive, and blocks the wind. Still nothing is as free as just shorts and jersey but the good clothing does get you out side on the bike and keeps your training from deteriorating if you didn’t train at all. I will do a video on it also. 👊👊

Getting dropped by the group or dropping off solo is the hardest thing to do in bike riding. 🤣

@bradford_shaun_murray

Ай бұрын

not if you're in Zone 2 lol

Its so true, after a training block you should be ready for a race not a rest.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Exactly 👊👊

Yah, good stuff Chris. You don't build muscle while you're riding 🙂. As a recreational rider (former racer) I just ride to fulfillment and enjoy every ride. If I know I'm not on form, I don't bother looking at the speed/power meter or miles (well not until *after* the ride). If I've been "off the wagon", I don't plan on doing long rides but rather a couple weeks of modest "build-up rides" before I try anything more ambitious. Have fun! . brrrrrrrrrr

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

That is my way also. Never zero to hero riding. Always just roll along and ease into it. That has always worked well for me. 👊👊

Ride your MTB or gravel/CX bike when it's cold. More energy goes into rolling resistance ---> less wind chill.

Well said! Even for us mere mortal amateurs listening closely to our bodies if very important. It’s 4d chess fellas! HTFU doesn’t always apply.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Great advice as always!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Hi Chris, would you recommend more volume or specific intervals to someone who is only on 5 hours a week currently?

Hello from Portland. Great channel.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Hi 👊👊

What's better, a rest day or a recovery ride? How do *you* decide?

It’s always WE because it’s the bike and you. It’s all about the bike.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Hehehe. You probably right. I never thought about it that way. But I like that. Me and the Bike 🚴 👊👊

Respect Mr. Horner. You are the real deal.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Horner, You are still a stud. I remember when you and Levi were at the Bend cycling Classic. This was another training day for you while everyone was suffering. Lol

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

That was a fun week. 👊👊

I took 3 weeks off at the end of the year, resumed with the rapha festive 500. 100k day one, 100k day 2, 50 and 50k day 3, 50 and 50k day 4, 50k day 5, 50k day 6. Picked up a knee injury day 4. Threw away January getting it better. Could have used this a month ago haha. It’s a rare injury that’s better running than riding. So I haven’t started riding again yet until it’s 100%.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Sorry I was late. 🥲👍

Hey Chris, how are you going to be watching the racing this year with GCNplus gone? I am thinking Flo bikes but I’ve heard a lot of bad things about it. Thanks for the content.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

I’m still in denial about it. And hoping GCN will return. 😂🥲

Good advice, thank you.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Hey this is an clearly off-topic question. I train xc-skiing but unlike cycling skiing is just a winter-sport. But atleast it is an endurance sport. How should I train in the summer to get better at it?

True. I was a Senior 2 racer late 70s 80’s. George Mount lined up with me and said he ate raw meat and didn’t drink water because urine recirculates so don’t need food or water during a race. Wow!!!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Oh man. That was the old days. The trainer told me while I was on FdJ in 97 that you should just have water for two hours after your race. I thought I miss understood the trainer cause he was speaking French. I looked over at my teammate for the translation to English thinking that I must have misunderstood the trainer. I didn’t misunderstand the trainer. Ridiculous is what I told my teammate and then I stopped paying attention to anything else that was said from that trainer again. 😱👍

MY MAN! Poptarts are the best mid-ride snack calorie source for a good 2.5 hour ride. strawberry or smores are my go to. Only need 1 and then eat the second at the finish.

@goldenretriever6261

4 ай бұрын

But they crumble too easily. Can't put it in your pockets.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

I like the brown cinnamon sugar kind. 😋👊

@tonycrabtree3416

4 ай бұрын

@@goldenretriever6261 i do. And they get soft and chewy from the body heat.

@tonycrabtree3416

4 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHornerCycling solid choice! I need those with a cup of coffee.

0:06 "roads are gettin' a little NASTY!" Hi Chris. Did you ever do cross country skiing in the off season?

@bradford_shaun_murray

Ай бұрын

Chris lol?

Love this!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👊

Hi Chris, after more than 30 years of MTB and some remarkable adventures, including crossing the Himalayas (1,300 kms and passes over 5,000m) etc. I just purchased a lightweight used road bike. Finding it a challenge to get my speed up to 30kms per hour. How can I adjust my training? My hearing is front 50/34T and 11'-30 at the back (10 speed) Interested in your advice.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

First. I would need soooo much more info to really help you out. But the super short version. Don’t do to much to fast (no zero to hero training). Riding should be regularly thru out the week and build up the miles as you feel better each week. No one needs three days or more off the bike (unless your season is over) or you really did something wrong. One two days rest and get back out there. Good luck 🤞👊

@raykleiner3151

4 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHornerCycling Thanks Chris. I am a weekend warrior these days doing typically 150kms over the weekend off road. So, I need to be patient transitioning onto the road I guess. My goal is to achieve (mainly on the flat) an average speed of 28-30 kph, as I am preparing for an ultra 650 km off road event in Spain in May. My idea was to get in more miles on road in the limited time I have to train. Still figuring that part out!😊

Ubular , love the ride/ride

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Quality advice.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊

Amazing You didn't dump the rig in that slush fest. (While steering with one hand).

My thing is that I basically have an eating disorder and am afraid of taking days off, not controlling my appetite, and gaining weight.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Then you got to weigh the pros and cons to how it’s affecting your cycling fitness and of course your daily life. 🤔🤞👊

@peterm.7497

4 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHornerCycling Thanks for giving back to the community. I wish you continued success in all your endeavors.

This has definitely been exasperated by social media like Strava

@Montrealcycling

4 ай бұрын

No STRAVA is a great app!!!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Yes it has 👊👊

Love you videos❤

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👊🙏

Not a big fan of being out near freezing.I know so many riders slip off and have broken bones. :/ Indoor cycling only. Zwift for posh riders. Two things which I wish I had when I was younger was alcohol hand gel and the new anti cold nasal sprays. I have had two colds/bugs in 3-4 years. I always used to have about 5-6 colds a years. Quite the thing.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Zwift will keep you toasty, happy, and on your bike for sure. It’s not the sunshine but it will do 👊👊

@jerrychicken967

4 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHornerCycling you're very good at replies Chris. Hats off to you :)

One of the hardest riding decisions I made was to swallow my pride and pack it in after only 1/3 of a stormy, organized century ride. Getting rained on and pelted with hail made for a miserable time in the saddle. I knew to raise the white flag when I got to the first stop and didn't want to leave the warmth and shelter of the porta-potty I sequester myself in, despite the pungent odor. Phoned my wife to collect my miserable carcass and watched the other riders suffering along the route from the comfort of the passenger seat of my toasty Honda Accord.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Hehehe. Good plan. Even the porta potty. 🚽 😂👊

Chris, when are you going to come to Taiwan for some riding?

What was the head unit Chris had on his bike (opening video)?

@chrisgee3197

4 ай бұрын

SRM PowerControl

@Montrealcycling

4 ай бұрын

/ RIM BRAKE!!!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

SRM power meter. 👊

Another good vid

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

Pine Mountain Observatory r'Bust !!!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

😂👊

Maybe Lotto-Adecco?

18mph and 5 hours in the rain and snow?! What do you do? Ride to Sisters and back?

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

And yes it was very windy out. 😱

SRM PC8 baby... I'd expect nothing less. Best of the best but it's sorely lacking GPS!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

That is true about the GPS when I’m out of town and riding in new places. 🥲👍

You don't have a winter bike with fenders?

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

I was only planning on cold weather. 😂👊

Home Schooled advantage !!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊

BOOYA!!!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Booya 🏆👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊🦋

As usual, good stuff Chris. But in terms of the team camp example, I think it's a moot point, as veterans should know the drill and their bodies enough to train accordingly. But imagine a young rider who wants to ride the classics who shows up to training camp and pulls off early as you did riding with Petegem. I don't think his DS would be impressed or applaud his "wisdom".

grew up near ttown and the track sprinters would vomit after their intervals 😂 made me say ok maybe im a roadie

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

😂👊 I knew there was a reason I left the track also.

Awesome video and channel, super great advice - Chris if ever interested in having a doc on who’s a cyclist to chat about cycling lmk - I’ll message you on a different platform - just discovered your channel - awesome stuff - great tips folks - solid advice!

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Shoot me an email to the channel. 👊👊

It was a dark and stormy night...

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

😂👊

Snickers/Mars bar & coke for the win (caffeine gel for TT or last hour of race)😂

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊😋

@MrKadillak

4 ай бұрын

You are taxing your liver eating such junk. Fatty liver and diabetes is in your future. Sugar is highly addictive and very bad for you.

Nasty weather. In spain the weather is being amazingly good, the climate change taking its toll i guess. Youre a tough guy👏👏

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

I miss Spain. 🇪🇸 🥲👊👊

@franciscopontesvelasco4315

4 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHornerCycling looking forward to seeing u back👏👏💪

It's days like this where you gotta wonder why you left San Diego

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Hehehe. True that. 😱😜🥲

Your lucky you can call someone… 😂 my wife would leave me out there to suffer 😂

Chris, I admire your achievements on and off the bike, but I need to call you out on the Castelli Alpha jacket… wearing a black jacket is not sensible on the road. Newbies see this clothing, black jacket, black tights, black gloves, black helmet and black shoes. They think “stealth” or “Man in black” or whatever. A Death Wish is what I call it. Yes fluoro yellow looks a bit amateur or “leisure” but black jacket, black tights is not good on the road for your own safety and for visibility of motorists.

i guess this is one of the reasons you said san diego is better for riding

You’re wearing gloves! 😅

Wow… riding in those conditions… that’s some beastmode stuff… 🫡🍻

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

It was supposed to be just cold out. The snow I wasn’t planning on. 😂👊

@CycoWarriorx

4 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHornerCycling 😂😂😂😂😂

Don't tell a psycho-the-r^pist about this "we" thingy...they will have a diagnosis for this :P

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

Exactly 😱😂

Chris, You're a kid. Wait until you get up in your 80s. You'll know something you have no way of knowing at your age.

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

👊👊😜

😘 P r o m o s m

I never saw you out riding that day. Looks like you were heading east out twords horse ridge? Or were you out the other way past Tumalo going to Kline Falls. That was a cold day. I got 78 miles in that day. Hot shower felt good at the end. Maybe I will see you out there. Keep spinning those gears.

how many miles a week are you doing now chris?

@ChrisHornerCycling

4 ай бұрын

300 miles. There abouts. Well short of the old days still. I can find the time to train big but I can’t find the time to recover any more from Big miles. 😂👍

@burronorteno

4 ай бұрын

I'm an old amateur racer now pushing 61 yo so getting in 200 miles a week is all i have time for. I was watching some videos of the local ride scene in San Diego and was wondering why did you move to Oregon? San Diego has awesome rides and terrain.@@ChrisHornerCycling