Welcome to the new blog series of Pedal Performance, where Todd Jones takes you step by step through the process of improving your POWER, SPEED and ENDURANCE on the bike.
Welcome Todd to Bike Chaser news
Todd has spent his entire life on some form of two-wheeled sled. From lugging a shovel around on the handlebars of his BMX as a kid to mountain biking and road as he matured, if it’s had two wheels, he has done some skids on it. Having spent time working within the bicycle retail industry and also completing countless bike fits, he has since obtained a Bachelor’s in Sports Science along with a Masters in Strength & Conditioning to complement his time spent within National and Olympic level sporting organizations. He has a keen interest in overall Health and Well-being with the greater aim of using the bicycle as a vehicle to give back to the community.
Within the series, Todd will leave no stone unturned in regards to enhancing your performance both on and off the bike. The pedal performance series will touch on all things from Bike Fit to Pre-Ride Preparation, Rehab to Program Planning and everything in between, all in an easy to understand way with hopefully a laugh or two. At times it may challenge your ideologies in regards to getting the best out of man and machine, but then again, you didn’t come here to read something you already knew.
First and foremost, Todd wanted to touch on the most important trainable ability when it comes to riding any form of two-wheeled sled; “Avail-ability”.
“The worst ride is the one you never went on” is a mantra we breathe every day. Now there may be many things which can cause somebody to miss a pedal; work, family, inclement weather or re-watching YouTube footage of Cadel attacking on the Mendrisio flats on a sunny Saturday afternoon in 2009, but an inability to dance on the pedals due to a physical impairment should never be a reason.
Whether it be some sort of acute niggle or worse yet a chronic injury, too much muscle soreness from poor strength programming or being couch ridden with a ‘cold’ due to overtraining, these things are all avoidable for the most part with just the right game plan.
So as we progress throughout the coming months, deep-diving into the world of pedal performance, we would love you to first take a moment now to step back and ask yourself these deeper questions;
What is holding my cycling back?.
What part of the recipe is limiting me?
Is it the ingredients?
Is it the method?
Is it the preparation?
Is it the serving?
Have some questions for Todd or have a particular area you are interested in then please drop a comment, question or thought below…….
Todd has spent his entire life on some form of two-wheeled sled. From lugging a shovel around on the handlebars of his BMX as a kid to mountain biking and road as he matured, if it’s had two wheels, he has done some skids on it. Having spent time
Todd Jones Pedal Performance
working within the bicycle retail industry and also completing countless bike fits, he has since obtained a Bachelor’s in Sports Science along with a Masters in Strength & Conditioning to complement his time spent within National and Olympic level sporting organizations. He has a keen interest in overall Health and Well-being with the greater aim of using the bicycle as a vehicle to give back to the community.
