Beat the mid-life bike niggles

Getting in prime physical and mental shape to hit a fitness goal over a period of many months is no mean feat. It’s like a game of snakes and ladders, where the temptation to skip early, vital stages

Mountain biking can leave you with a catalogue of aches and pains. We’re not talking the flesh wounds, bone breaks and concussions caused by the trauma of crashing here. Instead, we’re focusing on the

A decade of stress saw Andy Carr hit rock bottom. Now he’s rebuilding his health and fitness and wants to help you do the same

You’ve probably felt that ache down the outside of your knee and been advised to grab the foam roller and attempt to roll it out and loosen it off. And some of you may have done it and felt that your

THE AGEING PROCESS

RIDING POSITION You need to shift your body weight to take pressure off your hands and redistribute it to the saddle – for example, with a shorter stem or higher-rise bar. HAND PRESSURE Avoid ‘death-g