Cycling Drills to Improve Your Cycling Efficiency

Cycling Drills to Improve Cycling Efficiency & Speed

These two cycling drills shown in the videos below will help you improve your pedaling by training your cycling muscle fibers to fire more efficiently and ultimately make you a better, faster cyclist in your triathlon training and racing.

Although demonstrated on a indoor bike trainer, these two cycling drills can also be performed outside while riding. Included within the bike workouts of our triathlon training plans, these drills are appropriate for any triathlete and cyclist to practice year round and should be included in 1 – 2 of your rides each week.

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High Speed Spinning Drill


David Glover, MS, CSCS demonstrates a high speed spinning drill that you can do on a bike or trainer to train your muscle fibers to fire more efficiently. This drill is appropriate to do year round and will help you become faster on the bike.

Single Leg Drill


David Glover, MS, CSCS demonstrates a single leg drill that you can do on a bike or trainer to train your legs to pedal more evenly and your muscle fibers to fire more efficiently. This drill is appropriate to do year round and will help you become faster on the bike.