Here at BlackHeart Events, we spend a lot of time on the road, and it always amazing me that when I reach for the bag of "Natural Confectionary", Amanda goes reaching for the Goji berries.  So, what the heck are Goji berries, and what's the attraction?

Every year it seems there is an ultimate well being silver bullet proliferating on health food store shelves promising amazing benefits. GOJI or Chinese Wolfberry is one of a number of adaptogens with the added attraction of being derived from an exotically originated Tibetan location (great for marketing hype). Digging beneath the hype, there is an emerging body of solid science around some of the tabloid claims that Goji is an efficacious adaptogen.

If you are going to ’sacrifice’ hard miles in the saddle for an indoor regime (other than pure ergo work) you must ensure the routine trains bike specific neuro-muscular pathways and makes a contribution to strength, power and calorie consumption.

A popular alternate training regime in Europe and North America is the lamely labeled ‘bike circuit training’; lame by name but if done correctly powerful by nature.