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USA Cycling announced today a four-person squad for the upcoming 2009 UCI Track World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland, March 25-29. Taylor Phinney will compete in the individual pursuit and the kilometer time trial – just one month removed from shattering the U.S. national record in both events – as well as the multi-race omnium event. Daniel Holloway and Colby Pearce will contest the mass-start endurance events, while Shelly Olds is the lone women’s representative and will compete in the scratch and points race events.

Getting motivated to do a regular exercise routine can be difficult and most people struggle with this. But if we can change the way we think about our exercise routines then fun can be had, you heard it right exercise will be fun.

Looking forward to doing exercise has got to be far better than dreading doing exercise and you can achieve this with the fun factor.

If you want to be healthier than you are now with the bonus of fitness thrown in then you have to make exercise part of your lifestyle. It will not only energize your body but also your mind and is great for your cardiovascular well being.

I could go on forever about how great exercise is for you but I won’t. Instead think about your exercise routine if you have one, are you getting a bit fed up with the same old exercises at the same old gym. Stop, no don’t stop them all together just don’t do as many.

You can still go to the gym and pump those free weights, work the weight machines or hit the treadmill for a few kilometers. But exchange a gym visit for some other form of exercise, an exercise you enjoy.

Swimming, Tennis, Football, Cycling, dancing, skipping even walking the dog its all exercise and is all going to benefit you.

Why not enjoy exercise with friends and family and play any type of ball game, you know that any ball game is fun and it always takes more than one.

The list is endless so get inventive as there a lots of ways to have fun whilst you are getting the beneficial exercise that your body needs and deserves. You will find through exercise that you may start to eat healthier foods without planning to, which is another good thing to keep you fit and healthy.

The job I most admire in the PRO peloton are the mechanics.  They have the toughest job by a long shot and have heaps of ingenious tricks to get the most out of their gear.  Check this out:

Barloworld mechanics hand-etched the sidewalls of these Mavic R-SYS wheels to get better braking performance in the wet conditions.  Most of us wouldn’t do this to our $1200 set of wheels, but it may be worth a try on your old training wheels if you live in a place like Vancouver or London (or Melbourne this morning).

Photo: James Huang/Cyclingnews.com

the weather was fantastic Friday, (60 in the city). This what I refer to as the countdown. We begin March with 31 days of shit left. Generally winter ends abruptly in April even though the weather isn’t the best, it is better. Which means riding and racing begins. We are expecting snow for Mon morning, [...]

the weather was fantastic Friday, (60 in the city). This what I refer to as the countdown. We begin March with 31 days of shit left. Generally winter ends abruptly in April even though the weather isn’t the best, it is better. Which means riding and racing begins. We are expecting snow for Mon morning, [...]

the weather was fantastic Friday, (60 in the city). This what I refer to as the countdown. We begin March with 31 days of shit left. Generally winter ends abruptly in April even though the weather isn’t the best, it is better. Which means riding and racing begins. We are expecting snow for Mon morning, [...]

the weather was fantastic Friday, (60 in the city). This what I refer to as the countdown. We begin March with 31 days of shit left. Generally winter ends abruptly in April even though the weather isn’t the best, it is better. Which means riding and racing begins. We are expecting snow for Mon morning, [...]

the weather was fantastic Friday, (60 in the city). This what I refer to as the countdown. We begin March with 31 days of shit left. Generally winter ends abruptly in April even though the weather isn’t the best, it is better. Which means riding and racing begins. We are expecting snow for Mon morning, [...]

the weather was fantastic Friday, (60 in the city). This what I refer to as the countdown. We begin March with 31 days of shit left. Generally winter ends abruptly in April even though the weather isn’t the best, it is better. Which means riding and racing begins. We are expecting snow for Mon morning, [...]

the weather was fantastic Friday, (60 in the city). This what I refer to as the countdown. We begin March with 31 days of shit left. Generally winter ends abruptly in April even though the weather isn’t the best, it is better. Which means riding and racing begins. We are expecting snow for Mon morning, [...]