Return to Reno!

The view from my home in Nevada.

Return to Reno – Fresh Air, Open Roads, Singletrack and Jeep Trail out the Front Door. Hey everyone – Rich here, writing from my home studio in Reno, Nevada. After 18+ long months where my wife, dogs and I left Reno, moved to Pueblo, CO, realized it was a wrong move, and then moved all […]

More Fun With Garmin EPOC

Garmin 1040 Load Focus 28-day Summary

Garmin EPOC – A definition Since restarting regular training in February, I’ve come to enjoy the Garmin Connect Ecosystem and Garmin EPOC. EPOC is an acronym that stands for: “Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption”. It means this: When you exercise, you burn fat and carbs. The ratios of fat and carbs burned for fuel, depend on […]

Covid-19 and the Garmin Sleep Stress Score

Sleep Stress Score First Night of Covid-19 infection

A Family Member Caught Covid-19 and the Garmin Sleep-Time Stress Score Is Pretty Scary Three and a half years after Covid-19 spread around the world and began infecting humans, a family member finally caught Covid-19, and their Garmin Sleep-Time Stress Score is pretty scary. Sleep-Time Stress uses Heart Rate Variability (or the lack thereof) to […]

Bike Fit With AthletiCamps’ Bruce Hendler

Bruce Hendler Athleticamps Retul Professional Bike Fitter.

A Good Bike Fit is MORE Important Than a Good Bike! Most of you know how much I believe in a good bike fit. When I ran my studios in North Texas, I actively recruited Craig Fulk of Dynamic Bike Fit, to place a small studio in my East Dallas location. Later, when he opened […]

Garmin Stamina and Stamina Potential – A Native Feature Gauging Fatigue

Garmin Stamina Stamina Potential 20 Minute Effort

Garmin Stamina and Stamina Potential May Just Be the Enlightenment Tool for Cyclists and Triathletes! With the release of the ’40 Series of Garmins (the 540, 840 and 1040), as well as a host of watches, Garmin has included the Garmin Stamina and Potential feature. This native Field looks at energy use, intensity, heart rate […]

Garmin Connect HRV Status Update

28 day Garmin Connect HRV Status April 26 through May 23rd 2023

Garmin Connect HRV Status Is FINALLY Showing Some Improvement – And I’m Feeling It! This Garmin Connect HRV based Ecosystem Is really getting interesting. I’m literally using just about everything Garmin; The Scale, the Watch, and the Head Unit. I probably ought to buy a Neo 2t and a pair of pedals, but I’m fine […]

Steve Neal’s Moxy Field

Steve Neal Garmin Connect IQ Field

Coach Steve Neal’s Moxy Field Is INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE! Steve Neal is one of the most successful and qualified coaches that I know. He and I have followed a similar path. We both owned Cycling Studios. He and I have worked together to employ features in PerfPro Studio. He is a pioneer in Diaphragm breathing protocols. […]

3 Weeks of HRV Stress Readings

3-Minute HRV Stress Test Fenix Watch

HRV Stress Readings Can Help You Look at the Holistic Fitness Picture I’m now 3 weeks in to taking a morning HRV Stress reading, and I’ve missed just a few days so far. It’s not fun, it’s probably 3 minutes where I wish I was doing something else or warming up for a bike ride, […]

2023: New Home, New Goals, New Services, New Discussions

New OBC Headquarters

New Home: Sacramento, California, USA! Hey everyone, I can’t believe that I’ve landed and set up shop in our new home here in Sacramento, California. Honestly, I haven’t been a Californian since 1974, so this is definitely going to be a new experience. Online Bike Coach has been a stalwart pillar of coaching and information […]

DFAA-1 On a BIG SCREEN!

DFAA-1 with ECG is Now Available On a BIG SCREEN! I’ve been working with two professionals now for several months on a project, and we are ready to start releasing it in ALPHA. DFAA-1 (Detrended Fluctuation Analysis – Short Term Variable #1) is a way to look at Heart Rate Variability and Cardio-Vascular Health. Dr. […]