RESOURCES + EDUCATION
Understand the Why.
Better decisions start with better understanding.
Explore practical resources on bike fitting, biomechanics, exercise physiology, performance testing, and endurance training—built to help you understand what the numbers, adjustments, and training decisions actually mean.
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Learn More About the Athlete.
The goal of these resources is not to make performance more complicated. It is to make useful information easier to understand and apply.
BIOMECHANICS
Bike Fit & Position
Understand how your position, movement, mobility, equipment, and riding demands interact on the bike.
PHYSIOLOGY
Performance & Testing
Learn what VO₂max, lactate response, thresholds, heart rate, and other measurements can—and cannot—tell you.
TRAINING
Athlete Education
Practical concepts around training intensity, recovery, adaptation, consistency, and making better endurance-training decisions.
FEATURED TOOL
Training Zone Calculator
Turn testing and threshold information into practical training targets.
Use the OTB Zone Calculator as a practical reference for organizing training intensity. Zones are useful tools, but they work best when they are interpreted alongside the athlete, the testing method, and the demands of the sport.
GROWING LIBRARY
Topics Worth Understanding.
This resource library will continue to grow around the questions athletes ask most often.
FROM THE OTB LIBRARY
MTB Fit – Comfort and Efficiency →
Explore how mountain-bike position and fit can influence comfort and efficiency.
Performance Testing 101 →
A starting point for understanding performance testing and how objective data can inform training.
Bike Fit & Biomechanics
- Why cyclists benefit from a bike fit
- Comfort, efficiency, and position
- Cleat and pedal setup
- Mobility, movement, and the bike
- Understanding fit measurements
Exercise Physiology
- What VO₂max tells us
- Understanding lactate testing
- Thresholds and training intensity
- Why one number never tells the whole story
- Retesting and adaptation
Endurance Training
- Training with purpose
- Consistency and recovery
- Specificity and adaptation
- Using data without becoming ruled by it
- Preparing for important events
MEASURE · UNDERSTAND · OPTIMIZE
Information Is Most Useful When You Can Apply It.
Need an individualized answer? Start with bike fitting or performance testing. Looking for a structured training plan or ongoing coaching? That work lives at MTBCoach.