Dedicated to the “Little Prince” of cycling, ie Damano Cunego, back on June 5, the reference event for bike lovers in Verona: The Gran Fondo Damiano Cunego 2011.
For its sixth edition, the event will have two possible routes to the Gran Fondo Damiano Cunego of 150 km and 98 km average fund both studied in detail by the organizers to give not only the opportunity to play a sport in full rule but also to allow you to discover the incomparable beauty of the surrounding lands in Verona, already popular destination for cycling in all its forms, from cycling to the racetrack. In particular, precisely the rules of the marathon, where it’s said Damiano Cunego, has always attracted hundreds of athletes in those areas where the particular configuration of the land and roads is also equipped with special accommodations makes this sport particularly popular.

Ambitious, however, are the expectations of this year’s Grand Verona Fund forecast that sees more than 3,600 cyclists and many tourists flock to see this wonderful event and take the opportunity to savor the atmosphere of Verona that so much has to be given this season. Considered the third marathon in 2010 in Italy the Verona dedicated athlete is a real event involving the entire province of Verona and throughout Italy since the end of March, had already enrolled in the course exceeded 2,000.

The start will Bentegodi stadium, where you can gather all the cyclists and you can enjoy the numerous facilities available without interfering with the movement of people and without creating inconvenience to public transportation or otherwise. They will then be available to participants of parking, changing rooms, showers, bar and all the clothing and equipment needed to tackle the route.

With regard to these trails were a little ‘magazine than last year in order to have the comfort and ability to manage all the participants. Bentegodi stadium in fact serve both arrival and departure from the first leg of the journey will be a “visit” to the city, at slow speed, to admire the city and make Verona a major component of the event. From there the cyclists will reach 0 km, which is the base from which to begin to run the clock. The route, although it is also designed to promote knowledge of the area, but is not short of difficulties such as the rise of Erbezzo, inside the natural park of Monti Lessini, with the uphill time trial, and several gentle slopes that range the path from the very ‘beginning. A little ‘lighter will instead be the average fund, but with its 98% km should not be underestimated. In fact, along this path are the slopes of Erbezzo, and Boscochiesanuova Camposilvano, the hardest of the three.

Ben will be 500 people at work that day to ensure the success of the event element that would indicate how the event will have a guaranteed success!

This article was written by Martina Celegato, with support from Damiano Cunego.
For any information please visit Cunego, or visit cycling in Italy

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Should I get a treadmill or a cross trainer to lose weight? – bearing in mind I already have a exercise bike?

I had to say that because the cross trainer looks so much like the bike. I want a variety in my workouts as I’ve only been doing cycling for a year and have reached a plateau in my weight loss over the last six months.

Answer
Hey,

First off Congrats on doing a consistant cardio program!!!!

Now, lets get down to business shall we! I would say that a treadmill would be better, only because walking on a steep incline for 30-45 minutes a day will help you lose a lot of weight…That is what i have my clients do and they typically lose about 30 pounds over 6-8 weeks!

But, getting to a plateau is tough and how to break through it is even tougher…I actually just covered this in an email with an online client of mine…

What you need to do is make sure your diet is always changing….Don’t eat just chicken and salad….sometimes through in some fish and even red meat is ok….The next thing is, instead of just doing cardio for X amount of time, try and do intervals with ab work in between…

Example:

Bike for 15 minutes, then hop off and do 20 crunches, 20 reverse crunches, then plank for 30 seconds…..

After that jump back on the bike for another 15 minutes!

I hope I helped a bit!

- Happy Holiday’s!