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Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

Ask a Cycling Coach: 039 - TrainerRoad Podcast

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

TrainerRoad

Sports

4.94.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

• Is it okay to use on old bike on the trainer? • What to know if you are using two different power meters • Are smart trainers better than power meters? • What is supercompensation • How to use supercompensation in your training • What is the best smart trainer? • Are smart trainers worth it? • How to train for long, steady climbs • How TrainerRoad workouts are named • How to avoid flat tires on the trainer • Are trainer tires better than normal tires? • How to set up your tire for the trainer • Can you expect big improvements when starting structured training? • How much improvement is normal? • How to recover from a workout • Do TENS Units work? • Does gearing or bike setup affect FTP? • Are short recovery rides beneficial? • Diabetes and cycling

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast. It's dedicated to making you a faster cyclist, the Asuka cycling

0:04.6

coach podcast. I'm coach Jonathan Lee and here with me is our coach Chad Timberman, our

0:09.8

head coach Chad Timberman. Hi everybody. And our CEO Nate Pearson. Hello. And this is

0:16.0

where we get you answers to your cycling or coaching related questions. You can submit

0:20.5

them to us at trainerroad.com slash podcast. You can find a form on there. You can fill out

0:25.7

your questions, send them to us. You can see the latest episode. See different content

0:30.7

because generally if we have a good conversation on here or touch on a good topic, we'd like

0:34.3

to expound a little more and write an article on that. So you can see links to that on there.

0:39.3

You can find those at blog.trainerroad.com too. This podcast is published on iTunes, on

0:44.7

SoundCloud, on Stitcher or wherever else you listen to your favorite podcasts. So you can

0:49.3

find and share it there and also leave us reviews on those platforms and we'll take any

0:54.3

and all five star reviews. And if you want to give us a six star review, you can leave

0:58.3

us a five then email iTunes and let them know that you suggest six stars just for us.

1:03.0

So I'm sure that'll put us on the featured page. Maybe you're right. That'd be cool.

1:07.6

Yeah, exactly. We're going to kick things off with Bill's question. He says, thanks

1:13.4

for all your great work guys. My question is if I have a little extra money to spend,

1:17.9

what would you recommend? These are fun questions when we get to spend other people's money.

1:21.0

I like that. I like that.

1:22.0

Trainerroad membership. Just kidding. He says, I currently use a carbon fiber specialized

1:28.9

ruby with a with Garmin vector pedals for outdoors on that bike. So Garmin vector pedals

1:34.8

are his power meter. My indoor setup is a specialized sector on a kinetic road machine with

1:41.0

a pro flywheel using virtual power. For those who don't know a sector is like a commuter

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