Ask a Cycling Coach: 050 - TrainerRoad Podcast

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

TrainerRoad

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🗓️ 12 August 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

• How to adjust your training during the offseason • How to train for criterium racing • How to pace an FTP test • How the 8 Minute Test works • What type of racing are you best at, and how do you find it? • Does fitness for one type of racing translate to another? • How to train for cyclocross racing • Is fasted training different than fat adaptation? • Is it normal to have your cadence drop during hard efforts? • How to increase your cadence • Is training at night bad? • How to recover even after training at night • Hacks and tips on how to improve the quality of your sleep • How to get back into training after a long hiatus • Is it okay to repeat a base training phase? • How to stay motivated during base training • How to train with a busy schedule • What is better: Normalized Power or Average Power? • Is it possible for normalized power to be lower than average power? • Which matters more during an interval: live power output or average? • How to transition to a different type of cycling • Can crit riders be good endurance riders? • Can endurance riders be good crit racers? • How to race successfully out of your element • Can you change the type of athlete you are, or are you stuck? • How age affects your ability to raise FTP • Thyroidectomies and cycling • Upcoming podcast topics from Interbike!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by Trainer Road.
0:04.1	This is where you get answers to your cycling and triathlon related questions.
0:07.9	And I'm coach Jonathan Lee with me is coach Chad Timmerman.
0:11.3	Hey everybody.
0:12.3	Our head coach and our CEO Nate Pearson.
0:15.0	Hello.
0:16.0	And today we are going to answer more of those coaching questions.
0:18.4	You can submit them to us at trainerroad.com slash podcast or use the hashtag Ask Trainer
0:24.1	Road.
0:25.1	We'll sort through as many as we get and put them into the feed.
0:28.3	So let's start off with Mark's question today.
0:30.6	He says, first of all, trainer road has been and this start we're bragging a bit in this
0:34.3	first part.
0:35.3	So please forgive us.
0:36.3	But he says, and this is Mark's not bragging if it's true.
0:40.5	Mark words and not Mark's words and not ours.
0:42.1	So he says, first of all, trainer road has been absolutely the best investment for my
0:45.1	training beside my power meter.
0:47.2	I'd say they're good companions there, right?
0:49.4	I've been a user since December and have added 40 watts from 190 to 230 at 61 kilograms
0:55.7	to my FTP since that nice work, man.
0:57.8	Really good job, Mark.
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