Ask a Cycling Coach: 102 – How to get faster watching The Tour, why fit people burn more calories

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

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🗓️ 10 July 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

• Why do you want to eat more during rest days or weeks? • Should recovery rides feel hard? • Why are you not good at long climbs? • Bike setup, pacing and technique to make you a faster climber • What is the best way to increase short power? • Is peak power what matters most in a sprint? • Omniums vs. stage races • Omnium strategy • How to fuel during a stage race • Does needing to get out of the saddle mean your workout is too hard? • When is it okay to sprint in the saddle? • How to learn as much as you can while watching the Tour de France. • Is riding zone 2 while watching the tour a waste of time? • Should your workouts be as hard as your races? • Why do you burn more calories when you get fitter?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist that ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road
0:05.6	I'm coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Chad Timmerman. Hey everybody our CEO Nate Pearson. Hey everybody and we are going to
0:13.4	We're good. That was good. It's pretty good. That was pretty good
0:16.1	Yeah, I could have switched the intro's there. No one would have known
0:18.7	We're gonna answer more your cycling and triathlon related questions today
0:21.6	And you can submit them to us at trainer road comm slash podcast
0:25.3	We read all of them. We'll go through them put them together for the next episode and hopefully we can fit yours in there
0:32.3	Let's get straight into it guys
0:34.0	Adam's question he says good day
0:35.8	I would first like to say that I very much enjoy listening to your podcast. I've become addicted to them good at work
0:41.0	That's the goal
0:42.8	I started episode one and I've been working my way through them while I do my daily food prep always such great content
0:48.7	Thanks man appreciate that
0:50.4	Since I've been part of trainer road for a few years now
0:52.7	But to be honest never really stuck to the plans only kind of did the workouts here and there in April this year
0:57.7	I had a crash that required surgery and thus kept me off the road
1:00.8	I've been sticking to trainer road plans now
1:02.6	And I must say that they have led to a large increase in my cycling performance against doctors and my wife's orders
1:08.0	Oh, and he says against doctors and my wife's orders
1:10.4	I have snuck in a few group rides and wow
1:12.8	I'm able to stay at the front for the entire ride even lead some attacks and being contentioned for the final sprint
1:18.8	Usually finishing in the top five wait till you heal man
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