Beginner Tip 4 - Getting started with Bike Training

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Beginner Tip 4 - Getting started with Bike Training. On this week's episode: Get the right bike and the right fit. Get to know your bike and be your own mechanic Get comfortable on your bike and make riding second nature Be consistent Train for your current ability, not your future ability Establish training zones and start training with structure LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website Beginner Training Plans Global Cycling Network Youtube Channel Training Zones part 2: Cycling | EP#29 Beginner triathlon training with Gale Bernhardt | EP#54 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing. CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that triathlon show, the podcast presented by
0:06.3	ScientificTraathlon.com. I'm your host, Michael Erickson, and this episode is beginner tip number
0:12.7	four, where I'll talk about getting started with cycling and the most important points, really,
0:19.6	when it comes to getting started both with your bike on
0:22.8	your bike and training on your bike. So there are several levels to this episode, which makes it
0:29.1	a little bit different than last week's swimming beginner tip because on the bike we actually
0:33.9	have to deal with a lot of equipment compared to swimming so i'm going to make the
0:39.0	assumption here that you have or you are getting a road bike or a triathlon bike so essentially so that
0:45.3	you clip into you can clip your shoes into the pedals and that's the kind of bike that you will have
0:51.8	and that you'll train on. So let's with that assumption
0:56.0	underway, start with the first step that you need to take unless you have a bike already,
1:02.1	that is. And that is to get a bike that's the right size for you and get a bike fit. This means
1:08.8	getting into your local bike shop and trying out bikes, having
1:12.5	somebody who is knowledgeable, help you, and then getting a bike fit with a reputable bike fitter.
1:19.0	And that's one of the best investments. I mentioned swimming lessons last week, I believe.
1:24.1	If not, then I mentioned it now, because because i should have together with swimming lessons
1:28.4	that bike fit is one of the best investments you can make you will bike faster you will bike
1:33.6	more comfortably you will reduce injury risk there's so many benefits that come from that
1:39.1	bike fit that that's not something you want to skip on and i want to repeat that because so many will skip it anyway so that's not something you want to skip on. And I want to repeat that because so many will skip it
1:45.0	anyway. So that's not something you want to skip. The bike fit is a must. All right. Step number two,
1:51.0	after you have your bike and you have your great bike fit is to get to know your bike. You need to
1:57.4	really know how to do the basic things. You don't need to become a super mechanic,
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