Do Antibiotics Make You Slower, Hannah’s Leadville Tips and More - Ask a Cycling Coach 388
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🗓️ 3 November 2022
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Summary
Hannah Otto joins us to discuss whether antibiotics make you slower, her tips for Leadville as the current champion, and a ton of discussion on common nutrition questions we get from all of you.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
(0:30) Do antibiotics make you slower?
(26:22) Should endurance athletes always be carb-loading?
(37:58) How to break 9 hours at Leadville
(01:03:11) Should athletes avoid high step counts?
(01:14:42) Does it matter in which order you eat different foods?
(1:23:14) Is mid-ride protein supplementation a good idea?
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're going to talk about whether antibiotics make you a slower cyclist. |
| 0:03.3 | We're also going to have, of course, we have Hannah Otto here. |
| 0:06.1 | So we're going to get her tips on leadville, how to go sub nine, specifically we have an |
| 0:10.5 | athlete asking that question, but also quite a few other ones that will be able to learn |
| 0:14.5 | a lot about alternate endurance stuff with. |
| 0:16.9 | And we'll also be talking about whether you should be taking them protein when you ride. |
| 0:20.2 | This is a common misunderstanding that we see across the board. |
| 0:23.5 | So this is going to be a great one. |
| 0:24.5 | We got coach Chad with us. |
| 0:25.5 | He's going to give us a lot of insight on all this. |
| 0:27.6 | And of course, Hannah Otto. |
| 0:29.2 | So let's dig into Rob's question first. |
| 0:31.6 | Rob says, I've recently had a shoulder replacement that got infected. |
| 0:34.7 | And I've been on IV antibiotics and oral antibiotics for a total of 12 weeks. |
| 0:39.4 | I've trained consistently throughout this process and gained zero fitness. |
| 0:43.6 | Is this normal for training while using antibiotics? |
| 0:46.7 | Chad, what's it you? |
| 0:48.9 | You take the lead on this one. |
| 0:50.3 | Okay. |
| 0:51.3 | So let's see. |
| 0:52.3 | Let's go down to the right notes. |
| 0:55.1 | Rob, it looks like what you're talking about is effectively gut health. |
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