Get Faster in Aero Position, Antioxidants for Athletes, and Buying Speed – Ask a Cycling Coach 150

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

TrainerRoad

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4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Why your FTP is different in the aero position and how to change that, are antioxidants worthwhile for athletes, and which upgrades get you the most value in Episode 150 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE

• What you need to know before climbing Haleakala
• How elevation affects power output
• How to pace Leadville
• Is it normal to be slower in the aero position?
• How to get faster in the aero position
• Why TT bikes are hard to ride
• Best way to "buy speed" for cyclists
• Best dollar/drag saved upgrades
• Should cyclists avoid anti-oxidants?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist, the Ask a Cycling
0:03.6	Coach podcast presented by trainer road.
0:05.4	I'm coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Chad Timberman, our CEO Nate Pearson.
0:10.2	Hello.
0:11.2	This is where we answer your cycling and triathlon related questions and you can submit them
0:15.0	at trainerroad.com slash podcast.
0:17.2	We'll come through those questions, build up a list of questions that we feel like we
0:21.5	can address for you all that week, something that also hopefully is interesting and insightful.
0:26.5	And then with that, we'll answer those questions on the podcast every week.
0:29.7	So once again, trainerroad.com slash podcast.
0:33.5	Also there if you don't know and you're just listening to this podcast, we stream this
0:36.6	live too.
0:37.6	So we're streaming live on Facebook and YouTube.
0:39.7	So you can just find us on YouTube.com slash trainer road or just search for trainer road
0:43.6	on Facebook and you can find us there.
0:46.1	And you can submit questions live and we even answer some of those questions after the
0:49.8	podcast recording.
0:51.0	So before we get any further and into the questions, Nate, you were in Hawaii.
0:56.2	I was.
0:57.2	On a vacation two weeks.
0:58.6	Two weeks.
0:59.6	Andy, but you brought your bike.
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