Greens Powders, Slow Tires, Sleep Optimization, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 443
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 5 October 2023
⏱️ 92 minutes
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TOPICS COVERED
(0:00) Welcome!
(0:37) Product update from Nate – Apple Sync and Apple Workouts
(8:03) Should wheel-on trainers even be a consideration in 2023?
(12:23) Will indoor training damage a full suspension bike?
(12:59) What fan do you recommend for indoor training?
(14:41) Do any of the podcast hosts recommend rocker plates for your trainer?
(16:01) Which trainer desk do the hosts recommend?
(16:57) What’s the best way to mount your phone to your bars for indoor training?
(17:52) What shows/content are the hosts looking forward to watching on the trainer this year?
(19:09) Is indoor cycling kit worth it?
(20:51) How to remount your bike like a pro with no stutter step
(31:13) Why steady power matters more than you think, and how to get better at it
(47:11) Is fighting for position into singletrack actually a bad idea?
(1:01:06) Do greens powders actually work?
(1:15:53) How much will gatorskin tires slow you down?
(1:23:45) How to get optimize your sleep before a race
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
- Pushing an Outside Workout to the Apple Watch: https://trainerroad.cc/46h6j8o
- Connecting TrainerRoad with Apple Health: https://trainerroad.cc/3PIUgd1
- Apple Health Troubleshooting: https://trainerroad.cc/3ZLAfXU
- Lasko U12104 https://a.co/d/10GaX2U
- KOM Cycling Garmin mount: https://a.co/d/72GuILY
- Magsafe Mount: https://a.co/d/dkqaCvf
STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE
- Athletic Greens Ingredients: https://drinkag1.com/ingredients/en
- Organic Spirulina, Gurney 2022: https://trainerroad.cc/Spirulina
- Inulin (FOS prebiotics), Hughes 2021: https://trainerroad.cc/Inulin
- Beet Root Powder, Dominguez 2017: https://trainerroad.cc/beetrootpowder
- Cocoa Polyphenol Extract, Massaro 2019: https://trainerroad.cc/Cocoabeanpolyphenolextract
- Grape Seed Extract, Elejalde 2021: https://trainerroad.cc/grapeseedextract
- Green Tea (Camellia Sinesis), Green 2010: https://trainerroad.cc/greentea
- Ginger Rhizome Powder, Wilson 2015: https://trainerroad.cc/gingerrhizomepowder
- Alkaline pea protein isolate, Loureiro 2023: https://trainerroad.cc/alkalinepeaproteinisolate
- Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root dry extract, Lu 2022: https://trainerroad.cc/rhodiolarosea
- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bonilla 2021: https://trainerroad.cc/ashwagandha
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by trainer road the only podcast dedicated and making you a faster cyclist |
| 0:04.9 | We have our geez Nate you're with us our CEO Nate Pearson. It's exciting to have Nate. Thanks for having me |
| 0:11.6 | It's good to have you no sunglasses this time people are going to be very upset |
| 0:14.8 | Maybe you can go find some at some point throughout this episode and bring them in |
| 0:17.9 | We also have Ventum bikes I've got drain and we're going to talk about green powders today |
| 0:21.3 | We're also going to talk about slow tires |
| 0:23.7 | We're going to talk about sleep optimisation a handful of other things is going to be good stuff |
| 0:27.2 | But first Nate is tradition now when you are on the podcast we talk about new things that we're doing with trainer road |
| 0:32.4 | So what's new we have a lot of things we're working on but I guess picking on one specific topic. What's new? |
| 0:37.7 | Yeah, this is this is really proud for us is that apple contacted us before they launched this next iOS 17 and said we want you to be part of the |
| 0:45.2 | Companies that launch that support |
| 0:47.2 | Pushing workouts to apple watch and then using them outside and for our case would be cycling |
| 0:51.8 | So we work with apple the team worked extremely hard |
| 0:54.8 | There's a team I think 15 or something on it doing it and they went |
| 0:58.9 | They worked it was just amazing. I just I'm so proud of the team about how well work they work together |
| 1:02.9 | Interacting with apple and you when you do things that are unreleased you'll find bugs and stuff and then work together to fix them |
| 1:07.6 | So what happens now is that |
| 1:09.6 | Before a couple weeks ago you could push you could do your outside workouts on a garment or a Wahoo outside right now |
| 1:16.0 | You could push them to apple watch |
| 1:17.6 | But now in iOS 17 what's really cool is |
| 1:20.0 | Apple watch will mirror |
| 1:21.6 | That display onto your iPhone so you can put your iPhone onto your handlebars |
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