Hot Takes: Recovery Hacks, Group Rides, Calorie Counting, and More - Ask a Cycling Coach 376
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Coach Jonathan is out on paternity leave, so the rest of the podcast crew will be hosting for the next month. This week? We’ve got some hot takes with Ivy! We’ll cover the best and worst recovery hacks, discuss if group rides are even worth it, if gravel is just worse than cyclocross and should cyclists shave their legs. Tune in to Episode 376 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast for discussions on these topics and much more!
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
- How to Find the Motivation to Train
- How to Tell the Difference Between DOMS and Fatigue
- Maximizing Training When You’re Time-Crunched
- Best and Worst Recovery Hacks
- Are There Disadvantages to ‘Over-Hydrating’?
- Solo vs. Group Rides: Which is Better?
- Reasons You’re Not Getting Faster
- Is Gravel Just Worse than Cyclocross?
- Pros and Cons of Training Rides with Pros
- Is Carbon Fiber Overrated?
- How to Deal with Non-Cycling Daily Stress
- What Causes You to Lose Power
- How to Fix a Broken Heart
- Should Cyclists Shave Their Legs?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist. |
| 0:02.7 | They ask a cycling coach podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm your host today trainer roads. |
| 0:07.3 | I have the odd drain. |
| 0:10.1 | We have CEO Nate has gone. |
| 0:13.4 | Good. |
| 0:14.0 | I am so excited like the questions you have on this are amazing. |
| 0:18.4 | I actually, this is the first time I've actually like written in things ahead of time |
| 0:21.2 | in like a year. |
| 0:22.3 | So that's good. |
| 0:23.1 | And Chad too, I have to say someone who will message me to tell me that you did a great job. |
| 0:27.4 | So you have huge fans out there and I was wrong. |
| 0:30.4 | Commitating. |
| 0:31.3 | No, I'm even more nervous for my my chance in the future. |
| 0:35.1 | Especially because I was going to I think she's going to nail this. |
| 0:37.2 | Yeah, and head coach, head coach, Chad time and minutes here. |
| 0:40.5 | How's it going everybody? |
| 0:41.4 | It's going well. |
| 0:42.4 | How are you doing? |
| 0:43.2 | Good. |
| 0:44.0 | First time hosting. |
| 0:45.1 | This is big. |
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