How to Know You’re Training Too Much | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 504

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

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🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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// TOPICS COVERED

(00:00:00) Welcome!

(00:00:32) Returning to Training After Burnout

(00:03:14) How Hannah Managed Burnout in 2024

(00:07:14) The Importance of Rest and Recovery

(00:18:39) Fueling and Nutrition for High Training Loads

(00:41:10) How High Can Your FTP Get?

(00:46:19) How Does Your FTP Rank Compared to Other Cyclists

(00:49:33) Triathlon Training Tips

(00:50:56) Swimming Technique and Training

(00:54:17) Coach Jonathan’s Swimming Problems

(01:15:13) Training Recommendations for Busy Schedules

In this episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast presented by TrainerRoad, the focus is on restarting training after an off-season or experiencing burnout. Joined by pro cyclist Hannah Otto, the hosts discuss a listener's question about overcoming mental fatigue and loss of motivation after burnout. They dive into favorite hour-long workouts, managing training load, and the importance of nutrition and rest. They also touch upon the benefits of tracking workouts using TrainerRoad, even if training outdoors. This episode is packed with insights for cyclists of all levels looking to get back into their training routine.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by Trainor Road. Today we are going to talk about
0:04.0	starting to train after the offseason or even after burnout. We have Hannah Otto with us here,
0:09.0	so she's going to be talking about the offseason side of things, but we have a great question from
0:12.4	one of you that submitted asking about returning to training or managing burnout. We also are going to
0:17.6	talk about our favorite short workouts. We're going to also talk about how fast you are compared to other cyclists. It's going to be a good time. You can join us here on YouTube or on Spotify. You can check out Traynor Road. Go and sign up at Traynor Road.com. That's what keeps this whole thing going. Hannah, you just got back from an offseason break and this question from Jason, it's a long one. I'm going to
0:38.9	read through it, but I feel like it actually kind of dovetails into what I wanted to talk to you
0:42.5	about with your off-season break. So Jason says, hope everyone's doing well. I have a question
0:46.7	about the mental aspect of cycling and racing that I'm hoping you could give some guidance and
0:51.0	advice on. This year has been my best and worst at the same time in terms of
0:55.3	my training. I've been riding for a bit over eight years now. The last two to three years, I've been
1:00.6	training very seriously with some big goals that might not even be possible. Those goals always push me
1:05.9	to do what's on my training program, whether I feel like training or not. Earlier this year,
1:10.4	that's a note there really quick. training or not. Earlier this year, that's a note there really quick.
1:12.8	Mark that one.
1:14.0	Earlier this year, I've had some great power breakthroughs in my one, two, and three hour
1:18.5	power and even got to 4.2 watts per kilogram for three hours.
1:22.7	That's really impressive.
1:24.6	That's a huge amount of power.
1:27.0	That's very, very good. Yeah. I also managed to work up to 15 to 16 hours on the bike per week for about two months, leading me to those power PBs and the highest chronic training load I've ever had of 95. Nate, do you want to explain what that means? Yeah, it's like a six-week average.
1:46.0	It's not an actual, exactly average, but it's like a six-week average of your TSS.
1:50.2	That's right.
1:50.9	So that's looking at a per day over that six-week period.
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