How to Win a Bike Race, Recovery Window Myth, HIIT and More - Ask a Cycling Coach 409
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 23 March 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
(0:00) Welcome!
(0:48) How to win a Cat 4 race
(26:50) Cape Epic update
(29:35) How to use power meters for running
(44:19) Is the recovery window a myth?
(53:29) Beginner tips for cardiovascular training
(58:25) Should cyclists avoid HIIT strength workouts?
How to schedule strength training in your cycling training plan
(1:13:53) Does tire direction really matter?
(1:18:50) Is it bad to frontload your hard workouts in your week?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Astasicling Coach Podcast, presented by trainer road. |
| 0:02.5 | Today, we're going to talk about how to win a bike race. |
| 0:05.4 | We'll also probably talk about how to not win a bike race, right? |
| 0:08.1 | I think that we'll probably cover that. |
| 0:10.3 | We are going to talk about whether the recovery window is a myth and what |
| 0:14.2 | you can do with that information and how it should change your behavior, |
| 0:17.1 | how it shouldn't change your behavior. |
| 0:18.8 | And in addition to that, we'll also talk about high intensity interval training, |
| 0:21.9 | but the strength training kind like when those two were met. |
| 0:25.0 | And if a cyclist should avoid it, we'll also cover a handful of other topics, |
| 0:28.3 | but we should just get right into it. |
| 0:30.6 | We have pivot cycles and DT Swiss's Hannah and a hand auto for giving with us. |
| 0:35.0 | Good to have you Hannah. |
| 0:36.3 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:37.5 | And our head coach Chad Timmerman. |
| 0:40.1 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:40.4 | Good to see you, Chad. |
| 0:41.6 | Chad's coming off the coming off being sick too. |
| 0:45.2 | Impressive, Chad. |
| 0:46.0 | Glad you're here. |
| 0:47.0 | Pulling through. |
| 0:47.8 | Okay, Vince says long time listener, and I've been using trainer road for a little |
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