Losing Fitness, Raising Power with Nutrition, Aero vs. Power and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 309
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 20 May 2021
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Detraining happens any time we decrease training stimulus, but how quickly does it happen, how can you retain as much fitness as possible, and how should you adjust your race strategy as a result? Join us for a deep dive into this and many other topics in Episode 309 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
How quickly do you lose fitness and what kind do you lose first?
How to adjust your race tactics if you aren’t fit
Getting the most from a slow group ride
The hosts’ analysis on the first MTB World Cups
What contributes to an exceptional performance
Why Loana Lecomte is so good
Heart Rate vs. Power vs. RPE
Flexibility vs. Mobility
What is more important: aero or power?
How to find the ideal TT position
How gaining weight may make you faster
How to gain weight but still keep your power to weight ratio
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road coach Jonathan Lee we have with us trainer |
| 0:09.6 | Rodin canna dales and repairs morning everybody. We have orange sealed specialized Alex wild. |
| 0:15.6 | And our CEO Nate Pearson. |
| 0:18.6 | Hello everyone today what we're going to do is start off with a 45 minute deep dive in a train now. |
| 0:24.0 | So just just get a last time we're a little on winter stand that's a feedback. |
| 0:31.0 | Some people are interested. You made people just turn it off right there. |
| 0:38.0 | Train has pretty popular though so maybe that one they do want to hear but yeah here it is just open up and use it there you go. |
| 0:44.0 | When we talk about adaptive training like that I think that some people that haven't gotten into a year but have signed up for the closed beta. |
| 0:51.0 | It's almost like we're talking about they're like they're starving and we're just like describing in detail this delicious meal and they can't have it so. |
| 0:58.0 | But it's coming we've had it's fun you had going out last night when they didn't come. |
| 1:03.0 | Yes exactly. It was the most amazing time. |
| 1:06.0 | I don't know how I appreciate its numbers are. |
| 1:09.0 | There's a thousand people on it now it's like there's 942. |
| 1:15.0 | We've just added another big batch yesterday we're adding another batch today as well which is exciting. |
| 1:22.0 | We're accelerating that and it's really cool so but I don't want to we have one thousand one hundred twenty three. |
| 1:29.0 | Alex is going. |
| 1:31.0 | Yeah no three hundred is not watching stocks he just has little ticker. |
| 1:35.0 | It's live on data. |
| 1:37.0 | Yeah that's exactly it's a company priority. |
| 1:40.0 | It is. |
| 1:41.0 | It's not dissimilar from you Alex watching your live power instead of three second smooth power and all time so you have all people to give |
| 1:48.0 | Nate got for that specific numbers. |
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