New Training Plans, Pro Racing, Left/Right Balance and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 308
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Summary
Get an inside look into why and how we updated all of our training plans with data from Adaptive Training, a question from a pro cyclist on how World Tour racing differs from amateur racing, how to best use Left/Right Balance and more in Episode 308 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!
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BLOG ARTICLES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
- TrainNow is Improving https://bit.ly/33D8a8X
- Introducing Workout Levels https://bit.ly/2RQBypg
- TrainerRoad Training Plan Updates with Workout Levels https://bit.ly/3eFEr5w
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
- Intro 0:00
- How TrainNow is getting even smarter 2:27
- What are Workout Levels and how to use them 8:50
- A deep dive into creating the updated Training Plans 35:14
- Does race strategy matter when the pace is all-out? 1:01:24
- Rapid Fire Questions 1:17:36
- What is Left/Right Balance and how should you use it? 1:27:22
- How pro racing is different from amateur racing 1:36:30
- Live questions and answers 1:50:36
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LEARN MORE ABOUT ADAPTIVE TRAINING
Adaptive Training Video: https://youtu.be/gE2yPYZ15ew
Adaptive Training: What it is, how to use it: https://bit.ly/3dIRClW
How Adaptive Training Makes You Faster: https://bit.ly/2ZNfWLq
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road coach Jonathan Lee and we have |
| 0:07.6 | The |
| 0:09.8 | Ivy just told me the name and I completely screwed it up hand up loves plus the black bibs racing IV Audrey. How you doing Ivy? |
| 0:16.8 | Hi good morning. Did I mess it up again? |
| 0:19.3 | No, hand up the black bibs racing. I guess okay |
| 0:23.2 | Yeah, I got a lot of you trying to get that one right |
| 0:25.8 | Thanks, I mean and then clip our racing's Pete Morris. How's it going guys and our CEO Nate Pearson? |
| 0:33.4 | Hello, Nate you just like came swooped in right at the last moment. Um, so sorry if you're if Nate's a bit kind of like trying to get his bearings in the beginning here |
| 0:41.8 | It all makes sense why but if there we go red bull to the rest of the |
| 0:45.2 | free |
| 0:47.0 | Yeah, I mean no actually no judgment you should whatever |
| 0:51.3 | I'm shamey me |
| 0:53.3 | No, right. I also like sugar. This is true. It makes you fast |
| 0:58.5 | If you're joining us on YouTube you can give us the thumbs up that would be huge because that helps other cyclists find it |
| 1:02.7 | And we just appreciate having you with us can join us in the live chat |
| 1:05.6 | We have Jesse one of our awesome copywriters in there and you can send in the questions that you have will answer some of them live at the end of this one |
| 1:12.6 | Job postings Nate. We still have our app developer and software our senior software engineer postings up right |
| 1:18.5 | Yep, we have a C sharp one and a react react native one so back in stuff for a friend and stuff |
| 1:24.6 | We also have a fantastic successful athletes podcast coming up this uh next week |
| 1:29.4 | uh |
| 1:30.4 | High school math teacher and mother who did a double Ironman and use trainer road to prepare for it |
| 1:35.2 | So |
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