Optimized Recovery, Powerlifters Gone Cyclist, Fueling Rides and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 256
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2020
⏱️ 121 minutes
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Summary
Techniques to improve recovery and get the most from your rest week, how to transition to cycling from powerlifting to be fast and strong, why you should be using an electrolyte or carbohydrate sports drink while cycling and more in Episode 256 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Why only two days of intense workouts can make you faster
- Using your health insurance to pay for your TrainerRoad subscription
- Why elevating your legs after a workout may aid recovery
- The benefits of muscle flossing for cyclist and endurance athletes
- Training tips for long climbs
- How to get the most from your recovery week
- The best way to transition to cycling from powerlifting to be fast and strong
- Why you should be using an electrolyte or carbohydrate sports drink while cycling
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Transcript
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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 and here on us with us on YouTube and also if you're listening to the podcast we have our head coach chat to remain how you doing chat. |
| 0:14.2 | I'm doing well hi everybody. |
| 0:17.0 | Our CEO Nate Pearson. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello. |
| 0:21.0 | And we also have canondale and trainer roads and repairs what's up Amber. |
| 0:25.5 | Hey how's it going everyone. |
| 0:28.2 | We're going to answer more the cycling and traffic on related questions that you submitted at train road dot com slash podcast and you can submit that every week and we appreciate you doing so. |
| 0:37.2 | We're streaming live on YouTube as well right now and we have a we have a we're working through the bugs on the set up so we're probably going to have a delay again this week. |
| 0:46.2 | We thought we had it linked and then everything kind of went crazy just before recording here so. |
| 0:50.2 | It's just the same bear with us here but if you're watching on YouTube right now something that really helps us is giving us a thumbs up on this video because that will make sure that it gets pushed out to the people. |
| 0:58.2 | You can always hit the notification bell on our channel in that way you always know whenever we go live or do anything like this post any sort of videos and we post them every day so. |
| 1:07.2 | We really appreciate it if you are listening with us right now. |
| 1:10.2 | First things first Nate we're hiring a brand designer correct. |
| 1:13.2 | We sure are so you can go to trainer or dot com slash jobs. |
| 1:16.2 | This is our most position I believe it's only us I'm not doing the hiring for this job but in general this brand designers role will be make things look good kind of on marketing everything public facing not this is not app design this is like a. |
| 1:31.2 | The website social things like that we really need someone to take that and photos things you know all that sort of stuff so go trainer dot com slash jobs if you'd like to apply. |
| 1:44.2 | It'd be great we'll be working together really closely with whoever that person is so I really excited all of us here in the market department so it'd be great. |
| 1:52.2 | Next thing a lot of folks mentioning on Strava and everything else where you can find us on Strava there and check us out and check out our rides all that stuff but a lot of folks asking about what to do with their training plan still just because of the fact that events are still being delayed or canceled or rescheduled or anything else. |
| 2:10.2 | We've mentioned this before but that's like plan builder is such a perfect tool for this so Nate last week we mentioned the fact that you've shifted your approach and you use plan builder to build out a new progression toward national championships and then going into dirty canza right. |
| 2:27.2 | Correct. |
| 2:28.2 | Yes you just switched gears and just committed to something else we've talked about people continuing with the peak that they currently have even though their event might not happen because there's benefits of going all the way up the peak business and then resetting for something. |
| 2:41.2 | Plenty of different options but if you have questions about how to use it right now use plan builder and play around with it and just test things and see how it works it's kind of like building that car on the builder like a builder car website and see which what it would be like you can check out all the features and everything else and see whatever training planning so I'd encourage you guys check it out quick clear when the clarification Chad. |
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