Pedaling Technique, Smarter Racing, TT vs. Road Bikes and More – Ask a Cycling a Coach 185
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2018
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
Join us for Episode 185 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast! We'll be having a discussion on whether proper pedaling technique is a myth, how to win races with low power output, when triathletes should use a road bike instead of a TT bike and taking your live questions.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
- Adjusting your training plan when life gets busy
- How to select a specialty plan
- How to return to training after breaking a collarbone
- Does one pedaling technique trump all others?
- Riding to conserve energy in a race
- Is Traditional Base better than Sweet Spot Base if time is not limited?
- How to spark up your motivation to get on the bike
- When is a road bike faster than a TT bike?
More training questions answered here: bit.ly/Training-Questions-Help-Center
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
- Cross Country Marathon Specialty Plan: https://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/plans/193-cross-country-marathon-mid-volume
- Century Specialty Plan: https://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/plans/202-century-mid-volume
- Sustained Power Build: https://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/plans/158-sustained-power-build-mid-volume
- How to set up seasons in TrainerRoad: https://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002358031-How-to-Create-and-Compare-Seasons
- Check out our Crit Analysis with the Cliff Bar Team and one at a local race in Reno:
- Best Bike Split: https://www.bestbikesplit.com/
- Waxing Chain Tutorial: https://forum.trainerroad.com/t/chain-waxing-tutorial/2633
- Getting Faster for Reasons Beyond the Podium Ft. Pete Morris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCXmil-lfsA
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody and welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:06.6 | And coach Jonathan Lee not with our head coach Chad Zimmerman |
| 0:09.6 | But with one of our product managers and clear our team Cliff R. A. Cings Pete Morris. How do you guys how's it going man? Good |
| 0:15.2 | I feel like I was thinking about this morning out if you go to dinner like expecting you're gonna have chat with you at dinner |
| 0:20.5 | And then I show up instead like that's got to be a little disappointed |
| 0:27.6 | Thanks thanks for coming enough bench |
| 0:29.8 | Chad just got back from the the you sack or a coaching summit that he went to and he's under the weather |
| 0:35.2 | So this is Pete filling in for him half the company is sick. Yeah at least yeah |
| 0:39.9 | Yeah, yeah at least and Nate our CEO Nate Pearson. How you doing hey? Hey, I suppose say hey |
| 0:44.4 | I forgot how it promised to say that to somebody. Oh, man. Yeah, so I'm doing it. Well, there you are |
| 0:48.0 | It's it's done. You also have been sick. Yep. I got a cold |
| 0:50.7 | Yeah, and now it's that transition part where the cold is done |
| 0:54.0 | But I'm about to get a science infection. I'm still getting stuff out |
| 0:57.0 | That's where I've had my surgeries and stuff to try to fix and if I can beat it this time |
| 1:02.4 | I'll be on stop |
| 1:04.4 | Something will happen |
| 1:05.7 | Yeah, it's it's the time here everyone's kind of sick around here |
| 1:09.6 | With that said though, let's just jump into a few things before we get into the questions that people have sent in this week |
| 1:15.5 | Also, if you're joining us live you can do so by the way every week usually it's Thursday at 8 a.m. Pacific |
| 1:20.8 | And it's on Facebook or YouTube and you can join us live and ask your questions |
| 1:24.5 | And then we usually after like the standard recording of the podcast will take some time some time to answer those questions a little bit off the cuff and kind of fun |
| 1:31.7 | So you can join us for that you can also see us. I'm not sure you actually want to do that |
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