Pro Cyclist FTPs, How to Raise Your Threshold Faster, and More - Ask a Cycling Coach 410
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🗓️ 30 March 2023
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
(0:00) Welcome!
(0:15) Clarification from Ep. 409
(12:48) Are carbon bikes worth it?
(21:45) How high are the pro’s FTPs?
(45:29) What’s the best way to raise your FTP?
(50:54) How quickly do you lose altitude adaptation?
(1:01:05) How will Coach Jonathan do at IRONMAN Oceanside 70.3?
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| 0:00.0 | Well, kind of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by trainer road today. |
| 0:02.9 | We're going to talk maybe we'll kind of estimate, |
| 0:05.4 | guess to me, about pro FTPs. |
| 0:07.4 | We're going to talk about how to raise your FTP most effectively. |
| 0:09.6 | We've got a fantastic question on that. |
| 0:11.6 | We got the questions that you submitted at trainer road.com slash podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | And before we get into those, I have to clarify something because I made a mistake |
| 0:17.6 | on the previous episode. |
| 0:19.3 | It's been a while since Chad IV, I guess Chad Hanna and I, |
| 0:24.2 | I am raced. |
| 0:25.2 | You sac road races last year. |
| 0:26.5 | I missed this change. |
| 0:27.3 | I didn't know about it. |
| 0:27.9 | But anyways, I messed up on cat five. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm going to clarify. |
| 0:31.1 | We got a correction, many corrections in through the question submission area. |
| 0:35.9 | And I'm going to read it out. |
| 0:37.5 | So this is correction for episode 409. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm sure someone else is chimed in, but your information regarding the cat five, |
| 0:43.6 | cat 10 race minimum is outdated. |
| 0:46.1 | Cat fives or as they're now known novices can declare themselves cat four at any time. |
| 0:51.7 | The 10 race minimum is no longer a requirement. |
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