Protein for Cyclists, VO2Max, Training Stress and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 349
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 146 minutes
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Summary
Coach Chad, Amber Pierce, and Hannah Finchamp join Coach Jonathan for a deep dive into protein for cyclists, discussing how much endurance athletes of all kinds should be taking in, if you should ingest it on the bike, plant-based alternatives and more. We’ll also dig deep into VO2Max training, training stress and much more.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
(03:05) Hannah’s training camp experience
(13:23) Protein for cyclists: everything you need to know
(1:51:20) Are you doing VO2Max training wrong?
(2:06:00) When to use and when to ignore TSS
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RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
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Protein Requirements for Master Athletes: Just Older Versions of Their Younger Selves
Protein and the Adaptive Response With Endurance Training: Wishful Thinking or a Competitive Edge?
Dietary protein for athletes: from requirements to optimum adaptation
Protein requirements for endurance athletes
International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: meal frequency
Exercise-Induced Splanchnic Hypoperfusion Results in Gut Dysfunction in Healthy Men
Protein ingestion before sleep improves postexercise overnight recovery
Resistance training induces similar adaptations of upper and lower-body muscles between sexes
Protein metabolism in women and men: similarities and disparities
Starving Your Performance? Reduced Preexercise Hunger Increases Resistance Exercise Performance
The Anabolic Response to Plant-Based Protein Ingestion
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist to ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road and coach Jonathan Lee with cannon Dale and trainer roads Amber Pierce. |
| 0:08.8 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:10.8 | And we also have old geez handing it over. Get your main sponsorships, but you're your private here with pivot now. This much I can remember off the top of my head. I'm so sorry. What is your team Hannah? |
| 0:19.2 | Yeah, pivot cycles and DT Swiss. |
| 0:22.0 | Awesome. Pivot cycles and in DT Swiss's Hannah Finchamp and our head coach chat to him. Hey chat. |
| 0:27.7 | Hey, yeah, I'm here too. |
| 0:29.8 | Have you lost the skiing high? |
| 0:33.4 | Is it like, is it all worn off now after having that week up the powder Creek Law? |
| 0:37.4 | No, not quite the contrary. We're going to go this weekend because I think sweatshirts getting I don't know if it's getting dumped off and it's definitely getting some snow right now. |
| 0:43.1 | I thought you might go back to the lodge this weekend. |
| 0:45.6 | Oh, I wish. Yeah, that would be amazing. |
| 0:47.9 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, we can only delay reality for so long, right? |
| 0:52.1 | So, okay, we are going to answer a lot of your questions today. A ton about protein. We get quite a few questions on protein supplementation protein intake. |
| 1:01.6 | All of it as how it pertains to athletes, plant-based alternatives protein lots of stuff. |
| 1:07.7 | So we're going to go into a lot of that today. |
| 1:09.2 | We're also going to talk about VOT max and how to know if you're doing it right or wrong. |
| 1:13.1 | But also above all, we're going to go into what it is and what the objective is. |
| 1:16.9 | So then you can have some good guidelines when you're having to make adjustments or anything else. |
| 1:20.6 | We'll talk about training stress. |
| 1:22.2 | It's going to be a good episode. I'm looking forward to it. |
| 1:25.2 | So with that, one thing I want to ask for everybody listening to this, please go to trainer.ro.com slash podcast. |
| 1:32.0 | It's where you typically go to submit your questions, which thank you for doing that. |
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