Structured, power-based cycling training with Chad Timmerman | EP#38

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Fitness, Ironman, Endurancesports, Run, Sports, Cycling, Triathlon, Swimming, Health, Bike, Swim, Sportscience, Health & Fitness, Running

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Chad Timmerman is head coach at TrainerRoad, where he creates cycling training plans athletes use every day to become stronger and faster. His approach to training is based on science, and he believes training without structure is not training at all, it's riding a bike. IN THIS EPSIODE YOU'LL LEARN: -Why training with power is the best way to improve your cycling -Why high quality trumps high quantity -How to make your cycling training structured -THe different phases of your cycling training: base, build, and specialty -What TrainerRoad is and how it helps triathletes train more effectively LISTENER QUESTIONS: If you have questions that you want me to answer on the show or off the show (in an email), send me your question via email or Twitter (contact information below). NOTES: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com Send feedback, questions or just wanna chat? CONTACT me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	Power, however, is very objective.
0:02.0	I mean, it is what it is.
0:02.8	You can either do it or you cannot.
0:04.6	Regardless of what your heart rate or your rate of perceived exertion is, power is basically constant.
0:11.9	That triathlon show.
0:32.0	The podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.
0:35.7	As always, I'm your host, Michael. And on today's episode, I have
0:40.5	somebody with me for the interview from a company that I admire a lot. And I'm a big advocate
0:47.8	of their product. It's Trainor Road. I mentioned it in the past. It's a software for indoor bike training, power-based
0:56.2	bike training, but you don't need a power meter. You can get by just with a cheap cadence and
1:02.0	speed sensor to get a virtual power and reap all the benefits of power-based training,
1:07.6	which will go into in more detail on the interview.
1:16.9	Anyway, one thing that I want to make sure that I mention is that I'm not in any way affiliated with Trainer Road, but part of my goal with this podcast is to bring you
1:23.3	information about products and other things, services that I love and use myself.
1:31.2	And they have helped me in my Traathlon development. And I hope that by bringing awareness
1:37.2	about these great products to you, I can help some of you have that same kind of development
1:43.1	and by using those products.
1:45.8	So another one that I've been promising to bring you an update on is Stride, the running
1:51.3	power meter. I won't give you a big update now, but suffice it to say that I absolutely
1:58.2	love the Stride running power meter at least as much as I expected to be
2:03.9	honest and I had high expectations for it otherwise I wouldn't have bought it but it's been
2:09.0	it's been fantastic in my latest race which was the Northwest Island games on Gotland
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