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Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

Testosterone, Mid-Race Mechanicals, Dirty Kanza and More – Ask a Cycling a Coach 191

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

TrainerRoad

Sports

4.9 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 100 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

We're answering more of your coaching questions on Episode 191 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast! Join us live as we discuss testosterone's effect on performance, mid-race mechanical strategies, Dirty Kanza training, rapid fire questions for Coach Chad and much more!

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE

 

  • Rapid fire questions for Coach Chad
  • How Coach Chad comes up with the workout text in TrainerRoad
  • Coach Chad's process for creating workouts
  • Our bike choices for 24 HOP
  • Coach Chad's favorite books
  • Tips for common mid-race mechanicals
  • How to train for Dirty Kanza
  • Adjusting your training plan for night-shifts
  • What happens to your body during a rest week
  • Testosterone's effect on performance
  • What to do if you are racing a doper

More training questions answered here: bit.ly/Training-Questions-Help-Center

 

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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

0:06.0

I'm coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach chat Zimmerman everybody and I guess toasty Nate Pearson. Hello. Good. Good. Good

0:12.7

It's divesting got it

0:14.2

So this is where we answer the cycling triathlon related questions that you've submitted at trainer road calm slash podcast

0:20.6

We'd appreciate if you guys continue to submit those questions. We love it. It's awesome

0:24.4

We'd answer them all if we could but it's kind of tough. We're only so many people here with only so much time

0:29.6

But just the same please keep submitting those we absolutely love it

0:32.8

We're gonna answer some more of those questions today

0:35.4

First thing that we should go through it's tis the season

0:38.9

It's a holiday week kind of for many folks right now. We're between the Christmas holiday and the new year

0:45.0

It's a two day work week for us. It is a two day work

0:47.4

I almost felt like we should on the whole week off and then Monday is a one day and then we get Tuesday off

0:52.1

Yeah, we could have done something magical there. Yeah, we could have yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe

0:58.2

But regardless it's the time for setting goals benchmarks many folks call them resolutions many folks get upset when you say new year's resolutions

1:05.6

I don't I'm fine with it. I don't really care

1:12.0

I expected that from chat. I like that. Yeah, I like it as a way to

1:16.6

Look at what you've been doing and then what you can improve rather than I'm gonna do something for one week and then give up on it

1:22.7

Yeah, except that's a normally people that's like the association with resolution. Yeah, exactly. Yeah

1:27.9

But the point is we said a goal right and call it whatever you want at that point

1:32.1

It's semantics as long as you hold of that goal like that's that's the main thing

1:35.7

So actually we should share our resolutions that we have Nate. Do you want to how where do you want to fall anywhere?

1:42.1

I'll go after chat. Okay, sounds good. I want to kick it off then sure. Yep

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