Training in the Heat, Fat Burning, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 373
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🗓️ 21 July 2022
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Does spending time outside in the heat cause heat adaptation, what can you do to lower RPE in the heat, and does training in the heat cause swelling? We’ll cover this as well as a discussion on fat burning for endurance athletes, the aerodynamic implications of out-of-the-saddle pedaling, and much more in Episode 373 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
(15:57) Why does standing require more power?
(41:19) Should ultra-endurance athletes eat less carbs?
(01:02:12) Should every training session make you faster?
(01:31:04) Does working outside in hot conditions cause heat adaptation?
How to lower RPE in the heat
(01:50:01) Does training in the heat cause swelling?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast. It's dedicated to making you a faster cyclist. Ask a cycling coach podcast |
| 0:04.4 | presented by trainer road. I'm coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Chad Timmerman. |
| 0:08.1 | Everybody, squibbikes, IVA drain. Hi. And our CEO Nate Pearson. Hello. This is going to be a fun |
| 0:15.1 | crew. I'm excited. Today we are going to answer quite a few questions that you submitted at trainer |
| 0:19.4 | road.com slash podcast. So if you're listening to this, you can submit questions there. You can rate |
| 0:23.2 | this podcast and share it with your friends. And if you're watching on YouTube right now, give it a |
| 0:26.7 | thumbs up. And we're happy to have you in the live chat. We're going to talk about training in |
| 0:30.4 | the heat. There were so many questions that came in this week. And I mean, it makes sense. Heat wave in |
| 0:34.4 | Europe, heat wave in the UK, heat wave in the US. It's makes sense around the world. There's a lot of |
| 0:40.3 | it going on Australia, probably not so much. But we're also going to talk about fat burning and |
| 0:45.4 | ultra endurance athletes and kind of a question that came up as a result of a discussion that we had |
| 0:49.4 | recently. But before we do all that, everybody should head to our YouTube channel because we |
| 0:53.3 | recently released a video on sprint intensity training and our cycling science explain series. |
| 0:58.5 | It's awesome. Lots of fun. Go check it out. I think that within that one, we have a reference to |
| 1:03.4 | goonies. So if you're like goonies, you should tune in and check it out. It's a good scene. But first, |
| 1:09.2 | can Ivy and I brag for a bit. Is that okay? Jens, is that cool? brag about what? What happened? Tahoe trail |
| 1:14.5 | 100. Oh, Ivy and I stood on top of the podium. How many people were in your category? |
| 1:21.2 | Yeah, that's probably a detour in our stock. Second to last. I only saw two people in that podium |
| 1:27.7 | picture or two teams. But I mean, honestly, though, I looked at the times you guys went super fast. |
| 1:33.5 | Like, oh, because the times are consistent year to year and you can compare to other people, |
| 1:37.2 | you're, what were you sub five? Oh, yeah, sub five. Yeah. That is like red crawler at |
| 1:44.1 | bed filled, right? That's, it is. That's close to purple, right? Or what's the one after gold? |
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