UNREAL STRENGTH OF WORLD-CLASS TRACK CYCLISTS | Anders Johnson | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 560
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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(0:00:00) Intro – Anders Johnson: World-Class Track Pursuit Specialist
(0:01:58) Track Cycling 101: Pursuit, Madison & Sprint vs. Endurance
(0:08:47) What 4km Pursuits Demand – Speed, Power & Aerodynamics
(0:16:27) Getting Aero vs. Losing Power – Position Tradeoffs
(0:21:33) Velodrome vs. Wind Tunnel – How They Really Test Aerodynamics
(0:35:24) Body Type, Weight & Fueling for Track Endurance Events
(0:43:09) How Anders Trains – Volume, Threshold, Gym Work & Torque
(1:09:29) Team Pursuit Strategy – Pull Lengths, Exchanges & Line Holding
(1:13:01) The Olympic Pathway – Qualifying, Funding & the Commitment Required
Coach Jonathan Lee sits down with elite track cyclist Anders Johnson to unpack the world of track racing and how powerful these athletes are. Anders explains how track events work, what makes pursuit racing so physiologically unique, and why aerodynamics matter more than raw watts. He discusses the training, torque, and gym work required to push massive gears from a standing start, the challenges of optimizing aero position without losing power, and how team pursuit squads synchronize pulls at 60+ kph. Anders also shares insights on body composition, fueling for high-volume training, equipment demands, and what it takes to qualify for the Olympics in one of cycling’s most precise and technical disciplines.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast, presented by Train and Road. |
| 0:02.5 | I'm Coach Jonathan Lee, and today we have a totally different guest with us. |
| 0:05.4 | He's never been on the podcast before. |
| 0:07.5 | You may not have heard of him, but you probably should. |
| 0:09.4 | His name's Anders Johnson. |
| 0:10.6 | Anders, what's up, man? |
| 0:11.8 | How are you? |
| 0:12.3 | I'm doing good. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm really excited to be here. |
| 0:14.6 | This is fun, long-time listener, friends with a lot of people that have been on the podcast. So yeah, good to be here. Yeah, so if people don't know who Anders is, |
| 0:22.6 | I'm going to run through a list of Palmaris, or just recent ones here, uh, 2025 UCI individual pursuit bronze medal winner, uh, that's in track racing. If you don't know what individual pursuit is, we're going to get into track racing. I'm going to have you explain this crazy discipline of cycling because it's pretty foreign for a lot of us, especially here in America. |
| 0:42.3 | 2025 USACTT, National Championship Silver Medal. So he went and did the time trial national |
| 0:49.2 | championships, elite level, and he got silver this year, which is wild, because that's not an individual |
| 0:54.0 | pursuit. |
| 0:54.5 | Yeah, a lot longer. |
| 0:56.6 | Yeah, a lot longer. |
| 0:57.8 | We're going to go over that too. |
| 0:59.2 | Ten-time national champion on the track, four-time Pan American champion on the track as |
| 1:04.0 | well. |
| 1:05.1 | Also, I think the first time I met you in person, 2021 X Terra World Champs Age Group champion. |
| 1:12.1 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. |
| 1:13.6 | That was so funny. |
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