VO2 Max vs 1 Minute Power, Training Zones, Lightheadedness and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 267
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2020
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
The difference between your VO2 Max power and Max 1 minute power, how to get the most benefit from your training zones, why training can make you lightheaded and more in Episode 267 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Etiquette tips for doing TrainerRoad's Outside Workouts
- Why you can handle higher blood sugar levels during exercise
- The difference between your VO2 Max power and Max 1 minute power
- How to get the most benefit from your training zones
- Training tips for mountain bike time trials
- Why athletes may get light-headed when standing quickly
- How to best use extra training time in your week
- Is it ok to yell expletives during a workout?
- How to fit a weekly race into your Mid-Volume Training Plan
- Where you can find information about local races
- How to fuel for early morning workouts
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated and making you a faster cyclist ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:05.6 | I'm coach Jonathan Lee and we have for now the original podcast crew with us because we are awaiting Amber Pierce |
| 0:11.6 | She'll be a late addition to this episode. So we have our head coach Chad Zimmerman |
| 0:15.6 | Hi everybody and our CEO Nate Pearson |
| 0:18.8 | Hello, but I was not part of the original crew. I came in a few episodes later |
| 0:23.2 | That is a good point. That's right. Yeah, so Chad and I are OG |
| 0:27.3 | I have an important message now to read and hijack the podcast and I think you know what I'm gonna read |
| 0:32.8 | We got a message in from support and |
| 0:35.6 | This is what this person said. I don't know if it's a man or woman. They said Mr. Nate while away for the reply |
| 0:39.9 | Please I have a message for the one with the beautiful eyes |
| 0:43.1 | I love to hear your voice you sound like an angel and there's no wonder you work for trainer road because you could be in one direction |
| 0:49.9 | So we're trying to figure out who this person was and |
| 0:53.5 | We can use our little brain teaser brains and first because they said Mr. Nate |
| 0:58.2 | It's not me because I'm Mr. Nate and I have a message for somebody else. So it's not me |
| 1:03.3 | This person can be in one direction. So it's not Amber |
| 1:06.3 | Because that's one direction. That's a boy band. Yeah, that's a boy band. Yes |
| 1:10.8 | And then if we say which one of you two Chad and Jonathan look |
| 1:16.4 | Like they could belong in a boy band |
| 1:18.9 | Chad I could be in a man band |
| 1:22.0 | A what the jam band man a man band a man band |
| 1:26.2 | You got to be the drummer like JK Simmons right |
| 1:28.7 | I think you have to be behind the scenes. Me and a boy band is just creepy. I could picture Chad with a giant base |
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