Warmup Science, Pre-Workout Nutrition, Recovery Drinks & More – Ask a Cycling Coach 135
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2018
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
What happens to your body during a warmup, the do's and don'ts of pre-workout nutrition, why you may reconsider your next recovery drink & more in this week's episode of the Ask a Cycling coach Podcast.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
• (04:45) TrainerRoad CX Nationals Athlete Panel Event
• We're hiring three software engineers! ( www.TrainerRoad.com/jobs)
• (6:20) Why you should sync Strava and Garmin Connect to TrainerRoad
• (9:05) The science behind warmups
• What actually happens during a warmup?
• How to know when you should warm up
• (16:35) What type of warmup is best for your next race
• (24:30) Should you train while you are sick?
• (25:50) How to come back to training after illness
• (30:25) Do smart trainers and power meters measure power differently?
• (34:55) Can upper body mass make you a faster cyclist?
• (45:10) How to time your strength training
• (46:40) Is heat training discipline specific?
• (48:50) Pre-workout nutrition to fuel your workouts
• (57:35) What you should think of before taking in a recovery drink
• (1:05:00) How to become a better climber
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast that's dedicated to making you a faster cyclist, the Ask a Cycling |
| 0:04.5 | Coach podcast presented by trainer road. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Chad Zimmerman, our CEO Nate Pearson. |
| 0:10.4 | Hello. |
| 0:11.4 | And we are going to answer more of your cycling and traffic on related questions today. |
| 0:14.6 | You can submit them at trainerroad.com slash podcast. |
| 0:17.8 | And we come through those every week and we will, yeah, we'll try to pull as many of them |
| 0:23.4 | in so that we can answer every week. |
| 0:25.9 | We're a bit earlier than normal and it may be a bit shorter than normal because we're |
| 0:28.9 | kind of on a crunch schedule today. |
| 0:30.6 | We also have no producer with us today. |
| 0:32.4 | So we're kind of winging it on our own. |
| 0:34.0 | So bear with us if we have any issues or if there are any missteps. |
| 0:37.8 | It's going to suck. |
| 0:38.8 | Sorry, everyone. |
| 0:40.2 | We're making do with that before we get into the questions. |
| 0:46.0 | A few things that so we have the cycle cross nationals is coming up next weekend. |
| 0:50.6 | So right now is January 3rd. |
| 0:51.9 | Wait, where is that? |
| 0:52.9 | It's in Reno, Nevada. |
| 0:53.9 | Where are we? |
| 0:54.9 | Yeah, that's true. |
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