Weight and VO2 Max, Why Interval Order Matters, Training Camps and More – Ask a Cycling a Coach 189
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 13 December 2018
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Join us for Episode 189 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast! We'll cover how weight gain affects VO2 Max, why the order of the intervals in your workout matters, a comprehensive guide to training camps, and much more! Tune in, bring your questions and get faster!
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
- How to understand aero savings
- Which bike is best? aero vs. climbing
- What is the best type of bike racing for beginners?
- What to do when you miss a workout
- Why century training is easier than you think
- Does running build cycling fitness?
- How to find local races
- Is there a benefit to racing while completely fatigued?
- How does weight affect VO2 Max?
- Does the order of your intervals matter?
- The best training plan for Leadville
- A big announcement from Coach Jonathan
- How to incorporate a training camp into your training plan
- What we've learned from training camps
More training questions answered here: bit.ly/Training-Questions-Help-Center
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
- Aero Deep Dive in the Specialized Win Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf6FwjoZ0tE
- Machines for Freedom: https://www.machinesforfreedom.com/
- USAC event finder: https://www.usacycling.org/events
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody and welcome to a live episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | The only podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist. |
| 0:06.8 | It's presented by us here at Trainor Rode as you can see behind us on the screen. |
| 0:10.9 | You might mention if you're listening to this on the podcast, seeing is kind of difficult, |
| 0:15.1 | but we also do a live stream with this every week. |
| 0:17.6 | It's usually Thursday at 8 a.m. Pacific and you can join us on YouTube and Facebook on |
| 0:22.1 | our separate channels and you can check out, I guess, you can get a little bit more personal |
| 0:26.5 | interaction with us. |
| 0:27.8 | You can also join in afterward. |
| 0:29.4 | You can get real personal. |
| 0:31.6 | After when we take some questions, right? |
| 0:32.9 | The people are submitted. |
| 0:34.4 | Sure. |
| 0:35.4 | People submit them through Facebook, they submit them through YouTube, they might submit |
| 0:38.4 | them also through the forum, which is forum.trainerode.com. |
| 0:41.6 | We always have a post that actually goes up with each episode. |
| 0:44.4 | You can jump in there and you can check out what's going on with this specific episode. |
| 0:49.6 | Let's say Chad mentions a specific thing that he's been using lately. |
| 0:53.3 | We'll probably link to that. |
| 0:54.6 | We actually have a producer that's updating as we talk about those things. |
| 0:58.4 | That's pretty cool. |
| 1:00.8 | Like I said, this is the podcast presented by trainer road. |
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