Why Consistency Matters, Breakaway Tips, Tight Hips, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 362
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🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Amber, Ivy, and Nate join Coach Jonathan for a discussion on what coaches mean when they say “consistency”, why it matters, and how to prioritize it, how to break away from a strong field, why cyclists have tight hips and what to do about it and much more. Tune in now for Episode 362 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
(02:23) What is training consistency and why is it so important?
(23:13) How to break away in strong fields
(50:19) Why power is key for calorie measurement
(59:25) Mood and training periodization
(01:05:25) Why training harder isn’t always the answer
(01:16:09) Why cyclists have tight hips and what they can do to fix it
(01:23:21) How to maintain fitness through the summer
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road and coach Jonathan Lee with trainer road and canobales amber pierce |
| 0:10.4 | and squid bikes IV all drain. |
| 0:13.0 | What up do I have to add other ones to that or did I nail it all my good. |
| 0:17.7 | Thanks for making it easy on me and we also have our CEO Nate Pearson. |
| 0:22.2 | I'm trainer road thank you trainer road free. |
| 0:26.6 | Yeah, Nate you should man it what would be a good sponsor for Nate we have cannon Dale for amber squid bikes and IV that's a good pairing. |
| 0:35.0 | I feel like ceramic speed is a great one for Nate. |
| 0:37.6 | I was going to say the biggest air for our producer. |
| 0:41.0 | I mean ninja ninja. |
| 0:43.3 | For those of you live we understand there is a wind leaf blower in the background and hopefully they'll be knocked out in the actual podcast but |
| 0:51.5 | yeah, just there's also IV has like a construction convention. |
| 0:56.8 | It seems like going on outside today. |
| 0:58.7 | So bear with us if you hear some background noise. |
| 1:01.7 | Just think of it as I'll tell them I tell them we have something really important to deal with and I was like, Hey, guys, can you like |
| 1:07.9 | get some donuts and come back later. |
| 1:09.8 | They weren't into it. |
| 1:12.3 | I guess the city has bigger plans. |
| 1:14.0 | I don't know. |
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