Welcome to the Ask of Cycling Coach Podcast presented by Trainer Road. Today we're going to talk about, well maybe we'll talk about this, why FTP matters more than people think, more than other things.

It's some crazy stuff has been happening in cycling lately and we're going to talk about that.

We're going to talk about a new study

on sodium bicarbonate and it sounds like it's changing the game but we're going to look into it a little

bit deeper with a very detailed eye and also we're going to talk about apple cider vinegar and if it helps

you lose weight like Ozenpik. I know that sounds crazy but there are some studies that just

came out this year that are kind of crazy so we're looking at a lot of that stuff.

Yeah. Maybe that's the way, yeah. And Nate, your microphone volume is maybe a touch loud so if you can

turn yours down I think that'll smooth things out. It'll all be smooth

out in the end anyway. I guess some people listen to it. But we have Alex Wild with us.

It's fantastic to have you from Cyclesport Specialized, I believe is the way that I should be introducing you and carbs fuel as well

Which kudos to them. It seems like they're like a small company that's trying to do the thing of like carbs like like Nate we talked about it a bunch before where it's like it doesn't have to be crazy complicated and it definitely doesn't have to be crazy expensive like it's sugar and salt and they're making it seems absolutely shout out to them I think yeah

simple's the way and their their mission statement brings true with what you've

been doing Jonathan I know you've made your own drink mixes in the past and they found one it doesn't need to be that complicated but two like the margins other brands are making is insane.

So they do a 50 gram of carb gel for just two dollars.

So when you bring that over an entire year that I mean at

Naitinize consumption levels that's thousands of dollars saved per year.

So, no, they're a rat company and just started out and good people.

Actually, the founders both used to work at Cyclosport and we're near here.

Oh cool. Local connection. That's cool. That makes sense. So Alex I want to talk. we're going to get into the listener questions about those

studies and everything else here, but I first want to talk about your, you kind of had like a mini

racing, well a proper racing block where you raced. Levi's Grand Fondo did this really cool thing where they made this division of the race with a tougher course called the growler.

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