Why Your FTP Isn’t Improving | Deep Dive Into a Real Athlete’s Training | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 506
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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// TOPICS COVERED
(00:00:00) Welcome!
(00:01:05) Case Study: Matthew's FTP Stagnation
(00:02:09) Analyzing Training Patterns
(00:02:49) Unstructured vs. Structured Training
(00:03:50) Weekly Training Breakdown
(00:07:22) Outdoor Training Insights
(00:16:23) Adjusting Training Plans
(00:18:14) Strength Training and Rest Days
(00:28:22) Early Morning Workouts and Nutrition
(00:36:57) Upcoming Podcast Challenge Race
(00:39:16) Discussing the Peaks Challenge
(00:39:44) Australian Wildlife and Cycling Culture
(00:40:43) Race Strategy and Preparation
(00:46:38) Training and Nutrition Plan
The podcast features a detailed case study of an athlete named Matthew, exploring his FTP stagnation, training habits, and how improvements can be made. The episode also includes discussions on nutrition, optimal training practices, and strategic adjustments to both training intensity and recovery routines. Additionally, Jonathan shares insights into his preparation for the upcoming Peaks Challenge in Falls Creek, Australia, including his training plan, bike setup, nutrition strategy, and overall goals.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by Trainer Road. Today we are going to talk |
| 0:03.5 | more about why certain athletes aren't getting faster. We're going to dig directly into the training |
| 0:07.1 | they're doing and see if we can find anything and suggest how they can change their training. |
| 0:11.9 | Sounds good. Yes. Martin said after the last podcast, he said, I thought your last podcast on how to raise |
| 0:16.6 | your FTP was the best podcast you've done. It was so relevant to me. I found it very useful that you looked at the results of a typical user versus their effort. |
| 0:24.5 | I would love to see more of these types of analyses. |
| 0:26.8 | It's neat to hear from pros, but they're so unreliable. |
| 0:30.1 | I think he means unrelatable. |
| 0:30.9 | So my question, can you do more podcasts like this, most recent podcasts? |
| 0:36.9 | Thank you, Martin. |
| 0:37.7 | And, yeah, Matthew. question can you do more podcasts like this most recent podcasts thank you martin and yeah matthew and by the way tons of you reached out dropped your name down in the comments and like |
| 0:42.3 | your trainer road username down in the comments i think that's secure right name and then you dropped |
| 0:46.4 | your trainer road username down there below uh if you want us to review your account put in the |
| 0:51.0 | youtube comments or put in spotify comments if you're listening on there if you're not listening or consuming on one of those platforms, you recommend you do it. That |
| 0:57.6 | way you can actually see what we're doing. On Spotify, you can just flip your phone sideways and |
| 1:01.8 | you can see what we're actually talking about. It's pretty cool. Okay, Matthew asks, |
| 1:06.4 | if Jonathan needs a case study on an athlete who has been stagnating at an FTP for quite a while, |
| 1:11.3 | I'm happy to allow him to use my account data. |
| 1:13.4 | I'd love to get any tips he and the team might have. |
| 1:16.2 | And he says stagnating for a while. |
| 1:17.5 | Maybe I'll go over like the... |
| 1:18.6 | I'm the team. |
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