Win More Races, Strength Training, Build Phase Science and More – Ask a Cycling a Coach 190
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2018
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Join us for Episode 190 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast! We'll be talking about the best ways to strategically increase your odds of winning races, giving you a comprehensive guide to strength training for cyclists, covering when it is a good idea to complete two Build Phases back-to-back, a special announcement from Nate and Chad, and much more!
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
- How cyclists should be using strength training
- How to increase your chances of winning a criterium
- Why versatility is crucial for a bike racer
- Is attacking into a headwind always a bad idea?
- Can you do back-to-back Build Phases?
- Why all power meters don't measure the same
- How to use a power meter with a smart trainer
- How to schedule recurring workouts with TrainerRoad's Calendar
- Why aerobic athletes can race with anaerobic athletes
- Chad and Nate's goal of Masters Tandem TT Nats
More training questions answered here: bit.ly/Training-Questions-Help-Center
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
- Strength Training for cyclists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqmwjwTcOY8
- Sprint Tips From a Pro - Clif Bar Racing’s Pete Morris: https://forum.trainerroad.com/t/sprinting-tips-from-a-pro-team-clif-bar-racings-pete-morris/8163
- Spud Inc Neck Harness: https://www.roguefitness.com/neck-harness
- Resistance Training Volume Study: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2019/01000/Resistance_Training_Volume_Enhances_Muscle.13.aspx
- Crossfit Games Crit Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfnjMFd5q4M
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody and welcome to a live recording of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | The only podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist. |
| 0:06.7 | And it's presented by us here at Trainer Road, as you can see, |
| 0:09.0 | if you're joining us on the live stream. |
| 0:10.9 | This is where we answer your cycling and triathlon related questions. |
| 0:13.8 | And you can submit them at trainerroad.com slash podcast. |
| 0:18.0 | We are actually just going to jump straight into the questions this week. |
| 0:20.9 | I'm more of a summarizing though, because we got a lot of questions. |
| 0:24.9 | Or we, it's been increasing steadily. |
| 0:27.2 | And it reached fever pitch this week on strength training. |
| 0:30.5 | It's time here. |
| 0:31.6 | Makes sense, right? A lot of folks are either in off season or starting up their season, |
| 0:37.0 | or they've also been putting on Thanksgiving weight if they're here in the United States. |
| 0:41.6 | Holiday weight, that sort of stuff. |
| 0:43.6 | So people want to use strength training. |
| 0:47.0 | We've talked about strength training before. |
| 0:48.7 | In fact, there's a video on YouTube of Chad doing, |
| 0:52.0 | showing off a few different strength exercises that can be helpful. |
| 0:55.7 | YouTube.com slash trainer road. |
| 0:57.6 | That's it. |
| 0:59.0 | It's all like five strength training exercises for cyclists. |
| 1:01.2 | That's the one. |
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