Improving your sleep quality is critical to making the most of your training & diet efforts. This week we discuss the importance of sleep for health and performance as well as discuss several sleeping strategies to help you sleep better…
Jul 20, 2020
1 hr 14 min
It’s summer time and it’s hot! Training creates heat which is not a problem in cooler temperatures, but when the air temp is high, thermoregulation becomes more difficult and training can suffer. In this week’s show, we run through the…
Jul 12, 2020
59 min
Training + Recovery = Adaptation While training hard and building fatigue gets you all the ‘kudos’ and ‘likes’, it’s recovering where we get faster. The harder you train, the harder you must recover to make the gains you desire. In this…
Jul 7, 2020
48 min
Fatigue plays an important role in our training progressions and adaptation. But how much is enough and how much is too much? In this episode we discuss acute vs. chronic fatigue, overreaching vs. over-training, the need for fatigue and how…
Jun 29, 2020
43 min
Wondering what to eat before and during your longer, lower intensity endurance rides? In this episode, we share our insights and preferences for fueling those aerobic miles. Hint: carbohydrates, fats, fiber, glycemic index, glycemic load, and whole foods are the…
Jun 22, 2020
1 hr 2 min
We’re halfway through 2020 and you’ve likely been training solidly for many months and reached a high level of fitness. Now it’s time for a break to recharge before you tackle the second half of 2020. Even without any events…
Jun 12, 2020
57 min
With the possibility of events happening before the end of summer and into fall, the time is now to begin a 2020 re-build of fitness to be ready if/when racing resumes. In this episode we detail how you can re-structure…
Jun 6, 2020
45 min
Interval Training!! Some athletes cringe in the thought of high-intensity training, while other thrive on the idea of going hard. High-intensity intervals are certainly hard, but they need not be ‘go to you puke’ hard. In fact, intervals are most…
May 26, 2020
1 hr 4 min
We’ve wrapped up our ‘COVID-19’ Aerobic Threshold Booster Plan and ready to take on the next progression: Anaerobic Threshold Training. Before we dig into the new 6-week training block to sharpen our ‘lockdown fitness’ while we wait for normalcy and racing…
May 8, 2020
1 hr 26 min
In the midst of “The Great Pause” the world is experiencing as result of the COVID pandemic, we’re taking advantage of the change of pace with an Aerobic Threshold training block. At time of recording, we’re half way through this…
Apr 13, 2020
1 hr 2 min
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