Breath Training, Why You Aren’t Getting Faster, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 417

Share the podcast with your friends, and rate it 5-stars! Spotify: https://trainerroad.cc/spotify2 iTunes: https://trainerroad.cc/apple2 Google Podcasts: https://trainerroad.cc/google    TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE: (0:00)  🏁 Ivy and Jonathan are racing Singletrack 6! Short preview, expectations, etc. (16:00) 🫁 Do inspiratory and respiratory breathing (breath training) devices make you faster? (33:09) 🥵 What is the maximum amount of training busy professionals should do? (Balancing work with training) (42:15) 🧐 Why you aren’t getting faster (Why isn’t my training working?) (57:02) 🔥 Why you are getting dropped in race starts (how to train for hard starts)   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: - Singletrack 6 Stage Breakdowns: https://trainerroad.cc/st6spreadsheet - Effect of respiratory muscle training on exercise performance in healthy individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Illi, et al., 2012: https://trainerroad.cc/Illi2012 - Influence of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Ventilatory Efficiency and Cycling Performance in Normoxia and Hypoxia, Salazar-Martinez, et al., 2017: https://trainerroad.cc/SalazarMartinez2017 - Inspiratory muscle training improves cycling time-trial performance and anaerobic work capacity but not critical power, Johnson, et al., 2007: https://trainerroad.cc/Johnson2017 - Time to Move Beyond a “One-Size Fits All” Approach to Inspiratory Muscle Training, Shei, et al., 2022: https://trainerroad.cc/Shei2022 - Grinduro California: https://trainerroad.cc/GrinduroCA - Stetina’s Paydirt: https://trainerroad.cc/StetinasPaydirt  Watch our latest Cycling Science Explained video now! https://youtu.be/NtoCgX1CAUM    Subscribe to the Science of Getting Faster Podcast below! Spotify: https://trainerroad.cc/spotifysogf  iTunes: https://trainerroad.cc/itunessogf    TRY TRAINERROAD RISK FREE FOR 30 DAYS! TrainerRoad is the #1 cycling training app. No other cycling app is more effective. Over 13,000 positive reviews, a 4.9 star App Store rating.   Adaptive Training from TrainerRoad uses machine learning and science-based coaching principles to continually assess your performance and intelligently adjust your training plan. It trains you as an individual and makes you a faster cyclist.   Learn more about TrainerRoad: https://trainerroad.cc/3LBb5Ur Learn more about Adaptive Training: https://trainerroad.cc/35Tqtea    ABOUT THE ASK A CYCLING COACH PODCAST The only podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist. TrainerRoad's Ask a Cycling Coach podcast gives you the chance to get answers to your cycling and triathlon training questions with USAC/USAT certified coaches, pro athletes, and other special guests.   Have a question for the podcast? Ask here: https://trainerroad.cc/3HTFXNi   MORE PODCASTS FROM TRAINERROAD Listen to the Successful Athletes Podcast: https://trainerroad.cc/3JmKrN5 Listen to the Science of Getting Faster Podcast: https://trainerroad.cc/3LpuIhP   STAY IN TOUCH Training Blog: https://trainerroad.cc/3gCdNdN TrainerRoad Forum: https://trainerroad.cc/3uHvLnE Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trainerroad/ Strava Club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/trainerroad Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrainerRd Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrainerRoad   TrainerRoad Podcast Network Submit your Question to the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast  Subscribe to the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast  Subscribe to the Successful Athletes Podcast Submit your story to the Successful Athletes Podcast Subscribe to the Science of Getting Faster Podcast Submit a topic to the Science of Getting Faster Podcast