Scientific Off-Season Recommendations for Cyclists – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 445

Share the podcast with your friends, and rate it 5-stars! iTunes: https://trainerroad.cc/apple2  Spotify: https://trainerroad.cc/spotify2 Google Podcasts: https://trainerroad.cc/google TOPICS COVERED (0:00) Welcome! (1:00) Quick guide on what to do if you can’t put out as much power indoors (10:32) Science-backed recommendations for cyclists on how to take an off-season (42:40) Adding extra riding to your training plan: Should you do it? (55:36) Why do you taste blood in your mouth during hard efforts, and is it bad? 1:02:51) How to not lose positions in a start (1:11:52) Imbalances in your pedal stroke and what to do with them (1:15:18) When you can skip warmups RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Sprint Intensity Training: https://youtu.be/VE2lJ3KSvPY?feature=shared  https://www.trainerroad.com/blog/detraining-what-happens-when-you-lose-fitness/    STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE https://trainerroad.cc/Maldonado-Martin2016  https://trainerroad.cc/Ronnestad2014  https://trainerroad.cc/Almquist2020    Watch our latest Cycling Science Explained video now! https://youtu.be/k3IIJqNxNMo    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 Ask a Cycling Coach podcast is a cycling and triathlon training podcast. Each week  USAC/USAT Level I certified coach Chad Timmerman, pro athletes, and other special guests answer your cycling and triathlon questions.   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