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100, alex howes, alex wild, Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast, eddie anderson, gravel, hannah finchamp, katerina nash, keegan swenson, laura king, leadville, peter stetina, pro, rose grant, sarah sturm, xc, xcm -

Leadville Pro Athlete Interviews – Ask a Cycling Coach 320

We interviewed 10 of the fastest athletes taking on the Leadville 100 to find out how they are uniquely preparing their bodies, equipment and execution strategies to find success at one of the biggest mountain bike races in the world. Tune in to hear from Sarah Sturm, Eddie Anderson, Laura King, Peter Stetina, Katerina Nash, Alex Wild, Hannah Finchamp, Keegan Swenson, Rose Grant and Alex Howes!

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317, aero, aerodynamics, ask a cycling coach, Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast, belgian waffle ride, breakaway, bwr, carbohydrate, carbs, compression boots, criterium, cutting, diet, fat, fit, foam roll, fuel, gaining, high volume, keegan swenson, kit, leadville, low volume, massage, melatonin, mid volume, National championship, nutrition, obesity, percussion, protein, recovery, recovery boots, sleep, stxc, tactics, Training volume, upgrades, weight, weight loss, xc, xcc -

Belgian Waffle Ride, Equipment Upgrades, Recovery Tactics and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 317

Santa Cruz Bicycle’s Keegan Swenson joins us to talk about his two National Championship wins and his unexpectedly bumpy ride at Belgian Waffle Ride, as well as answering your questions on recovery modalities and joining us for a discussion on equipment upgrades and more.

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309, aero, aero position, aerodynamics, ask a cycling coach, Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast, bike fit, carbohydrate, carbs, cross country, detraining, diet, fitness, flexibility, ftp, heart rate, loana lecomte, mathieu van der poel, mobility, mountain bike, mtb, mtb world cup, nino schurter, nutrition, pauline ferrand prevot, power, power meter, power to weight ratio, race tactics, rate of perceived exertion, recovery, rest, rpe, slow, strategy, threshold, time off, time trial, tom pidcock, triathlon, tt, TT position, w/kg, xc, yolanda neff -

Losing Fitness, Raising Power with Nutrition, Aero vs. Power and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 309

Detraining happens any time we decrease training stimulus, but how quickly does it happen, how can you retain as much fitness as possible, and how should you adjust your race strategy as a result? Join us for a deep dive into this and many other topics in Episode 309 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.

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308, adaptive training, aerobic, ask a cycling coach, Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast, balance, blow up, carbohydrates, cross country, cyclocross, efficiency, endurance, Levels, machine learning, mtb, new training plans, nutrition, pacing, podcast, pro racing, racing, right, strategy, sweet spot, training plans, TrainNow, updated plans, workout levels, Workout Profiles, workouts, world tour, xc -

New Training Plans, Pro Racing, Left/Right Balance and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 308

Get an inside look into why and how we updated all of our training plans with data from Adaptive Training, a question from a pro cyclist on how World Tour racing differs from amateur racing, how to best use Left/Right Balance and more in Episode 308 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!

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307, air density, amber, amonia, analysis, ask a cycling coach, Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast, body composition, carbohydrates, competition, competitiveness, fat, health, hunger, learnings, mental health, motivation, mountain bike, mtb, nurtition, pete, plan, polarized, pressure, priorities, race weight, racing, rest weeks, smelling salts, training, weight loss, xc -

Rest Week Nutrition, Air Density, Smelling Salts and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 307

Why are you always hungry during rest weeks and what can you do about it? Does air density affect physiological performance, and can smelling salts make you faster? Tune into Episode 307 of the Ask a Cycling Coach for these topics and much more!

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