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

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!

More show notes and discussion in the TrainerRoad Forum.




Topics covered in this episode

  • Intro 0:05
  • How TrainNow is getting even smarter 2:27
  • What are Workout Levels and how to use them 8:50
  • A deep dive into creating the updated Training Plans 35:14
  • Does race strategy matter when the pace is all-out? 1:01:24
  • Rapid Fire Questions 1:17:36
  • What is Left/Right Balance and how should you use it? 1:27:22
  • How pro racing is different from amateur racing 1:36:30
  • Live questions and answers 1:50:36

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Jonathan Lee
Jonathan Lee

Jonathan Lee is a Level II USAC / USAT certified cycling coach and the host of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-cycling-coach-trainerroad/id1035433041?mt=2&amp;utm_source=Author%20Byline&amp;utm_medium=Blog%20&amp;utm_content=Jonathan%20Byline-%20%20AACC%20link&amp;utm_campaign=Bylines"><em>Ask a Cycling Coach</em> podcast</a>. His background in the sport of motocross has translated into a passion for cycling, mountain biking and all things training. If you have a training question, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ya3EOx0tWRpwlF8TfxdcKL2UeESgBoEAwpLVmwrlt3g/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1&amp;utm_source=Author%20Byline&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_content=Jonathan%20Byline%20-%20%20Google%20AACC%20form&amp;utm_campaign=Bylines">submit your question</a> for Jonathan to answer on the next episode of TrainerRoad’s podcast.