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Recovery Routines, Early Season PRs, Motivation and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 286

November 25, 2020 | Jonathan Lee | One comment

Post-workout recovery routines that make you faster, what to do when you are setting PRs before your goal event, how to find motivation to train and help motivate others and much more in Episode 286 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.

More show notes and discussion in the TrainerRoad Forum.

Topics covered in this episode

What to do if you’ve met your goals earlier than anticipated
How to avoid burnout with junior athletes
What changing your cycling cleat position will do
How to always get the same cleat position
Post-workout routines that make you a faster cyclist
How pro cycling teams work
How to pick a training plan
How to train for collegiate racing
How to calculate calorie burn with cycling
How to justify the risk of bike racing
How to motivate others to train

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Jonathan Lee

Jonathan Lee is a Level II USA certified cycling coach and the host of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast. 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, submit your question for Jonathan to answer on the next episode of TrainerRoad’s podcast.

Comments

Rene says:

December 1, 2020 at 9:03 pm

Hi Jonathan

Found your podcasts very recently, very informative and great advice.
Just catching up, I am on episode 113, on that one you discuss injuries, concussions etc.

I am an almost 49yo male rider I live in Western Australia, almost 3 year ago I got hit by a car, soon after accident I thought I had been lucky to survive and thought I was out of it.
But 5 weeks later via sudden headaches I discovered I had a subdural hematoma, within days I had a craniotomy, I was a few days from basically dying if not treated.
For a week I needed help to get up and do basic stuff. Took me 3 months to recover to a certain level I could say I was 100%.

You should do an episode on concussions, until then I learn any hit or sudden movement to the head can be deadly.
I was in a bad place mentally when it came to getting on a bike again, for almost 18 months no riding, just running to stay fit.

Then one day I decided to get on the bike again and since then I have got better than ever, gone from average 24kms/h to plus 32Kms/h
Hopefully at my age I can improve further with your tips.

A lot of people that ride don’t take concussions seriously, there should be more awareness of such injuries in the cycling community.

Take it easy mate.

Rene

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