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Standing Climbing, Sub-8 Leadville, Multiple Peaks & More – Ask a Cycling Coach 142

Standing Climbing, Sub-8 Leadville, Multiple Peaks & More – Ask a Cycling Coach 142

Standing vs. seated climbing, what it takes to go sub-8 at Leadville, peaking more than once & more in this episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.



Topics covered in this episode

  • What it’s like to ride at professional team camps
  • Tactics or power to weight – which matters most?
  • How pro cyclists eat
  • How to beat a strong racer in a crit
  • How to train for Leadville
  • Why TT racers should race leadville
  • What it takes to go under 8 hours at Leadville
  • How to build useful sprint power
  • Is chloride bad for cyclists?
  • What to look for in an electrolyte drink
  • How to train between goal events
  • Differentiating between physical and psychological fatigue
  • How to use RPE to train
  • Ventilatory thresholds explained
  • Should you not stand on the trainer?
  • Which is faster: seated or standing pedaling?
  • How to reduce anterior pelvic tilt
  • Why cyclists need to loosen their hips

For more cycling training knowledge, listen to the Ask a Cycling Coach — the only podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist. New episodes are released weekly.

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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.