Tag Archive
Showing posts with tag: carbohydrates
What is Bonking? Causes, Dangers, and Prevention
Bonking is a dreaded experience, an exhaustion of fuel and shutdown of the body’s ability to exert itself. The term gets thrown around a lot, but if you’ve ever felt it you know how bad it can be, and how hard it is to recover from. So just what is a bonk, why is it a bad thing, and how can you avoid it?
Carb Cycling For Endurance Athletes
Endurance athletes are faced with a bevy of nutrition decisions. Carb cycling is a nutrition strategy based on the percentage of macronutrients. Depending on your goals, carb cycling may be the right choice for you.
How to Use Carbs for Maximum Performance
For endurance athletes, carbs are vital for maximum performance. If you want to go fast, you’ve got to have sugar onboard. Whether you’ve got a big training day or event, these carbohydrate nutrition tips will help.
How to Reach Optimal Body Composition
Overall weight doesn’t tell the whole story for endurance athletes. Understanding Body Composition and its impact on performance is an important step in optimizing your training and racing. For more on Body Composition and other topics check out Ask a Cycling Coach Ep 231 What is Body Composition? Body composition is the proportion of fat…
Consequences of a High FTP, Our First TT, Organizing a Season and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 153
What you need to consider as you raise your FTP, the results from our first time trial, how to organize a busy race season and more in the Episode 153 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast. Topics covered in this episode How vacation affects fitness How to plan a big ride with friends…
Subscribe to the Blog
Join for the latest training, racing, and software updates from TrainerRoad.
SubscribeAsk a Cycling Coach Podcast
Answers to your most technical and unique training questions.
A custom training plan, automatically built for your goals.
Try Plan Builder