Training Stress Should Be Progressive<\/h2>\n
In cycling, common sense can inform roughly 75% of your training decisions. You eat well, you train hard and you look to the greater cycling community for widely accepted training advice. Effectively structured periodized training requires more than common sense. It takes that other 25% \u2014 that\u2019s what sets you apart from the rest of the peloton. That 25% is research. It\u2019s the homework and due diligence you put in when you want to be a winner to base your training off proven, scientific research. There\u2019s no easy way around it. If you want to get your edge, you have to put the time in and do your homework.<\/p>\n
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From his 20+ years of cycling and coaching experience, Coach Chad knows there\u2019s no substitute for research. On average, Coach Chad spends 10-15 hours\/week just reading alone. At home, in the office \u2014 wherever he goes, you can catch him with a training book cracked researching how to progress your training in the most effective possible way.<\/p>\n
His extensive time spent studying the sport of cycling has gifted Chad with a keen, discerning intuition to distinguish fad from fact. What does this mean for TrainerRoad athletes? When you\u2019re following a structured training plan<\/a>, you know you\u2019re following a plan founded in hours of scientifically supported research.<\/p>\n Most of the cyclists Chad has coached one-on-one in the past were not pros, they were just like you. They had families, jobs and countless other commitments that limited the amount of time they had to train. For these everyday cyclists, they viewed time, above all, as their greatest limiter. Chad learned quickly that it doesn\u2019t have to be.<\/p>\n Chad\u2019s experience training combined with his research have taught him that you don\u2019t need an exhausting number of hours each week to train. What\u2019s more, your job, family or any other responsibilities you have do not decide if you can be a strong cyclist or not \u2014 how<\/em> you train does<\/a>. High-quality interval workouts gives you the same amount of \u2014 if not more \u2014 fitness gains as long hours of low-intensity work.<\/p>\n In today\u2019s world, there\u2019s no place for coaches without cycling careers. As much as cycling is Chad’s career, it\u2019s his passion first and foremost. He can read a million books on the subject, but without that inner desire to ride, Coach Chad wouldn’t be able to have the same impact on athletes as he does today. Yes, training smart and hard is important. But having fun is a big part of the equation, too.<\/p>\n It\u2019s common to associate long hours on the bike and painful recovery with better training, but it\u2019s not the only thing. At the end of the day, cyclists train hard to succeed at the sport they love. There\u2019s no one who understands this more than Chad. He knows that without passion those long hours and sacrifices really aren\u2019t worth much.\u00a0So here’s our advice: Get more out of your training by reminding yourself why you love the sport and\u00a0put an end to overthinking your training \u2014 that\u2019s what Coach Chad\u2019s here for.<\/p>\nHigh Quality Trumps High Quantity<\/h2>\n
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