{"id":60310,"date":"2020-09-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/blog\/?p=60310"},"modified":"2022-04-07T07:03:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T14:03:57","slug":"pro-racing-rider-types-and-motivation-with-ben-jacques-maynes-ask-a-cycling-coach-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/blog\/pro-racing-rider-types-and-motivation-with-ben-jacques-maynes-ask-a-cycling-coach-276\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Racing, Rider Types, and Motivation with Ben Jacques-Maynes \u2013 Ask a Cycling Coach 276"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-11bdadde-76a1-4d35-896c-32e0b7bd3db3\">Retired pro cyclist Ben Jacques-Maynes joins the podcast to discuss what he learned about motivation, nutrition, training, injuries, how to maximize success and more in Episode 276 of The Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c898a78f-3b41-4424-8827-238fbcd624bf\">More show notes and discussion in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/forum\/t\/pro-racing-rider-types-and-motivation-with-ben-jacques-maynes-ask-a-cycling-coach-276\/42801\">TrainerRoad Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Pro Racing, Rider Types, and Motivation with Ben Jacques-Maynes \u2013 Ask a Cycling Coach 276\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tghns0fJDQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-188ed379-bcb7-4b82-b7b5-032b11447cc3\">Topics covered in this episode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What Ben learned as a mountain biker that helped him in road racing<\/li><li>How Ben became a pro cyclist<\/li><li>What pro cycling is actually like<\/li><li>How to maintain motivation when racing against the odds<\/li><li>Why losing too much weight makes you slower<\/li><li>How to recover from an injury<\/li><li>Why Ben won more races when he started weighing more<\/li><li>What it takes to get a podium finish in a stage of the Tour of California<\/li><li>How to recognize and manage disordered eating<\/li><li>How to manage a healthy relationship with food and cycling<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ac5b5e3e-ddbb-4295-9491-46d455cec895\"><strong><em>For more cycling training knowledge, listen to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/podcast?utm_source=TrainerRoad%20Blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=aacc-257&amp;utm_content=bottom%20cta\" target=\"_blank\">the Ask a Cycling Coach \u2014 the only podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist<\/a>. 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