{"id":69157,"date":"2021-05-07T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/blog\/?p=69157"},"modified":"2021-05-07T10:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T17:14:37","slug":"rest-week-nutrition-air-density-smelling-salts-and-more-ask-a-cycling-coach-307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/blog\/rest-week-nutrition-air-density-smelling-salts-and-more-ask-a-cycling-coach-307\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest Week Nutrition, Air Density, Smelling Salts and More \u2013 Ask a Cycling Coach 307"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why are you always hungry during rest weeks and what can you do about it? Does air density affect physiological performance, and can smelling salts make you faster? Tune into Episode 307 of the Ask a Cycling Coach for these topics and much more!<\/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\/rest-week-nutrition-air-density-smelling-salts-and-more-ask-a-cycling-coach-307\/58288\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/forum\/t\/rest-week-nutrition-air-density-smelling-salts-and-more-ask-a-cycling-coach-307\/58288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TrainerRoad Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Rest Week Nutrition, Air Density, Smelling Salts and More \u2013 Ask a Cycling Coach 307\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FjpWyZ_gJUM?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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Rest Week Nutrition, Air Density, Smelling Salts and More \u2013 Ask a Cycling Coach 307\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7AnUPFlpjBbUXE539j4dkl?si=5oRn5TNKRSCgLdyHrkQ44g&#038;utm_source=oembed\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\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>Welcome back to Amber and Nate! 0:00:11<\/li><li>Takeaways from Jonathan\u2019s first MTB race in over a year 0:17:18<\/li><li>Polarized Training Plans update 0:35:02<\/li><li>Does air density affect performance? 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