Tune in live for Episode 223 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast where we will be discussing the cost of climbing out of the saddle, elevation’s effect on training and recovery, how to manage over-training and much more. Join us on YouTube Thursday, October 3 at 8:00am Pacific! Youtube Live Video: …

@Nate_Pearson can you share some data on plan completion rates?

It’s hard to measure that. Most people make slight changes. We’re doing some work to better understand this.

Thanks @Nate_Pearson , was just curious as to what it might look like but I understand the intricacies.

Thank you for the tips. I will listen to that podcast. Ironically, planning for 8 hours of sleep is what ran me into the ground. I tried to set my own sleep schedule for nine months and the inability to fall asleep quickly (or even within 60-90 minutes caused anxiety issues which only contributed to…

Yes! I have experienced the same! I’m 46 years old, perimenopausal. Lately however, I’ve been able to sleep really well - back in the 7-9 hr range. I don’t know what the secret sauce is, but in my case I was able to see improvements just by tracking my sleep better (I use Whoop) and thereby seeing t…

What was the name of the book Nate referenced about Endurance Diet. Maybe it was called Endurance Diet? haha

The Endurance Diet by Matt Fitzgerald Edit to add a link to the thread I am trying to maintain for a complete list of related books: Recommended Books / Reading Thread

So good to hear this may be a common problem. I tried setting a bedtime for 8 months the inability to fall asleep quickly just made the situation worse by causing anxiety issues. I also updated my AC settings so that I’m sleeping in a cold room. I’ve been tracking my sleep patterns as well as my ma…

Oh yes, the sleep anxiety thing,. When I first started tracking my sleep with an app on the iphone, I realized it gave me performance anxiety! Haha. So I stopped doing that. Maybe that is not good for us type A bike racing types. At least with the Whoop, I don’t have to turn anything on. When pressi…

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One option, as covered in the related thread.

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