Join us Thursday, January 14 for a livestream of Episode 293 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast! We’ll cover how quickly you lose fitness and how quickly it comes back, if you get better at recovering as your training experience increases, how to improve your mental relationship with cycling and mu…

[image] Jonathan: Does fitness actually come back quickly? I need to hear this… for… personal reasons. :sweat_smile: :skull_and_crossbones:

Looking forward to this one especially because of the mental health aspect as I have bipolar. Training(especially a structured plan) and eating right are keys to dealing with mental health IMHO. For years my mental health issues made it very difficult to just make it to the starting line or a group …

I took a week off in December thereafter I did unstructured group rides doing between 15-20 hours per week for 3 weeks on the road- mind you my structured training was between 6-8 hours weekly. Started with structured training this week and my FTP has plummeted 20W down… will be interesting to see h…

i have a very similar view on this. After a bad crash a couple of years ago i really struggled with concussion for 18 months and truthfully probably still have lingering effects now (30 months). The best way for me to keep a positive mindset on life is to maintain structure and discipline with trai…

Another awesome episode TR crew, thank you!

Loved the episode, but there was a lot of loud typing in the audio version that was really distracting. Somebody forgot to mute while typing vigorously.

When Chad was talking about training for Cape Epic early in the episode, he mentioned he did 3 weeks of sweet spot and that was the first time he had done that and “let alone 3 days of sweet spot in a row”. I find that surprising and maybe odd… I dunno maybe my sarcasm meter is broken…?.?

Unfortunately came here to say this as well. Your podcast audio quality is usually so stellar! I think that made the vigorous typing all the more distracting… You could hear the passion in those keystrokes lol

RE: rethinking gel packaging. GU sells a reusable 5 gel capacity flask that you refill from one resealable mega-gel. Not enough options for refills, but its nice not tor create unnecessary waste indoors when gels are the thing I tolerate best

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I need to hear this… for… personal reasons.

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