[HOW PROS BUILD MASSIVE FTP GAINS | Matt Beers | Ask a Cycling Coach 547] :collision: INSANE power numbers from Matt Beers :exploding_head: The South African off-road beast joined us to cover everything from his first FTP test when he wasn’t even a cyclist coming out at 420w, to how he…

Can’t wait to watch this tomorrow! Thanks for having him on the podcast @Jonathan .

This was my favorite episode in recent history. Maybe it especially hit home for me because I’m roughly the same body type (6’4’’, #185ish). But despite Matt’s unrelatable power numbers, his opinions and advice were so practical! No “find your inner strength and embrace life” kind of BS. No sentimen…

That was awesome hearing from Matt and funny how it was released after he won Worlds, but recorded before. I didn’t feel that there was much coverage on the topic of the podcast. It was still interesting overall though. Seems like Matt is just a freak of nature in terms of his power numbers. I’m tal…

What did he actually win, as the gravel world champs are in October? I was waiting for a lifeline or similar highlights video but haven’t seen anything from wherever it was :thinking:

[image] Gravel Worlds Lauf Gravel Worlds Championships is gravel race based in Lincoln, Nebraska which started in 20210. 150 mile, 75 mile, 35 miles, and 300 mile races. Gravel Worlds Run Series includes 50k Ultra Marathon, 25k run, 10k run, and 5k run. Lincoln, Nebraska …

It’s the REAL Gravel Worlds (ask Ben Delaney). It’s trademarked, UCI better keep their hands off :slightly_smiling_face:.

Its a shame that the races that call themselves the Gravel Worlds are held on courses that dont accurately or positively represent gravel. The UCI Worlds last year was a bike path race and gravel in the Midwest looks to be a tedious suffer-fest (at best) or muddy hike a bike at worst. Almost any pa…

Good podcast, worked out well with his win at Gravel Worlds showing some of that “big man” power. I can’t relate to his power numbers, but could still relate to many of his talking points. Particularly the part about slowing closing gaps rather than burning matches trying to match surges from punc…

Why? They’ve been called that long before the UCI even knew what gravel was.

I hear ya, but Tom Ritchey used rainbows on some of his parts for > 30 years and he changed them recently.

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bmcd August 30, 2025, 10:21pm 8

Be surprised if they are allowed to call it that much longer.

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