Detraining, Is Recovery Trainable, Mental Health and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 293

How quickly do you lose fitness and how quickly does it come back, do you get better at recovering as your training experience increases, how to improve your mental relationship with cycling and much more in Episode 293 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast! Alex Wild's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexwildmtb Find mentioned studies and products from this episode: https://www.TrainerRoad.com/forum   ------------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT TRAINERROAD — CYCLING’S MOST EFFECTIVE TRAINING SYSTEM TrainerRoad makes cyclists faster. Athletes get structured indoor workouts, science-backed training plans, and easy-to-use performance analysis tools to reach their goals.   Build Your Custom Plan: https://bit.ly/33cAtM1Train Together with Group Workouts: https://bit.ly/3i7niAdGet Started: https://bit.ly/3mZTetS   ------------------------------------------------------------------   TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE Coach Chad’s 2021 New Year’s Resolutions Do you get better at recovering with more training experience? Why riding singletrack can be surprisingly tricky How to balance interval training with skills training The Science of Getting Faster podcast Should you do long rides on the weekends? How to fuel during threshold intervals? What to do if you’ve failed a ramp test How much do you have to train to maintain fitness? Does fitness actually come back quickly? How to improve your mental relationship with sport   ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES PODCAST iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/successful-athletes-podcast-presented-by-trainerroad/id1516326667 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdWNjZXNzZnVsYXRobGV0ZXMubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrKJ0zeMQrI4ViIjWs8xnCiBCYoay5U0B    ------------------------------------------------------------------  RESOURCES AND STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333440022_To_me_to_you_How_you_say_things_matters_for_endurance_performance - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7740244/ - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236590070_Detraining - https://www.jsams.org/article/S1440-2440(05)80042-8/pdf - https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200030030-00001 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305755326_Effects_of_long-term_training_cessation_in_young_top-level_road_cyclists - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10966148/ - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10999420/ - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1724429/ - https://www.trainerroad.com/blog/minimum-effective-dose-how-much-should-you-train-to-get-faster/ - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12455341_Maximal_lactate-steady-state_independent_of_performance - https://www.trainerroad.com/app/cycling/workouts/363858-dardanelles-2 - https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/japplphysiol.00636.2019 - https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.13365 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31027172/ - https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-effect-of-aging-on-skeletal-muscle-recovery-for-Fell-Williams/b560ea60c375592daa8e4a7ee0e9a7f8bd7417fc - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303900206_The_Effect_of_Higher_Than_Recommended_Protein_Feedings_Post-Exercise_on_Recovery_Following_Downhill_Running_in_Masters_Triathletes - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287661146_Comparison_of_Post-Exercise_Nutrition_Knowledge_and_Post-Exercise_Carbohydrate_and_Protein_Intake_Between_Australian_Masters_and_Younger_Triathletes - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5426282_Altered_perception_and_report_of_fatigue_and_recovery_in_veteran_athletes   ------------------------------------------------------------------ STAY IN TOUCH   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrainerRd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trainerroad/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrainerRoad Strava Club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/trainerroad