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FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast — 370 episodes

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How to Take a 'Proper' Post-Season Break + Demo of the new CoachCat FuelTrix Nutrition Feature in app release v6.4.9

2

Learn How to Review Your Season with your Power Data

3

How to Build Your Annual Training Plan for 2027 + Who Will Win the Leadville MTB

4

CoachCat 4.0 + Tour de Femmes Ventoux Power + LIVE Q&A

5

Ask a FasCat #32: Tour de France Power, Cyclocross Training, Using the CoachCat App + Q&A

6

Ask a FasCat #31 , LIVE Q&A + your Summer Training

7

Ask A FasCat #30

8

The 8-Minute Workout That Increases Your VO2 Max

9

Build a Custom Training Plan from these 5 Questions

10

Full Gas Zone 4, 5 & 6 Intervals

11

5 Training Rules for Masters Cyclists (What Bicycling Magazine Left Out)

12

Unbound Gravel Training: Developing Your Diesel Watts

13

Gravel Pacing: the Right and the Wrong Way

14

Winter Workouts that bridge the gap between Base and Race

15

How to Use Your Coach, When You Get Sick or Injured

16

The #1 Nutrition Mistake Cyclists Make

17

Base Training Advice is broken, and How to Make it Right with 4–8 Hours a Week

18

Ask a FasCat Q&A from our Sweet Spot Saturday Group Ride

19

How Sweet Spot Training Was Developed

20

High Torque, Muscle Tension Intervals

21

My Plan to Live to 100

22

Using HRV the Right Way

23

Why the Off Season is Really the "On-Season" 🚀

24

How to Perform Muscle Tension Intervals on Zwift

25

Weight Lifting for Cycling

26

Why Masters Cyclists Get Slower (and How to Fix it ‼️)

27

Masters Intervals: Train like a Pro, Recover like Your Age

28

The AmEX Workout: All Zones, No Intervals

29

Don't Go Insane from Your Training

30

Sub 7 hour & 30th Place Leadville 100 MTB Race Analysis with Coach Elliott

31

You're Riding Zone 2 TOO Hard

32

Start Training by these 3 Fundamentals

33

How to Taper and Peak, the Right WAY

34

How Much Sweet Spot You Should Do (to do it RIGHT)

35

Lose Weight like a Ferrari

36

Setting Up Your Power-Based Zones & Training Guide

37

Training Year-Round without Burning Out: using our 365 ATP

38

The Right and Wrong Way to do Intervals

39

your DIY 🇫🇷 Tour de France Plan

40

Steamboat Gravel, Blue Course Advice for the First 22.5 miles

41

Sauna & Heat Training for an 8% Increase in Power Output & VO2 Max

42

Leadville 100 MTB Nutrition Plan with Coach Elliott

43

Fix Your Fade! Training Your Durability

44

USPRO Nationals Power Data: Inside the Numbers of Coach Ricky Arnopol's Top-10 Finish

45

Using Sweet Spot and Polarized Training together to achieve even higher FTPs, Durability and TTE

46

Five Recovery Metrics Every Cyclist Should Know

47

Gravel Training for Beginners & Intermediates: The 4 Pillars + a new Gravel Plan Sneak Peek

48

Training for Master Cyclists

49

Sweet Spot and Zone 2 - Using both together

50

Why Sweet Spot is Better Than Zone 2

51

Understand your fatigue to train smarter and more effectively

52

Gravel Practice Makes Perfect: The Simulation Ride

53

Nutrition Q&A with Neversecond CEO Bill Armstrong

54

Phil Gaimon is going to win the Tour de France!

55

Ask a FasCat #28: Your Questions Answered!

56

Training load and FTP: the relationship and how they work and don't work together

57

Why the 20min field test rules supreme, and how to do it

58

Overtraining, under-fueling, stuck in a rut? Lose the weight and get your mojo back!

59

Too Many Hours Too Soon? Don't Be The Group Ride Hero

60

How the pros are training now & what YOU should do

61

Strength training for cycling - what the latest research says

62

Come Sweet Spot with us on Zwift! Saturday group rides!

63

The Remco Effect: Junior development is completely different now

64

Train better by measuring with OTS: Optimized Training Stress

65

How to Plan the Perfect Race Calendar

66

You CAN have it all: Fun, flexible AND effective training

67

Strength training for cycling - what the latest research says

68

What the latest nutrition research means for cyclists, with performance dietitian Alex Winnicki

69

3 things that make Tadej Pogacar fast - including 1 you can do

70

Level up your cycling with this 30wk training plan

71

Gravel gossip with Ben Delaney: hot races, big changes, and training prioritization

72

Build your own custom training plan with CoachCat

73

The Three Things Good Coaches Do For Athletes

74

Weight Lifting for Cyclists

75

The 'No Training Plan' training solution

76

Annual Training for your best year yet (in '25) starts now: Four coaches explain the process

77

How to Plan for Next Season

78

Your training questions answered! By FasCat Founder *and* CoachCat AI

79

What the best coaches tell athletes ahead of their 'A' race

80

Altitude Training: What, why and how - including if you don't live in the mountains!

81

What's the best power meter? We've reviewed files from them all!

82

Live! Special edition podcast with your training questions answered

83

Six Aspects of Gravel Training to Implement Now

84

Get faster all summer with our heat acclimation protocol

85

Dad Watts! How to train as a busy parent + shout outs to our dads

86

Inside Unbound Gravel with Lauren De Crescenzo + her coach & 100mi winner Elliott Baring

87

A new way to train: think different about how you improve on the bike

88

Science-based, practical fueling for your big training rides and races

89

Trick our AI Coaching? CoachCat answers FasCat Athlete submitted training questions

90

Your gravel training is wrong. Here's what you should be doing

91

Lactate Truthers, FTP, Zone 2 & ERG Mode: Myth Busting

92

Achieve your best results with consistency. Here's how

93

Will AI replace human coaches in endurance sports?

94

How to ace your first gravel race (of the season, or even ever!)

95

5 must-know cycling nutrition strategies

96

How I won The Mid South-The Lauren De Crescenzo interview

97

Your best race yet? Try a multi-day event

98

5 ways to race at your best

99

Understanding race variables and other top tips from Coach Maddy Ward

100

New CoachCat AI technology delivers instant, interactive workout analysis & guidance

101

How to test and build cycling durability

102

5 Ways To Be A Better Cyclist: Justin Bowes

103

3 Ways to Maximize Your Zwift Training & Racing

104

Best Cycling Habits Under 10 Minutes

105

Rack Up Training Load with the OTS Workout: Sweet Spot Series 5 of 8

106

The 3 Steps to Achieving Your Cycling Goals

107

How to Sweet Spot on the Group Ride (4 of 8 in the SST series)

108

40 Hot Races in 2024: road, gravel, MTB, fondo and more!

109

Cyclists' 6 Bad Habits - and how to avoid them

110

Sweet Spot Series 3 of 8: When TO and When NOT TO Sweet Spot

111

Holiday Gear Guide: Clothing, Tech, Power Meters and More

112

Sweet Spot Series 2 of 8: How much sweet spot should you do?

113

Sweet Spot Series 1 of 8: What the heck is Sweet Spot?!

114

A different kind of intervals - but one that's still backed by science

115

Custom Training Plan Builder

116

Want to ride 1,200km? FasCat Lisa Charlebois did

117

Coach Elliott's Top 5 Tips: More... carbs, self awareness, fun, flexibility & learning

118

Go fast, stay warm: Clothing tips with Castelli's Alvin Nordell

119

Ask a FasCat #26: maintaining strength as we age, balancing fitness gains with losing weight, and more

120

Ask a FasCat #25: lifting weights, losing weight, boosting FTP & the Boogeyman

121

Alternative Weightlifting Options for Cyclists

122

Lift weights to get faster on the bike

123

Having fun and staying fit in the off-season

124

Off-Season Training Starts Now

125

How to take a season break properly

126

14 ways to review your 2023 season

127

How to finish strong: End-of-season training techniques

128

How to reset goals: reading the signs and making adjustments

129

7 watts per kilo! The Tour, the Women's Tour, and xPower...

130

5 things I wish I knew earlier: Coach Zach Gregg

131

2x US champ Travis McCabe on hard-earned lessons & rewards

132

Ask a FasCat #24: the best power meters, improving sprinting power, riding the Tour de France route, and more

133

SBT GRVL training, preparation and special FasCat arrangements

134

High altitude training: Leadville 100 MTB

135

Power alone won't cut it; build your skills!

136

Effective self-coaching with data

137

Zone-based training is dead! ...half of the time.

138

How to fuel for training and racing

139

FasCat 20th Anniversary Celebration, Part Two

140

Celebrating 20 years of FasCat Coaching

141

How to climb faster with Coach Jake Rytlewski

142

5 things I wish I knew when I started racing: Coach Suzie Snyder

143

Gravel racing tips & tricks

144

The Most Important Cycling Workouts

145

How and when to peak for top performance

146

5 things I wish I knew when I was a pro: Coach Christian Parrett

147

Apple Watch Optimize integration is here!

148

Inside the coach/athlete relationship: A live coaching call

149

Optimized Coaching delivers personalized training advice and unlimited plans

150

Six reasons to do group rides

151

Ted King on racing with Peter Sagan, bikepacking, and more

152

Which training numbers matter? A special episode from FasCat Camp

153

Wintertime training mistakes to avoid - Don't be the group ride hero!

154

Ask a FasCat #23

155

Inside WorldTour Success with Joanne Kiesanowski

156

How to do a DIY training camp with tips from the pros

157

The Five Fundamentals of Faster

158

How to train for gravel and other long endurance events

159

How to prioritize events for optimal training and enjoyment

160

How to plan your 2023 season

161

9 ways to recover better and get faster with improved HRV

162

Winter outdoor training tips and tricks - have fun and stay warm!

163

How and why FasCat created the Optimize training platform

164

Grateful FasCats - The Thanksgiving Edition

165

Zwift tips and tricks for training and gear

166

Walking the walk: FasCat coaches go UCI pro for 2023

167

How to reinvigorate your training & have more fun

168

Whoop vs Oura: The FasCat test + academic studies

169

World Cups, World Champ tattoos & fighting cancer: Sunny Gilbert interview

170

Strength & Conditioning for Road, MTB, Gravel & Tri

171

Busted! 8 Sweet Spot Myths Debunked

172

23 hot gravel events for 2023, with Betsy Welch

173

Which wearables are best? Expert tech reviewer Des Yap of DesFit explains

174

Ask a FasCat #22: HRV, post-event blues, balancing work and training, and more

175

How to Use Power Data to Review Your Season

176

The Five Pillars of Off-Season Training

177

How to improve your cycling through good sleep.

178

Euro Road vs US Gravel with Coach Ricky Arnopol

179

3 U.S. champion FasCats explain how they trained for and achieved their titles

180

TdF Femmes W/KG, fatigue, and recovery with Nina Buijsman of Human Powered Health

181

Four Key Cyclocross Skills to Master

182

How Elite Pros and Everyday Athletes Use RPE to Guide Racing and Training

183

5 Tips to Get Faster Using Accountability in Your Training

184

Coaches Roundtable: How To Train/Race in this Summer Heat

185

Coach Andrew Giniat: 5 Simple Steps for Overcoming a Plateau

186

Ask a FasCat #21

187

Five In-Season Training Mistakes to Avoid

188

Coaches Round Table: How to Proceed After an Epic Event

189

Marisa Boaz: Unbound Gravel 100 Women's Champion

190

Are You Coachable?! (The Do's and Don'ts for Getting the Most Out of Your Coaching)

191

How to Properly Taper for Peak Performance

192

Upcoming Podcasts: Being Coachable, Tapering, and Resuming Training Post Epic Event

193

Step-By-Step Guide to Anaerobic Intervals + Why Everyone Needs to Do Them

194

Alexey Vermeulen: Recap of Winning the 2022 Belgian Waffle Ride

195

How to Measure Your FTP without Performing FTP Tests

196

How to Have More Fun While Training + The Benefits of Unstructured Training

197

Phil Skiba: Optimized Training Stress and Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes

198

Dr. Lauren Costantini, PHD: Nutrition Mistakes, Hacks, Strategies, and Recipes for Optimizing Your Success

199

Strategies for Riding More to Increase Power Output

200

Part 3: How to Prepare Mentally and Physically for Stage Racing

201

Part 2: How to Prepare Mentally and Physically for Stage Racing

202

Part 1: How to Prepare Mentally and Physically for Stage Racing

203

Using Data Science with the Professional Human Powered Health Team

204

Coach Christian: Comparing Arguments on Polarized vs. Pyramidal Training for Optimal Results

205

How to Perform VO2 Max Intervals Properly with a Power Meter

206

Dr. Lauren Costantini, PHD: How to Balance Racing Bikes with a Successful Career

207

Ricky Arnopol: Long Training Rides, The Best Way to Progress, and Rapid Fire Questions

208

Zack Gregg: Riding Advice from U.S. Time Trial Champion

209

6 Physiological Benefits of Sweet Spot Training

210

Jake Rytlewski on All Things Zwift: Group Rides, Drafting, and Using it for Training

211

Off Season Training: Building a Big Base with Sweet Spot

212

8 Training Habits for Going Big in 2022

213

Erin Huck: Navigating Pregnancy Without Skipping a Beat on the Bike

214

A Simple Guide to Understanding and Utilizing Training Zones (+ Sample Workouts!)

215

3 Wintertime Training Habits to Stay On Top of Your Game (+ Bonus Tip at the End!)

216

FasCat's Thanksgiving Gratitude Podcast

217

Timing is Everything: Part 2

218

Alex Dowsett on his Hour Record Attempt

219

Dr. Louis Passfield

220

Ask a FasCat #20

221

Balancing Training and Life Stress

222

Stages Cycling's Olympic & Masters Nationals Ben Sharp and Pat Warner: Part 2

223

Stages Cycling's Olympic & Masters Nationals Ben Sharp and Pat Warner: Part 1

224

New 30 Week Off Season Training Plan for Cyclists

225

Is Pyramidal Sweet Spot Training Better than Polarized?

226

FasCat's Training Tips for August

227

Ask a FasCat #19 Bonus Episode

228

Ask a Fascat #19

229

Riding Faster After 50

230

How to Ride Faster

231

The Art of Warming Up

232

Ask a FasCat #18

233

Ian Boswell — 2021 Unbound Gravel Champion

234

How Frank Invented Sweet Spot Training

235

Training Load for Masters Cyclists

236

Ask a FasCat #17

237

Beginner's Guide to Start Training with Power

238

What Makes a Good Coach

239

Switching from Base to Race Part 2

240

Long Rides, Coaches v Scientists, Sweet Spot AND Polarized

241

Gravel Skills and Tips

242

The Relationship Podcast

243

Ask a FasCat #16

244

Motivational Tips and Tricks

245

Winning in the Kitchen Recipe Variations

246

Wintertime Intensity

247

What's Ahead on the Podcast in 2021 + FTP Testing

248

Transform your Cycling with a Next Level Approach

249

Ask a FasCat #15

250

The Performance Manager Chart

251

Build a Big Base with Sweet Spot Training

252

22 Weeks of Training this Winter

253

Thanksgiving Gratitude Podcast from the FasCat Team

254

Should You Be Doing Specificity Training Year Round? with Coach Isaiah

255

Using Zwift to FtFP

256

Ask a FasCat #14

257

Frank's Four Favorite and Fun Indoor Cycling Workouts

258

Introducing Our Winning in the Kitchen Weight Loss Meal Plan!

259

Optimize Your At Home Weight Lifting This Offseason!

260

Weight Lifting for Cycling

261

Winning In The Kitchen FAQ w/ Jackson and Lacey

262

Timing is Everything: The What, When, and How of Annual Training

263

Ask FasCat #12 — at-home strength setups, carbohydrates, and training in the smoke

264

What to do during your 2 week post-season break

265

When to Hire a Coach or Follow a Training Plan w/ Coaches Frank, Jake, and Isaiah

266

FTFP and Developing Good Training Habits

267

Reviewing Your Season to Be Faster Next Year

268

Off Season Training for Cyclists

269

#secrettraining: How to have a Cyclocross Race Season

270

Motivational Tips to Help You to Follow the Plan

271

Ask FasCat #11 — Race Prep, New to Cycling, Gas Station Bonking

272

Winning in The Kitchen Meal Plans are HERE!

273

How to Simulate Group Rides | 3 Diabolical Workouts

274

COVID Summertime Coaching

275

Jackson's Guided Meditation for Cyclists

276

Meditation for Cyclists

277

Master's Recovery

278

Ask FasCat #10 — Coachable Traits, TSS, and Recovery

279

Sweet Spot Polarized Training

280

Strava Racing Using Routes and Created Segments

281

The 2 Year Anniversary Episode!

282

A 20 Minute Power-Based Field Test

283

How to Measure FTP Improvement with Normalized Power

284

Winning in the Kitchen: Snacks

285

Using Strava Live Segments to Perform "Strava-Vals"

286

Coaching USA's Elite and Embracing Failure with Jim Miller

287

Zwift as a Training Tool

288

Sweet Spot Training with Dr. Andy Coggan, Ph.D

289

Ask FasCat #9 — FTP Indoors vs. Outdoors, Corona Nutrition, and Timing is Everything

290

Setting Intermediate Training Goals using Virtual Communities

291

COVID-19 Training

292

What to Do When Your Race is Cancelled

293

Announcing the FasCat Coaching Gravel Team

294

Frank and Jackson Talk Dirty Kanza and How to Go Plant-Based

295

The Big Cat's 3 Go-To Interval Workouts

296

Amity Rockwell

297

#FtFP Meets Winning In The Kitchen: Recipes!

298

Peter Stetina on Dirty Kanza Power Data, Nutrition Philosophies, and Spirit Animals

299

Ask FasCat #8 — Dirty Kanza Training, Polarized vs. Sweet Spot, and More!

300

Inside Coach Isaiah's Mind: Takeaways from USAC Level 1 Coaches Education

301

Off Season Gravel Training

302

FasCat Holiday Buyer's Guide LIVE from Excel Sports

303

Thanksgiving Gratitude & Black Friday Show

304

Coach Isaiah Newkirk on the Transition from Pro Road to Pro Gravel and How to Train

305

A Conversation with Steamboat Gravel Founder, Mark Satkiewicz

306

Coach Allie Legg : Life in the Pro Peloton, Gravel Racing, and Offseason Training

307

Grab Bag: Gamechangers, Zwifting, Principles, and Morning Routines

308

How Much Sweet Spot Should You Do?

309

Ask FasCat #7 – the Cyclocross Edition

310

Winning in the Grocery Store | Nutrition for Cyclists

311

Weight Lifting for Cyclists Training Plan

312

Training for the Iceman Cometh MTB Race

313

Everything Phil's Cookie Fondo with Phil Gaimon

314

Dirk Friel, Co-Founder of TrainingPeaks

315

SBT GRVL Recap, Offseason Talk, and the Future of USA Cycling

316

Ask FasCat #6!

317

Rebecca's Private Idaho Race Analysis

318

Six Weeks till Cyclocross – how to train for cyclocross

319

Steamboat Gravel (SBTGRVL) Pre-Race Course Recon, Training, and Equipment Tips

320

Time Trial Training & Racing w/ Coach Isaiah

321

Summertime Nutrition for Cyclists

322

Cycling Coach's Buyer Guide!

323

Summer Cyclocross #secrettraining w/ Coach Brandon Dwight

324

Ask FasCat #5!

325

Haute Route Asheville Preview Show!

326

How to Travel to Races Like a PRO

327

Fatigue Dependent Training Plan Design

328

The 4 Key Factors for Gravel Racing Success

329

Ask FasCat #4!

330

What to Eat on the Bike During Training and Racing

331

How to Leave Post-Activity Comments For Your Coach and Be "Coachable"

332

Plant-Based Nutrition for Cyclists

333

Ask FasCat #3 — Q&A!

334

Intervals 101

335

Switching From Base to Race Podcast

336

Ask FasCat #2 – Q&A!

337

How to Design Your Own Personal Training Camp

338

Everything You Need to Know About the Haute Route with Colby Pearce

339

Ask FasCat #1 – Q&A Podcast!

340

How To Pair and Sequence Our Training Plans

341

Collegiate Cycling: Perspective From Alums & former Coach

342

New Year's Show! What's Next for the FasCat Podcast

343

Phil Gaimon (FasCat Athlete): State of the Cycling Union

344

Sunny Gilbert: Cyclocross Success on a Different Path

345

How I Invented Sweet Spot Training

346

Steamboat Gravel Podcast

347

Thanksgiving Special!

348

Making the End of Cyclocross Season Count with Coach Brandon Dwight

349

Winning in the Kitchen Challenge, Coaching Pitfalls, and Field Testing | FasCat Grab Bag Pod

350

How to Make Indoor Cycling More Fun and Productive

351

Top 4 Ways to Use Your Powermeter

352

How to Plan Your Races For 2019

353

Weight Loss for Cyclists

354

Tour of Utah Review + Offseason Tips with Coach Isaiah Newkirk

355

Post-Season Break and Figuring Out Goals for Next Season

356

Cyclocross Cornering to Carry Your Momentum and Save Your Energy

357

How to Train with WHOOP — the Power Meter for Recovery

358

Ep. 13: Breaking Down the Crusher in the Tushar Experience

359

Ep. 12: The Nike Breaking2 Project with Robby Ketchell and Brett Kirby

360

Ep. 11: Coach Isaiah on Racing Tour of Utah!

361

Ep. 10: Race Tactics – TdF Rest Day Show!

362

Ep. 9: Tour de France Rest Day Show with Coach Robby!

363

How to CRUSH the Crusher in the Tushar

364

Ep. 7: Tour de France Preview Show with Coach Robby Ketchell!

365

Ep. 6: Follow a Cycling Training Plan to Go Faster!

366

Ep. 5: How to Perform Intervals for Your Races and Rides

367

Ep. 4: Recovery Tips for Cyclists

368

Ep. 3: Gravel Training and Racing

369

Ep. 2: Winning in the Kitchen

370

Ep. 1: FasCat's 15 Year History