EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast

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We had coaches and athletes gather for a quick chat on all things cycling; we hit on road, gravel and even a bit of cyclocross! Some main topics that came up were: How Do You Approach Making A Plan Simple vs Complex Training High FRC and Short TTEGravel Racing 4 x 10m Intervals AI - it’s nowhere near ready. Yes, there will be an entire video coming up dedicated to this. Whoop Working Out vs. Train...

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I also include my top 4 favorite VO2Max Intervals. This is a one off comparison of Micro Bursts (aka Tabata intervals), Bossi Intervals (Threshold Bursts), and Variable Power VO2Max Intervals based off of heart rate. 95% VO2Max Power vs. 85% VO2Max Power vs. 90% Max Hr vs. 95% Max HR....I'll show some of these results (remember, these are one off tests and we'll want to revisit this, but some thin...

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Who is Heather Laufer? “She’s evolving…” Best answer I’ve received to date! In the beginning we get to Skating and her history in the sport, so if you’re into just the mindset and her tactics for slaying sports, skip ahead a bit, but honestly the beginning adds a lot of context. Cycling specific content begins at minute 22ish. Heather's palmarès include: Several national championship titles in ska...

We have a great conversation as Craig continues to prepare for Master's Nationals in Utah. He's gained some weight in terms of muscle from lifting, and wondering if he should try to lower this weight or stay as where he is at. What will the effects be on his race craft, where quickness is an asset. What is the difference between quickness and power? How does this affect things like bridging to a b...

Should we ride easier and have less fatigue? Or ride at the higher end of the zone for more adaptations? Or are the endurance adaptations the same everywhere within zone 2? What does that do for yearly TSS, and yearly Work (kj’s). Does that matter? What can you put out week after week, or on back to back weekend rides? Should endurance be different for a Long ride (4 hours) versus a shorter midwee...

This game takes time. I know, I hate that too, but it is what it is. Welcome to endurance sports.

Huge thanks to Cyrus for sharing his knowledge, perspective and expertise, not only as a professional race, but also a coach and scientist. We hit on a lot of topics (listed below). Be sure to send him a thank you on Instagram, @CyrusMonk. His website is: www. Cyclistscientist.com We are on IG at @BrendanHousler @EVOQ.BIKE and have full blog at: www.evoq.bike/blog Supplements Heat Training Cycling...

This Question came in regarding lifting heavy during the cycling race season: Can I pick your brain? Been trying the lift heavy regiment (GZCLP style) 2x per week. I’m progressing out of base into build phase and starting to see some C and B races on the calendar. I don’t think I really want to be continuing to add weight on the bar while also ramping up the intensity on the bike. Not confident I...

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We're holding the forum Monday, Feb 22 at 7:30pm Eastern.  Below is the zoom link.  Submit questions to Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE   Let's just chat and share bike experiences. It will be fun.    Only rule: don't be a jerk to someone else. We ALL started knowing nothing. Seriously, ask why you should eat carbs. Ask when to attack. Ask ANYTHING.    If you don't ask, you'll...

Big thanks to James for taking the time to chat about a ton of cycling training and racing. His palmarès are wide and varied: Raced Dirty Kanza / Unbound Gravel twice and finished 20th overall in 2019 and 21st 2018; finished 3rd in the 40-44 AG both times. SBT GRVL 2019: 21st overall and 2nd in 40+ Won an Xterra (offroad triathlon) Won an AG world championship Competed in the Ironman and 70.3 Worl...

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Craig brought a great topic to the table and want to hear more about your thoughts on the Force Number from Ryan Flaherty and what you think of this. We discuss how to calculate your force number, which can provide you with a target for lifting, as opposed to "just lifting". Just as we have FTP goals and other metric goals, this number can help provide more focus. The one thing I want to point out...

Increasing the amount of work that you do on a yearly basis (macro), as well as the number of big rides that you do each month, can have a huge increase in performance. Take a look at your year over year kilojoules. Take a look at your race data; what's the biggest amount of kilojoules in a race? Then figure out how often you're replicating that. If you do both of those, and grow with the numbers,...

Thanks James! Full ep drops next week.

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Video version: https://youtu.be/50tXtbstCnk Huge thanks to Tyler Williams from Legion of Los Angeles for sitting down and chatting on a myriad of topics.    As always, I asked him to frame this content so that we all can take tips and lessons from HIS experience to apply to our own training and racing!   We covered a lot, including:   European Racing  Stress and Results&nb...

Consistency. And trying to be Bassett and going on some TANGENTS!!! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀💕💕💕

If this is something that interests you, please let me know: Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE On our EVOQ Coaches call, we realized that we often go down some worm holes (that I haven't been recording; shame on me), and Craig made a great point: maybe we want to open this up to others? We'd select a topic, you bring a question, or you just come and listen. We set aside one hour, and we talk training and racing....

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