EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast

I’m a fan of high torque for certain athletes BUT I’m NEVER a fan of high torque stemming from muscling the bike when it’s not intended. This can coincide with lifting heavy, which I’m a huge fan of! Let’s look at this and separate the two. Be safe out there (and in there; it’s the trainer, Lol!)

Too many times I hear "Today is Chris' race to get in the break". It's really hard to always make that happen, and then if he doesn't make the initial break, where does the team go from there? Bike racing is insanely dynamic, so picking your squad's winner before the race is not the best idea for the team. Give this a listen and let me know some other tips that you give new racers in terms of how...

be PROUD of your successes. Maybe I’ll post a Megajoule Training Series. Let me know if that might be helpful; details in this mini pod. Close out 2020 STRONG LIKE BULL 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

Full blog: www.evoq.bike/blog Tanner is the man, and so stoked that he sat down for a quick chat. My internet even crashed and burned and he hit me up the very next morning to keep things rolling! We chat on a myriad of topics, including: 2018: Racing in Belgium What did you learn in Belgium? Any specific training for the Belgian kermesse racing? What should younger riders with aspirations of raci...

The really good stuff is at the end. Dig it, GO FOR IT. So many will take the easy way out. There’s a little bit of discomfort and they back off. Optimize your time, even if youre riding 20 hours a week! Or 8. Or 6.

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IMO, this one is good. Maybe I'll start rating these in the notes. 5 out of 5! Lol.  Seriously though, rest. REST! It's when you actually make gains!!!

Is 5 Training blocks enough to get racing? Midweek tempo, how much should I do before racing? Clarify tempo bursts; how long are these bursts? How long should my weekend endurance ride be? What if i’m doing Rapha's Festive 500? Can I go ham? Racing and the yellow line, the sprint finish…burn a match Racing and confidence, when you’re with the big dogs How to beat someone faster? be willing to lose...

It's a balancing act...how much lactate do you produce, and how fast can you clear it? www.evoq.bike/blog

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Clif Notes: new athlete, never rests, feeling like he's crumbling.  Let's get you the bullet points so that you can avoid this, or see some ways that you can look at your distribution of riding in order to make an assessment of where to go next. Many times, less is more. Did he do too much VO2Max recently, or was it just spread out smashing...clearly those are different, but just looking at a...

I get asked more often than I'd expect as to why we post so much free content?  At the end of the day, I've always blogged, but I lacked true passion for it, and it was never original content from my own thoughts; it was like an aggregate website and commenting on other articles.  Once I found the space of writing articles that were having a positive impact on other cyclists, I decided I...

This is important. Know what's coming downstream so you can adjust mental expectations, nutrition, and motivation!! VO2Max? You better bring it from the first thing in the morning when you open your eyes. Zone 2? It deserves respect, but more energy goes to family, work, and the 1,000 other things in your life that day. Little wins. Micro changes that have macro implications. Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE

I survived one of my last Rochester winters with three one-hour rides in my basement. It sucked; there was no zwift, I hated it. But that's what I could CONSISTENTLY commit to. I went through tempo > low threshold > 105% FTP....and came out ready to go in spring because it was a brutal winter and so many just packed it in. A small win during the week is NOT nailing every interval. That's a b...

Exclusive only to the podcast. There is so much content that we can't release, as every YouTube episode takes filming, editing, image creation, pushing it to every platform, etc. Hours on end of work. These podcast exclusives are going to be the raw stuff; unfiltered conversations that can empower you to look more deeply at your training and/or in a new light. Hope it makes you faster. Brendan@EVO...

The question came in: Hi Brendan, maybe an idea for a next vid: Can you tell something about your biggest turning points in the past in your cycling career...not only about training, but also racing tactics, psychological thinking about your opponent in racing and mindset in training etc...and maybe something about the biggest mistakes in training and racing tactics. JH from the Netherlands ;) We...

Full post here: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/2019/3/30/250-mile-bike-ride What's your farthest ride? Xo, Brendan@evoq.bike 

BLOCK 4: STARTS TO GET VERY INDIVIDUALIZED, JANUARY: Gym: Can either shift to Plyo work (more fast twitch, sprinters) or continue Strength (diesels, one day races, all rounders) Midweek: Start Vo2Max if racing starts in Block 5 or FTP / Intensive Aerobic if racing starts in Block 6 Weekends: Townline sprints every other weekend (This means 10 sprints, not an all out smash fest for 2 hours) More an...

Check out the full EVOQ blog with tons of free training tips: www.evoq.bike/blog If this content helps you out, please LIKE the video and SUBSCRIBE! We need your help! We charge you $0; the only currency we are asking for is SOCIAL SHARES. I got to catch up with Ashton who is training at altitude in Colorado right now for a couple of blocks. We touch on a TON of awesome topics, including: The scie...

We all want to "get faster" and that's obvious, but what does that really mean, and how do you get there? One small step at a time, and these are micro goals.  Brendan and Patrick discuss a recent Training Peaks article about "The Power of Micro Goals" and to use small steps throughout the day, week, month, year and LIFETIME of a riding career to accomplish everything you hope to on the bike....

Maybe the new EVOQ kit!  Ha, joking, but get yours now!  We'd love to have you fly the flag for us! https://eev1020-1-evoq-bike2021.itemorder.com/    We’ve had Tabata Intervals, Sweet Spot Training, Polarized Training, Keto Diets, Fasted Training, and Block Periodization sweep through. They can ALL have a small place in your training regimen, but we need to stop obsessing over...

We get this question often from new riders...should I join a team?   Learn from our mistakes, as we've both been on teams that didn't align with what we thought we were joining. There are questions and information that you want to find out before joining a cycling team or cycling club.   Sounds super basic, but to start: do I like this group of cyclists? Would I hang out with them off of...

A lot of us have been here, and it's the worst feeling.  You get injured or overdo the training, and have to take a break. When do you train through? When do you completely stop? What does the pause in training look like? How do you stay sane when you can't ride or go to the gym? Let's talk to Craig as we delve into what happened to him this November, why he thinks it happened, and what is th...

Full blog: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/masters-cycling-training  Email: Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE  Cat 4 Questions: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/cat-4-questions   Master’s Cycling is an awesome group of athletes. Massive kudos to everyone raising families and running businesses yet still carving the time out each week to train.   Whether you are completing your first Gran Fondo or going f...

This started as Road To Nationals checking in with Craig Polston, but we also had some good questions that athletes have approached him with, so it's a bit of a Cat 4 Questions as well. Question 1: How much intensity should I maintain over the winter? Question 2: Is it all Z2 base building? Question 3: When do I start doing intervals? Question 4: When should I start / stop lifting? Email your ques...