Science-based, practical fueling for your big training rides and races
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
Release Date: 05/17/2024
Build your own custom training plan with AI
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
We get faster when we follow a training plan, but stock plans have obvious limitations. Therefore, creating a plan that is customized to your goals and your available time to train is ideal - and that is exactly what we talk about here. We begin with three simple but important questions: What are you training for? When is your target event? How much time do you have to train? From there, we can build a plan just for you. And by ‘we’, we mean you and CoachCat, our AI-powered training app that incorporates all 20+ years of our professional coaching knowledge.Our custom training plan...
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The Three Things Good Coaches Do For Athletes
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
At FasCat, we've been helping athletes improve for more than 20 years. But how? In this podcast, Isaiah Newkirk and Frank Overton break down the three primary things good coaches do: We tell athletes what to do We analyze data to let athletes know if they are doing it right and improving We tell athletes what to do next based on our experience, sports science and the athlete’s feedback Then, Isaiah and Frank walk you through the specifics of what the coached athlete journey looks like at FasCat, from the initial consultatoin and custom plans to ride analysis, communication frequency...
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Weight Lifting for Cyclists
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
The road to a faster, fitter you in 2025 leads straight through the weight room in 2024, and in this podcast FasCat Founder Frank Overton walks us through exactly what that looks like. Frank breaks down the what, the why, the when and the how, leaving you empowered with the knowledge of how to steadily and safely improve your strength and stability. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or...
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The 'No Training Plan' training solution
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
As effective and gratifying as following a carefully crafted training plan can be, sometimes you just want to ride... And that can be impactful training, too! Especially here in the fall, riding on a weekly rhythm of taking some days off, and going hard and/or long on other days is a great recipe for mental and physical health. On this solo podcast, FasCat Founder Frank Overton breaks down exactly how you can train effectively without following a training plan, the limits of this approach, and how you can use Coach Cat for guidance along the way. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month...
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Annual Training for your best year yet (in '25) starts now: Four coaches explain the process
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
Hoping to have your best year next year is not a strategy. But you absolutely CAN have your best year ever next year with some planning, starting now. In this podcast, Coaches Allie, Frank, Jake and Andrew walk you through what you need to do when, starting with taking an actual, legit, no-bike riding break once your season wraps up. Then what? Well, give this podcast a listen, and then ask Coach Cat or a FasCat Coach any follow up questions you may have. -- Show Notes: Using Power Data to Review Your Season: ...
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How to Plan for Next Season
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
This is the third podcast in an eight-pod how-to series. Last episode we talked about 14 ways to review your season, and on this podcast we discuss how to map our next season for maximum results and fun. Coach Jake Rylewski raced as a professional for many years, and he breaks down the full-year planning methodology for three types of athletes: coached riders CoachCat subscribers self-coached athletes Ready to take your training to the next level? Subscribe to CoachCat for unlimited training plans and access to FasCat coaches who can answer your training questions.
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Your training questions answered! By FasCat Founder *and* CoachCat AI
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
Here at FasCat, we have been answering your training questions for more than 20 years, and we've done 27 'Ask a FasCat' podcast episodes. On today's pod, we have a special iteration featuring questions from 21 email subscribers that are answered both by CoachCat - our expert AI inside the FasCat App - and FasCat Founder Frank Overton. Frank feeds the questions into CoachCat, reads CoachCat's responses, and then adds his own expert analysis. Both offer some surprising answers! -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸...
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What the best coaches tell athletes ahead of their 'A' race
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
With your big event coming up, you should have almost all your training behind you. All the hay is in the barn. But even the best training alone isn't a complete recipe for success on race day. Showing up and just hoping for the best will always pale in comparision to showing up prepared, having considered and planned for key variables like: nutrition equipment course terrain aid station logistics race-day transportation logistics In this podcast, FasCat Coaches Sierra, Jake and Frank walk you through the discussions they have with their one-on-one coached athletes to make sure all the...
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Altitude Training: What, why and how - including if you don't live in the mountains!
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
More altitude can mean more power... eventually. Training at altitude - or even just sleeping at altitude - can increase your red blood cell production, which means more oxygen to your muscles and therefore more power output. There are other benefits, and many caveats. And we get into those. But what about riders who don't live at or near altitude - and who have a high altitude race like Leadville 100 or SBT GRVL coming up? Well, we'll get into that, too. On today's podcast Coach Frank is joined by Coach Elliott, who falls into that "I live near sea level and I'm doing Leadville in a few...
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What's the best power meter? We've reviewed files from them all!
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
For 22 years we have analyzed files from every single type of power meter on the market, and as coaches and riders we have used a whole heck of a lot of them ourselves. Considering buying a power meter? Well, the Big Cat just got a new bike and bought a new power meter, and he went with a brand he had never bought before. Here, we walk you through the five considerations when buying a meter. Compatibility Trust in the data Drivetrain considerations The type of meter you SHOULDN'T get Price is less and less a consideration as they have all come down (remember SRM’s were $3k...
info_outlineIf you want to race well, you gotta pack in the carbs - before, during and after your big race. But exactly how does that work in real-world scenarios? And what exactly does the science say about it?
On this podcast, we cover six subjects:
-the science of carb loading and pre-ride nutrition
-the practicality of that science
-the science of how to fuel during an event
-the practicality of eating a high volume of calories during an event
-the thing of your neutron
-fueling examples that work for us and our athletes
Coach Christian Parrett and FasCat Founder Frank Overton tee you up with all the info and real-world examples you need to nail your next race - starting days before the event even starts.
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