How to Create a Race-Day Sports Nutrition Plan, Part 2
Coaches Ryan Kohler and Trevor Connor dive deeper into specific nutrition metrics for a race, exploring research about race-day nutrition for the Leadville Trail 100 MTB.
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What Training Data Tells Us, and When to Ignore It
Crunching numbers is one thing, but if you want to turn data into victory, here are a few key things you should do and a few things to avoid.
The Iceman Scott Moninger: Hierarchy of the Peloton
Scott Moninger is a crafty all-rounder with nearly 400 wins. He and Colby swap tales and talk about coaching.
Why and How to Monitor Athlete Training Loads
Dr. Stephen Seiler speaks at the Aspire Academy on why and how to monitor athlete training loads.
Strength and Conditioning: Full-Body Off-Season Exercises
Strength and conditioning coach Jess Elliott walks through a multi-planar approach to strength to build stability, efficiency, and resilience.
Q&A on Max Heart Rate, Time-Crunched Recovery, TSS, and Protein
Ryan and Trevor field questions on max heart rate, TSS, recovery in athletes who only train 8-10 hours per week, protein consumption during ultra-endurance events, and more.
Aerobic Conditioning: Sweet Spot Bursts
Control heart rate and manage your effort with a focus on breathing and cadence. This workout builds on the previous weeks of tempo and lower cadence riding.
Q&A on Time-Crunched Athletes, Zone 1 Rides, and Unstructured Intervals, with Hannah Finchamp
Pro mountain biker and coach Hannah Finchamp helps us field questions on time-crunched training, zone 1, interval design, and more.
The Fundamentals of Sports Nutrition: How to Use Intuition to Improve Fueling
Data has its benefits, but only when we learn to apply an intuitive approach to our fueling can we unlock the most efficient and healthy sports nutrition habits.
Battling Saddle Sores with Don Powell
When you sit on a bike saddle, that’s a lot of weight on a very small surface area, the weight of the torso, the way the helmet, the weight of the upper body, the arms, it’s all focused into this relatively small point, and then we’re going to add friction, and that’s generated by the movement of the legs, where the motion of pedaling becomes focused into a very small area.
The Holy Trinity: How to Monitor Training
Dr. Seiler shares his method for monitoring an athlete’s training volume and intensity.