Cycling Roundtable with Andy Pruitt and Rob Pickels
We are joined by Andy Pruitt, an internationally-known fit guru and sports physician, and Robert Pickels, a coach and researcher working at the leading edge of endurance training at the CU Center for Sports Medicine, for a wide-ranging discussion
Are top pro teams training differently from the rest of us? Can you replace lab testing with a power meter and field testing? What should you look for in a coach?
We are joined by Andy Pruitt, an internationally-known bike fit guru and sports physician, and Robert Pickels, a coach and researcher working at the leading edge of endurance training at the CU Center for Sports Medicine, for a wide-ranging discussion that answers these questions and much more.
Episode Transcript
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Our hosts have a “potluck discussion” about athletes' different needs for carbohydrates, how 2x2-min intervals compare to Tabatas, and why current athletes can come back much quicker from time off.
Heart rate, power, and now breathing: they all have their own languages and tools that are critical to endurance sports, but you might not have known that breathing is also trainable.
Is more better? We explore how our bodies adapt to training and why the right amount of stress at the right times is a far better way to train than going hard all the time.