The Importance of Rest Days in Training

Your rest day is actually a day where you can catch back up. Don't use your recovery days as hat opportunity. If we're talking about wanting to get the most out of performance, specifically, so this is, this is the goal f performance, then training,. That's the number one. Second most important is your daily intake. So what are you taking in over the bas? You want to be consistently getting enough of protein, carbohydrates and everything. Netrition as acty, takeng place as oftenly as possible, such that when you hit that recovery day, you are pretty on top of it. This is from 20 20, aren't at all am?

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Coach Chad, Amber Pierce, and Hannah Finchamp join Coach Jonathan for a deep dive into protein for cyclists, discussing how much endurance athletes of all kinds should be taking in, if you should ingest it on the bike, plant-based alternatives and more. We’ll also dig deep into VO2Max training, training stress and much more.

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE

(03:05) Hannah’s training camp experience

(13:23) Protein for cyclists: everything you need to know

(1:51:20) Are you doing VO2Max training wrong?

(2:06:00) When to use and when to ignore TSS

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