Training Without a Power Meter, Low Heart Rate, Effective Sweet Spot Training and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 284

How to get faster without a power meter, what a low heart rate actually means, a practical guide to Sweet Spot training and more in Episode 284 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!

 

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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE

 

• What Nate learned at Lee McCormick’s clinic in Moab, UT
• How to make fire road descending less sketchy
• How to climb steep terrain on a mountain bike
  • How to recover from a concussion
• Getting faster without a power meter
• How much Sweetspot training is too much?
• How we made TrainerRoad’s Sweetspot Base plans
• What does low heart rate mean?

 

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STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

 

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