Race Intervals, Hot Laps, Cycling Nutrition, Training For Races: New Coach Will Hardin!!

Huge thanks to our newest Coach, Will Hardin from Project Echelon Racing, for coming on the Coach's Podcast, where Will shares his thoughts as a coach and pro racer on a myriad of training topics!

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Below are some links that Will mentions in the podcast:

Core body temp sensor podcast links:

Coach: Olav

https://www.richroll.com/podcast/olav-aleksander-bu-729/

Athletes: Gustav and Kristian- World Champion Triathletes

https://www.richroll.com/podcast/gustav-kristian-712/

DC Rainmaker’s review on the core temp sensor:

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/08/hands-on-cores-new-skin-body-temp-sensor-with-garmin-wahoo-integration.html

Topics Discussed:

HR vs. Power

Hr or power for zone 2

High zone 2 or low zone 2? How does this vary for different levels of athletes.

VO2max training: hr or power?

How much focus do you put into HRDecoupling

VO2Max Training

How do you decide which VO2max workouts for each athlete?

Do you look at FTP:vo2max power at all in order to dictate training?

Strength

Strength training: yes or no? Who yes and who no?

Strength: base vs race

Misc QuestionsWhat are biggest signs of fatigue / fitness 

Favorite sessions that you just love?

Soft skills: how do you coach athletes on things like “go find fast lines” and improve CX skills or work on crit cornering etc? As opposed to power/hr training

what excites you about the future of training and coaching?

#1 tip for recovery

#1 tip for newer riders

Nutrition

On the bike diet vs off the bike? 

Low fiber diets for racing?

Fasted or carb restricted training? 

Stress Reduction/Management

Methods for Stress reduction?

Whoop? Aura? No wearable?

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