Purple Patch Podcast Episode 263: Maximizing Your Training on an Indoor Bike Trainer - with Special Guest Robbie Ventura
Today on the Purple Patch Podcast, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon welcomes former U.S. Pro Cyclist Robbie Ventura to the show. Robbie is the founder of Vision Quest Coaching and Velocity, an online indoor cycling training platform.
Robbie shares experience and knowledge from his 12-year career as a pro cyclist, and more than 20 years providing expert training programs to endurance athletes of all levels, to dial in what he believes are the critical skills every cyclist should develop.
Using Robbie’s approach and development as a model for training as a time-starved athlete, Matt focuses on how to leverage indoor bike trainers to elevate your race craft and become a better and faster cyclist.
Matt and Robbie put remote coaching under the microscope and examine the common mistakes athletes make in using indoor bike trainers and share strategies for getting the most out of indoor training. They also explore Velocity’s unique training software and how it aims to elevate the quality of engagement between coaches and athletes through live instruction and immediate feedback on real-time athlete performance data.
The goal of today’s episode is to highlight the training tools available to time-starved athletes, to help create an individualized training experience that delivers both the physiological adaptations for improving speed as well as the skill set for executing efficiently on the bike.
Robbie Ventura at a Glance
- Competitive racer (dirt, road, and track) since the age of 7
- 1990 - NCAA Tournament with the Lake Forest College Foresters
- 1992, 1993 - Named to the All-American Collegiate Cycling Team
- 1993 - (Win) the Men's Miss & Out National Collegiate Track Cycling Championship
- 1993 - Competed in the World Track Cycling Championships in Norway (5th in elimination)
- 1994 - Graduated Lake Forest College with Honors (Double major in Business and Psychology)
- 1998 - Navigators Cycling Team
- 1999 - 2000 - Saturn Cycling Team
- 2000 - Founded Vision Quest Coaching
- 2001 - 2004 - US Postal Service Cycling Team
- Member of the U.S. World Team
- 2000 - Founder - Vision Quest Coaching
- 2006 - Commentator debut for the Tour de France with NBC Sports Network
- 2008 - Inducted into Lake Forest College Athletic Hall of Fame (Accomplishments in hockey and cycling)
- 2008 - First Triathlon, Ironman Canada (time: 10.49.01)
- 2020 - Founder - Velocity.com (Online Cycling Platform)
- 2006 - Commentator debut for the Tour de France with NBC Sports Network
- 2008 - First Triathlon, Ironman Canada (time: 10.49.01)
- 12-year pro cycling career
- Over 70 victories during his professional career
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Episode Timestamps
00:00 - 8:43 - Welcome and Episode Introduction
08:51 - 1:02:40 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 263/ Maximizing Your Training on an Indoor Bike Trainer - with Special Guest Robbie Ventura
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