FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast

This week's show is all about cyclocross. The final month of the season is upon us, so how can we make the most of it? What should we do to keep the momentum flowing into Nationals? Coach Frank sits down with FasCat coach and cyclocross crusher, Brandon Dwight**, to discuss this topic. The two discuss Secret Training techniques, how to do better when it's cold out, and plenty more. **Brandon is a 4 time Master Nationals Champion 'Cross the Pond film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxYIfEZbdg&feature=youtu.be Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat , @FasCatCoaching and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post Making the End of Cyclocross Season Count with Coach Brandon Dwight appeared first on FasCat.

This week we're doing something a little different, and hosting a sort of "grab bag" podcast, inspired by listener and athlete questions we've received in the recent days. Typically our conversation revolves around a central topic, but instead we hit on four topics that are relevant to our entire podcast audience! We discuss our new 30-day Winning in the Kitchen Challenge, how to effectively perform a 20 minute field test, avoiding a common coaching pitfall, and why taking a weekend off from racing to train in cyclocross can make you faster for the rest of the season. Thanks again for the great feedback and for sharing your questions with us via social media and elsewhere, it helps us develop the direction of the show! And of course, thanks for listening. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat , @FasCatCoaching and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2021 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post Winning in the Kitchen Challenge, Coaching Pitfalls, and Field Testing | FasCat Grab Bag Pod appeared first on FasCat.

It's beginning to become that time of year where the clocks change, the days get shorter and colder, and we inevitably spend more time inside on the bike. We can hear the groans of dread for the early morning trainer rides echoing across the northern climate cycling communities, but we promise it doesn't have to be dreadful. With a few simple tips and some structure, you can make indoor cycling great again. This week on the podcast, we share our advice for making the most out of the winter trainer season to not get burned out and instead get the most out of your trainer workouts. We break down things like the "trainer effect", why consistency is king, and how to navigate the waters of Zwift. We also broadcasted this live on our Facebook page, so you can see us recording the podcast and answering listener questions in our Halloween costumes…watch it if you dare: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ For more information on this topic and beyond, check out our Training Tip and website: https://fascat.wpengine.com/tips/indoor-cycling/ Check out our training plans: https://fascat.wpengine.com/training-plans/ Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat , @FasCatCoaching and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post How to Make Indoor Cycling More Fun and Productive appeared first on FasCat.

Training with power has become the norm in the sport of cycling. Objectively speaking, it's probably the most beneficial tool we have at our disposal for quantifying our training so that we may train smarter. But as Uncle Ben said in Spiderman, with great power comes great responsibility (pardon the pun). For those of us who are new to this tool and technology, it may feel easy to get overwhelmed but have no fear we'll tell ya what to really pay attention to. In today's podcast, we break down the top 4 ways to use your new powermeter, and take listener questions from our live Facebook broadcast. Be sure to follow us on Facebook to see more live podcast shows! #1 Perform a 20min Field Test: #2 Power Based Training Zones # 3 Use the Performance Manager Chart # 4 TSS Training Check out our training plans: https://fascat.wpengine.com/training-plans/ Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat , @FasCatCoaching and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post Top 4 Ways to Use Your Powermeter appeared first on FasCat.

On this week's podcast, we sit down to discuss how to plan your races for 2019. We break down all the races we are thinking about into A, B & C races and talk about what factors to consider when planning out your whole season. Coach Frank and Jackson walk you thru their choices for races like the Belgian Waffle Ride, Dirty Kanza, the Crusher in the Tushar and Rebecca's Private Idaho. What races are you planning for next year? Let us know in the comments, we'd love to hear what your goals are. We also just want to extend a huge thank you to all of our listeners. It's been a really fun project to create this show and help you get faster, and we've been blown away by the support and engagement! Finally: who's in for a Gravel Training Camp next June [2019] in Boulder, CO? Let us know and we'll see about putting on together. Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post How to Plan Your Races For 2019 appeared first on FasCat.

On a follow up episode from our extremely popular Winning in the Kitchen podcast, it's time to dive into the world of nutrition and weight loss yet again. It may sound counterintuitive, but the time to lose weight is NOT during the peak of the racing season, but instead during the offseason and winter base period. This is an incredibly hot topic of discussion among cyclists and other endurance athletes, as power to weight is a critical factor for performance. However, there is both a wrong and a right way to lose weight, and our goal today is to offer up some of our thoughts on losing weight and eating well in a sustainable, effective, and healthy way. What would Alaphillipe do? Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post Weight Loss for Cyclists appeared first on FasCat.

Following up after our last podcast with FasCat coach and professional cyclist Isaiah Newkirk, we bring him back to the show to discuss how Tour of Utah panned out, the major lessons learned, and what his favorite late night stage race snack is. We then dived into more talk on the topic of the offseason, and how Isaiah approaches it from both his personal perspective as a cyclist as well as a coach. If you missed our first episode with Isaiah, you can find it here: https://fascat.wpengine.com/podcast11/ So tie your trail running shoes and listen in for another helpful conversation! Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post Tour of Utah Review + Offseason Tips with Coach Isaiah Newkirk appeared first on FasCat.

It's that time of year when the racing starts winding down and all of our excitement and energy for the season begins to dwindle. Fall is nearing and we start thinking about other things than training and racing our bikes. Do you smell that? That's the smell of offseason. Ahhhh. However, there's a right way and a wrong way to take a post-season break and shift into the offseason. By strategically planning out this period and getting a head start on planning for next year, we can hit the ground running and make big improvements when it's time to start training again. Instead of just cutting things off without structure, what if we took this break a little more seriously and used it to our advantage? In this podcast, Frank and Jackson discuss the importance of the post-season break and how to effectively use this time to go faster next year. We break down everything you need to know about this critical time of year for the cyclist. Check out our Training Tip for more details: https://fascat.wpengine.com/tips/post-season-break/ Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post Post-Season Break and Figuring Out Goals for Next Season appeared first on FasCat.

Cyclocross season is upon us, so it's time to start thinking about your cyclocross skills. Cornering is a HUGE skill that can take your cyclocross racing to the next level. Think about it: you take two dozen or so turns per lap. Carrying your momentum thru the turn saves your energy that you would otherwise have to spend re-accelerating back up to speed. In today's podcast, Coach Frank talks with cyclocross powerhouse, Michael Robson. Frank and Michael discuss cornering and how carrying your momentum thru the corner can help you race faster and get better results. We wish you speed and smoothness this upcoming 'cross season, and hope you enjoy the show! Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2019 FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post Cyclocross Cornering to Carry Your Momentum and Save Your Energy appeared first on FasCat.

In this podcast we are talking about the wearable Whoop device. We consider the Whoop to be like a power meter for your recovery. The WHOOP is wearable designed for athletes that measures your sleep, strain, and cardiovascular parameters like heart rate variability and resting heart rate. The Whoop's algorithm factor's all those metrics to give you a recovery score. Simply, are you recovered like you think you are? Cool right? Here at FasCat we've been testing the WHOOP strap for 8 months and wanted to dive in and share our thoughts with the podcast community! 8799The one and only "Six Weeks to the Sweet Spot Training Plan" We're also joined by the WHOOP content manager, Mark Van Deusen to hear how the WHOOP strap works. He's also been generous enough to offer our listeners a free month of a WHOOP subscription with code 'fascatwhoop' at checkout ($30 value)! We talk about how using the WHOOP enhances our training and racing, what the different metrics mean, and a whole lot more. Learn more at whoop.com! Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fascatcoaching/ Instagram: @fascatfh Twitter: @FasCat and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FasCatCoaching Intro music: David Cutter Music // https://davidcuttermusic.com/ Copyright © 2021FasCat Coaching – all rights reserved. Join our *FREE* Athlete Forum to nerd out with FasCat coaches and athletes about your FTP, race data, power based training, or anything related to going fast on the bike! The post How to Train with WHOOP — the Power Meter for Recovery appeared first on FasCat.