EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast

another one of those days; it's just a bike. Find a WIN also, it's pronounced EVOKE. EVOQ. EVOKE. EVOQ.

Recap! Congrats Oliver. Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE

Try to see the aerobic and anaerobic power contributions.

Cycling Weekly is putting out an LGBTQ article and asked me to get some opinions and comments from US Pros. I asked half a dozen, and couldn't get a reply. Now I'm really curious...is the culture that shut? I know it's not because it's close minded, but... Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE

Need more family time, need 100 MTB races though too. Cold wet rides, frozen. Indoors? But what about the long ride. This beast had some issues, let's discuss. Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE. Let’s gab.

The vision from Jan Ulbrecht Why you don’t need to have races in order to have form You don’t always need to train hard or sweet spot Training too hard and lowering your FTP Airofit and VO2Max Intervals. If you want to try Airofit, here's a discount code for you! https://www.airofit.com?sca_ref=476545.3AVnm3vdGW Strength Training: Squats and stability A bit more rest versus a little too much training Nutrition: lots of good food that is not frites and fast food! Eat clean fuel! Race Routine: priming/stability before a race, and stretches. Small activations. Pre-race dinner: CARBS!!!! Pasta, Bread Pre-race breakfast: maybe some Pancakes! FIND YOUR NEXT BEST LEVEL!!! https://youtu.be/4QYKWKroOcE

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If you aren't down with micronutrients, this video is NOT for you. Just a fair warning. In holding true to the motto of sharing experiences, I wanted to let you know about these shrooms that I've been using for quite some time now. Here's what I'm taking and why: Cordyceps - Performance Originally used by Tibetan herdsman high up in mountains to optimize oxygen uptake and endurance increase time to exhaustion, peak power, ventilatory threshold Increase oxygen utilization and blood flow which in turn improved lactate clearance Mobilizing free fatty acids to preserve glycogen storage Reishi - Sleep and Recovery We all know how important sleep is to recover Reduce stress and makes you more calm Not for more REM sleep, but to control sleep latency...you fall asleep faster because it helps suppress your motor activity to help you fall into REM sleep more naturally Sleep cycles; helps your circadian rhythm and keeps you on schedule Immune function improvement from beta-glucans and polysaccharides Cut an hour of sleep loss, over 7-8 days you get an extra day of sleep!! Lion’s Mane: Cognition Feel sharper after hard training blocks Mental cognition Fight against depression and anxiety (Monday’s after 500 TSS weekend) My stack: Morning 4 cordyceps 2 Lion’s Mane 2 Four Defenders Evening: 4 cordyceps 2 Reishi 1 Four Defenders https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5236007/ Katie R. Hirsch, et. al. Cordyceps militaris Improves Tolerance to High-Intensity Exercise After Acute and Chronic Supplementation. University of North Carolina. Journal of Dietary Supplements. ( 2016) https://youtu.be/4XBILR_Ehro

We’ve all been here. 😣

Huge thanks to Jens for swinging through! Part 2 will drop later in the week, along with our other lifting forum video. Topics include: Test days coming up! Sport Vlaanderen from Hagens Berman Axeon. U23 Racing, Paris Roubaix, Baby Giro Paris Tours after a bad crash in Baby Giro…what’s the mindset when you go down, then can’t train right before a huge race The head is ready, but when the battle starts….. (!!!!) Altitude tent + too much training… What happened with too much sweet spot training…really fast below FTP, horrible above it! VO2Max 30/30’s Motor Pacing…how he performs these speed sessions FTP Gains: it’s not just longer Sweet Spot over and over Pretend the moto is GVA! First races of the year after COVID https://youtu.be/gjUoGJ76UZQ