EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast

Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE.

Welcome back to Part 2 with Serge Pauwels! Quick run down of topics covered: What was a super special race moment for Serge? Olympics? Tour de France? Mindset in training and racing when you’re racing at the top level in the world? Enjoy the training; positive vibes! Physiological and mental engine working together! Sustainability over 365 days; it’s a lifestyle!Your training diary; if you don’t have one, start one! HUGE AMOUNTS OF CARBS. Grand Tour food choices. Carb Loading Nutrition, it’s complicated. There isn’t a perfect guide! Aspirations post pro cycling Fight for your dream! https://youtu.be/z1DtxT4Gac0 ——————————  Have you tried LactiGOOO yet?  www.lactigo.com/brendan  100% Money Back Guarantee; Amazing For Recovery AND Hard Efforts!   Full Blog With Training Tips: www.evoq.bike/blog  Full Interview Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiOww7FfCwdkXX3vBWdffv8OhzZQTwXkT  FULL Cat 4 Questions Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJMEQDVj0dQ&list=PLiOww7FfCwdlxB81LpvWOMgqxORlfL-RW    Subscribe to Our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ggRc4n  Follow Me on Strava: https://www.strava.com/pros/5889  Have a great week and good luck with your training!

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This is a great conversation between Craig and his athlete Doug. We want to share this experience with you to show you what actual training can do for you!!! Doug came to Craig a bit overtrained; riding a LOT, not resting enough, and hammering too many group rides. Doug shares some great insights as to what he was doing in order to make massive gains, putting out power that he didn't even think was possible, and now vying for podiums in the Pro-1-2 field. Let us know in the comments, what type of training and focus has helped you catapult to the next level! Email Craig with questions! Craig @EVOQ. BIKE https://youtu.be/pQilA6e1XH8

Favorite Intervals, One Hour Tests, Lifting, Heat Adaptation, SO Much More! Huge thanks to Serge Pauwels for coming on!!!! Belgian Phenom!!! Part 2 will drop later this week! The team that had the most magic for Serge. This surprised me! So cool. The different cultures of different teams. Widen your horizons in cycling. See more, then Learn More. The big open ended question: what are some of the most important aspects of your training. The basics! Training, Nutrition, Rest. Being race ready but also being able to absorb the racing during the season. You can’t come out 100% ripping; you need to balance and flow at 90% so you can soak up the race stimulus. Do you want to crush them now, or later at the biggest race? Sometimes a coach is there to tell you WHEN NOT TO RIDE. The more endurance riding, the better. How to use tempo training in a progressive overload form to increase your performance over time. 4 x 8 minute intervals. Tempo burst sessions! Never did many anaerobic sessions; got the really hard efforts in races. The evolution of cross training and gym work over Serge’s career. Plateaus with lifting. Race weight…70kg and 65kg. When do you lose some muscle and how do you find that balance? ONE HOUR TEST on the canal roads! Adaptations as Serge moved through training. Small thing that has a big impact in training: Heat adaptation over altitude. https://youtu.be/KH2i_89A14I

Woof that’s a lot in 7 minutes. SMASH IT THIS WEEK! ☕️

Shout out to everyone training and racing this weekend. GET IT!!!!

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Brendan@EVOQ.BIKE

This one is solid!! Massive thanks Pablo! Don't miss Part 1 that debuted earlier this week. His world travels towards the end of the pod are so interesting; I knew none of this about Pablo! U23 Worlds to college, and he almost passed on the opportunity. Now he’s completing his Master’s Thesis! But before we get there: Nutrition, what’s changed? Recovery foods! Replenishing glycogen stores to be ready for the next day. 3 small meals versus 1 big one post ride Studies on nutrition (and any study) is used to SUPPORT, but we have to put it into practice Tips for the newer cyclists: the HUGE picture of training. The little things! Race routine: eat 3-4 hours the race Go to meals: White rice and eggs & Oats and eggs Carb Loading for long cycling events or stage races Ketones, fad or legit? Mindset VO2Max Intervals: don’t go home because the power drops 10 watts! Relating to each other in our wins and failures! U23 Road Worlds Holy crap, Pablo was a bad student!?!?! I didn’t see this coming! https://youtu.be/v9y7yiFWeZ0