The Best Features of TrainingPeaks, Strava, and Garmin Connect
We highlight the most powerful features of each of the three most popular training analysis tools.
We highlight the most powerful features of each of the three most popular training analysis tools.
We explore whether Strava and other new training apps can make you faster, and how to effectively fit them into a structured training plan.
Coach Ryan Kohler reviews season-to-season changes in heart rate/power distributions to illustrate improvements across the different energy systems.
The execution of long slow distance rides might sound simple, but many people struggle to get it right. Can you be too steady on your LSD rides?
Dr. Stephen Seiler explores whether a Zwift race of about 60 minutes can be a decent substitute for a 60-minute FTP test.
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler analyze data from longer threshold efforts to support results garnered from the popular 20-minute power test.
Crunching numbers is one thing, but if you want to turn data into victory, here are a few key things you should do and a few things to avoid.
Dr. Seiler shares his method for monitoring an athlete’s training volume and intensity.
Head Coach Ryan Kohler and Trevor Connor share how to best set up your bike computer head unit with screenshots, button configs, and more.
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler analyze data from 20-minute power tests, offering important lessons on the proper execution of these intervals.
Coach Ryan Kohler and Trevor Connor demonstrate how to interpret pedaling cadence data and look for signs of poor workout execution.
Coach Trevor Connor and Coach Ryan Kohler walk through their process for interpreting 5×5-minute interval workout sessions in TrainingPeaks.
Train by data or train by feel? Here to unpack the duality of data and intuition in endurance athletics is cycling coach and former pro cyclist, Julie Young.
We explore how to use a training philosophy to design your program, then use metrics to guide how much, how often, and how difficult those workouts should be.
In episode 91 we emphasize the many critical aspects of training and coaching that don’t show up in the numbers.
We talk to Dirk Friel of TrainingPeaks to explain how cyclists can use data to make their workouts more effective and productive.