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.
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An Exploration of “Social Training 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.
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How to Track the Long-Term Relationship Between Heart Rate and Power
Coach Ryan Kohler reviews season-to-season changes in heart rate/power distributions to illustrate improvements across the different energy systems.
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How Steady Should Your Long Slow Distance (LSD) Rides Be?
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?
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Zwift Hour of Power: Can a 60-Minute Zwift Race Work as a Test?
Dr. Stephen Seiler explores whether a Zwift race of about 60 minutes can be a decent substitute for a 60-minute FTP test.
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Coach’s Corner: Assessing 60- to 90-min Power to Support 20-min Test Data
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler analyze data from longer threshold efforts to support results garnered from the popular 20-minute power test.
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What Training Data Tells Us, and When to Ignore It
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.
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The Holy Trinity: How to Monitor Training
Dr. Seiler shares his method for monitoring an athlete’s training volume and intensity.
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How to Set Up Your Bike Computer
Head Coach Ryan Kohler and Trevor Connor share how to best set up your bike computer head unit with screenshots, button configs, and more.
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Coach’s Corner: How to Determine FTP from a 20-Minute Power Test
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler analyze data from 20-minute power tests, offering important lessons on the proper execution of these intervals.
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Coach’s Corner: How to Interpret Pedaling Cadence Data
Coach Ryan Kohler and Trevor Connor demonstrate how to interpret pedaling cadence data and look for signs of poor workout execution.
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How to Analyze 5×5 Intervals in TrainingPeaks
Coach Trevor Connor and Coach Ryan Kohler walk through their process for interpreting 5×5-minute interval workout sessions in TrainingPeaks.
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Coaching with Balance: The Duality of Data and Intuition with Coach Julie Young
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.
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How to Use Data to Make Better Training Decisions, with Tim Cusick
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.
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Beyond the Data—Training Is Not Only About Numbers
In episode 91 we emphasize the many critical aspects of training and coaching that don’t show up in the numbers.
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Training As a Numbers Game
We talk to Dirk Friel of TrainingPeaks to explain how cyclists can use data to make their workouts more effective and productive.
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