I love gear and typically understand cost with products that require a special attention to create or unique raw materials etc but the cycling industry is just stupid at this point.

Control what you can control, train as hard as you can, make the adaptions, Constancy. Thanks Sean

This was not informative.

Two people I enjoy, meeting and talking about bike stuff, doesn't get much better

Is there any resources that will help us to learn and interpet all this data so, we can use it to improve our training?

Thanks for the conversation, but I literally had to close the video and only listen to the audio because of this flickering and pulsing video from the left guy. It is really anoying, please use your phone or something, even any 10 year old tech could fix this. :D

All this talk of the lower weight limit for best results… I want to know what the upper limit is. How jacked can I be and move up from cat 3 to 2.

Really enjoyed this episode Brendan! I saw that GCN vid on these guys and was soooooo intrigued and inspired by what they were able to do. Enjoyed the deeper dive with John. Nice one! 👊

Need an epilepsy warning for the left dude's strobing lights

Love K Dogg. What a legend.

wait for massive tail wind, get KOM, screenshot, done. Colorado is windy AF. You can do this on a pizza diet.

Clean first. Lean second and then power (carbs) and protein baby!... Timing, timing, timing

What did your pathways from jrs to elite look like in terms of education? Did you go to college?

I train 4-5 days zone 2 per week and 1 day I reward myself with "30min TT - as fast as possible". That's my highlight of the week.

why does my nose look crooked yikessss

Nice video! Thanks. You did recommend zone 2 riding, but what about zone 1, the zone nobody talks about. I think its nice to mix zone 1 and 2 , especially when we go more than 2 hours. I also know that the 3 times Cross Country Skiing World champion in 1966, Gjermund Eggen, did a lot zone 1 in the summer, walking in the mountains and hills and looking after his sheeps. I also think your video is a very important message to the junior-riders advicing them to eat well and avoid setbacks because of overtraining and therfore be able to keep the consistency.

Know anyone who will do Zwift coaching?

Love the energy and the message, this needs to start young to help talented riders avoid burnout and exhaustion due to bad fueling. BUT this definitely does not apply to masters cyclists or cyclists over 30 as you DO need to watch your weight more and you do need to look at training differently around other life priorities...You don't need to obsess but certainly be much more conscious of intake.

The differences in the sugars is more so about how long will the sugar spike last, how long will it take and at what height will it get to

Good guest, bad interviewer. Never try to impose your beliefs on the guest, let her talk. If you want to talk your views, do so

This is such clickbait. It follows the same BS marketing Ketonaid and dG have been pushing. The "intoxication" claims are based on one study in rats where they injected 1,3BD intravenously, which bypassed first-pass metabolism, hence giving alcohol-like effects. This isn't what happens when you drink it...and you should know this if you have even a single undergrad course in biochemistry. And the study you linked on "Ketone intoxication" has nothing to do with intoxication. There's just one line in the paper that says participants felt dizziness, etc, that __seemed__ similar to drunkenness. An anecdote that's similar to when people use the fully oxidized di-ketone, which has no alcohol moieties at all... The points about blood concentration are valid, though. I assume drinks containing 100% 13BD, like KIQ, have slower BHB formation due to liver metabolism, so they likely don't spike BHB in the blood like the full and partial ester forms, but that's not necessarily bad. Needless to say...I've now been spurred to experiment, so I purchased a good ketone blood test monitor and will run some tests comparing the products.

Really puts into perspective the 6.5w/kg for the hour, the guys at the top are doing.

Yeah, these guys recover at 500W totally 😂. And recumbents at that.

Really interesting, thanks for the video!

This was great, thanks!

You forgot to ask the other million dollar question: gloves or no gloves?

Man you gotta get the pyjama master swirbul back on. I love that guy.

Honey actually works pretty well for keeping socks up

Oh Nice! Not watched yet, but this looks perfect for me, having gotten a TT Bike on Order for myself! :) Thanks for all the Podcasts Brendan! Really appreciate them!

i looked at ketoneIQ because dr robert cywes is promoting it but i see that price and said forget it, i'm glad i didn't, thanks for info

Interesting to see what you take and focus on. Thank you for posting this and sharing with everyone. If reishi helps me stay asleep (not fall sleep, that happens in less than a minute lol) while being on an energy deficit during the off season (the sort of losing only a few kgs type of deal to save 20-30w on a steep climb), it would really make the season! I'm 30 and struggle with this horribly compared to ten years ago. Will look into the other mushroom supplements. Lowering cortisol is huge. I have settled with drinking beetroot juice (Lakewood Organics - ~1200mg/12 fl oz of nitrate content) and beta alanine (6g split into three after main meals). Curcumin, tongkat ali, and maca powder. 750mg of acetic acid before main meals (Braggs has a great one with vit D3). I feel supplementation can be quite useful after exhausting all options and you're left with chasing the last few percent of gains in your numbers. Along with the essential recovery basics, I'm left with supplementation, heat and altitude training, and strength training. At around 67-70kgs at race weight (75kgs right now... oof) and an FTP of just over 400 at 1650m altitude, it's been a hard, hard grind so far in this off season. Not a racer, just going for climbing KOMs and fitness with zero race tact/experience, but I love these tips/heads up you're giving for people who are looking into becoming masters athletes down the road.

What do you mix your dose with? Raw taste is insane

Happy festivus!!broke my left clavicle after going over the handle bars. Had surgery done 3 years ago. Having tons of irritation in it now for some reason. Nerves and tendons are very irritated. Do you guys know what can be done to help reduce nerve pain?

Where is the spreadsheet link promised?

Sorry i disagree. Studies clearly show that the most beneficial Lifts for cycling performance are when you go heavy. It is not about simulating the cycling load. If you do Single leg kettlebell deadlift and have to balance you wont lift heavy enough. For General Health it looks different though

Unless you're only riding 2 times a week😉

gotta get this dude on again

Great stuff, Brendan. Cheers.

Im looking at a exxentric flywheel trainer. Have you tried something like that?

After recently switching to power pedals, I have found a pretty significant discrepancy left versus right. I am generally around 42% left 58% right. I'm a former BMX rider who would perform starts with my right leg and always favored that side. I think some of this is neuromuscular that is left over from that activity. Does it make sense to do drills where I supercompensate with the left side in hopes of restoring a balance?

swag vid! single leg stuff for life! the squats seem to totally smash the bod. and feels way less cycling specific to me.

Great content. I’ve also come to the conclusion that the best way to train functional strength is to challenge yourself while balancing. And important also for cyclists to train in the lateral plane and rotational plane for both strength and lifestyle (so you can function doing basic human things aside from cycling!). I think the trick is to find variants that you find challenging or fatiguing even with relatively low weight. You’ve identified a weakness that is worth addressing.

Question - are these exercises (mainly the deadlines, but also the squats) appropriate/safe for someone with chondromalacia? I've got it under both kneecaps but it is worse on the left...

I've found out the same thing, strength helps but more strength doesn't necessarily help more. And maintaining that high strength comes with a too high cost. Love single leg rdls, with weight just in one hand it targets the core really well.

This is great information. While I do some unilateral leg work, this video prompts me to focus on more. I also love the other comments thusfar.

Thanks for spreading excellent content Brandon. I coach my daughter (she's a pure track sprinter) and unilateral exercises (Single-leg leg press, squat, deadlift), no question do more for her Peak Power (1-10 seconds) than bilateral movements. In fact, I stopped doing unilateral movements for 3-4 months just to investigate and she lost 150 watts. Brought them back in, sprint was up 150 watts in short order.. We still at least 1 bilateral movement but the focus year-round has been unilateral movements. Again, this is n=1 for an athlete working on track sprinting (efforts from 1 sec to 75 seconds). Best to you Brandon.

One suggestion get a set of gym floor sliders and try to simulate that you are skating, your glutes and quads will fire like crazy!

Lifting barefoot is a simple solution regaining your foot mobility and stability. It’s not a golden bullet, but it’s a simple action that doesn’t take any additional effort, but helps stretch the benefits of any lifts that you do.

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