Top Coaches Agree: These Are The 5 Best Tips For Getting Faster | Rider Support

[@BMinus0593]

Good comment about maintaining 8/10 consistently. Those are the guys that show up every week and are always competitive. They never let themselves get out of shape, which I think is even more important for older cyclists. It’s really hard to come back from 2/10 when you’re over 60….some never do unfortunately.

[@CarnivoreDMD]

Agree, never taking “The Holidays” off anymore as sarcopenia creeps in unwantedly & too easy to loose muscle strength.

[@mlu7686]

Agree mostly but why in god’s name would you not want 10/10 sleep if you can get it. You aren’t going to lose fitness taking 8-9 hours off every night…

[@Chiller11]

Victor Campenaerts said he pretended to be hurting before he sprinted to his stage victory. He does that but everyone loves Victor.

[@user-xi2xi7qd3s]

Carapaz is a proper bike racer. Hard as nails and crafty af 👊

[@swites]

Carapas? Never noticed him riding "unethically". Always thought him an amazing rider. But its a risk sitting on a rider if there's only 2 of you as the rider can just call your bluff and sit up, then mark you out of the race. Pretending you're toast in a break and "surprising" everyone in the last ~5km is cycling 101. Especially if you're a rider who isn't going to win in a 5 to 10up sprint. Ben Healy did that a bit in stage 9 and I was fooled watching from my easychair! He looked gone, looking to me like he was having trouble holding the wheel at times, and then put out these multiple killer attacks doing everything to win in the last 5kms! Fantastic to watch.

[@pandemicratparty2277]

Tip one: ride. Tip two: have fun. Tip three: be tiny. Tip four: be wealthy. Tip five: be the progeny of professional athlete parents.

[@CARLOSALBERTO-zx7ep]

From my point of view to be a success athletic you have to focus in a good distribution depending on the age, and the workload. So if you don’t have enough time. Your workouts must be intensive or harder. And if you're going to do it this way. Try to get plenty of sleep and lower the stress levels in your day. That way you can be more competitive.

[@jeremyleake6868]

Just wanted to check one thing. I thought John Wakefield said he did Lamberts Sub-maximal test which is 6 mins at low intensity, 6 mins at 80% max HR and then 3 mins at 90% max HR. He focused on the 3 minute result. That is different to what you said 85% threshold which is much lower than 90% max HR. I tried the Lamberts test myself a few times but found it really hard work to get my HR up to 90% in the one minute of the 3 allocated without feeling really gassed. That was even when I was fresh. I can hit 90% max HR repeatedly in intervals when more warmed up. This might be because of my body type which is very diesel and maybe because I’m older at 55.

[@bb-r5710]

Love this podcast❤

[@gabrielgordillo6920]

Hey, I was wondering about the possibility of you getting Kasper Asgreen on the podcast! In the recent TDF show on Netflix, he spoke about the way he’s a bit of a different rider. I’m especially intrigued about his 3 day training blocks: efforts, efforts, endurance. The interview with Mohoric was so good, and I think Kasper could bring something similar. Any chance?

[@TheRoadmanPodcast]

I'll check it out!

[@jonmeals]

I believe it's against the rules for another team to offer mechanical assistance to a competitor, and both teams could be penalized (time and/or money). But yes, sometimes they'll let riders draft the cars.

[@timjones4594]

Makes sense, I have seen cars from different teams hand a bottle to a rider in a breakaway.

[@fiddleronthebike]

you are right, I remember a race where the rider who got help and the helping rider were given a penalty - which is ridiculous in my opinion. To penalize true sportsmanship 🙈 Giving waterbottles to other riders seems to be ok for the UCI, that’s quite common

[@lfk53]

Off topic but this lady is stunning.

[@mrajal8490]

Agreed, never off topic

[@Mphalama]

What I find confusing is what the 20% intensity is proportional to. Lets say I ride 4x a week averaging 10 hours and one of my rides is a VO2 session where I do 6x5 min at VO2 with 5 min rest inbetween. Does this count as 10% of my intensity (1 hour), or is it only 5% (30min spent at VO2), or is it 25% of my intensity (1/4 rides)?

[@robflel]

It usually counts as 25%, but at only 4 hours a week volume, polarised training probably won’t be the best. Once you get over 10 hours a week that’s when it starts to work it’s magic.

[@jeroenconinx6121]

25, after a hard interval it takes a while (+15min) to get back to zone 2 so except for your warmup, you stay out of zone 2 for the session

[@CarnivoreDMD]

So, I use a bit of Saliar, Maffetone & Noakes. Currently I have only 3d wk due to seeing patients. I will Z2 100% of the time for my 1st hr then HIIT & or TH(Z5+) the 2nd hr pending how hard it is to pedal Z2, fatigue, & Garmin performance readiness etc. I do not drink water or any calories for the 2-21/2h ride c cooldown. Do this F-Sat-Sun & fast 48h/wk. It’s a nuance but works for restricted training times.

[@kgill99]

@@CarnivoreDMD Fasting 48 hours a week is very impressive, have you noticed any cognitive or physical benefits?

[@CarnivoreDMD]

@@kgill99 EXTREME relaxation and reduced HR & breathing while sleep. You never realize how much natural inflammation your gut produces while in digestion. Hence, when you do, you’ll start to realize exactly what foods reproduce that better sleep time as I have to eat late. When you retrospect, it all makes sense. Wish I could have figured it out 30 yrs prior!

[@user-qr7sb3km6u]

Sarah is a real treat!

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

🍰

[@francisdelacruz6439]

What training or diet to minimize higher osteoporosis rates for cyclists? One excercises for health this is such a non starter for this sport. One that walking or even running doesnt have.

[@AlexRochette]

What’s that tattoo on your right arm?

[@alfiepilkington6927]

I do threshold training it's like zone 2 training but you ride high zone 1 instead and do all out 2-3 hour rides

[@WesCineLab]

Amazing 👌

[@wordupcornflake]

roadman punching

[@DailyDriveSebasite]

don't pretend to know something what is not true, i work and i know Javier S. really good and he make all big changes by Tadej, and is sad that people do such a lies out just to get all views....

[@cjfetters]

does someone's bike make any difference? I think it is all about the engine.

[@XX-is7ps]

False dichotomy, both matter, obviously. Good luck trying to win the Tour de France on a Brompton. Teams don’t spend money on high performance bikes just for the heck of it.

[@imranwahid11]

😂😂😂

[@cjfetters]

@@XX-is7ps I am not trying to win the Tour de France. The Tour is also a lot about selling bikes and equipment. I am just trying to keep up with the C group on a 50 mile ride and not get dropped.

[@velo1337]

depends on how bad the bike is.

[@stickler6312]

10% bike, 90% engine.

[@TedJones-ye1ud]

EPO 😂