What Kind of Rider Are You? - Pro Tips From Phil

[@basedgodstrugglin]

I suck all round, I’ll keep training so I can suck as a sprinter

[@id.unknown1283]

I just keep sucking but have fun doing so

[@kidsafe]

I excel at this.

[@linusowens2858]

I'm 200 lbs and I love climbing the most, so I just want more weight categories.

[@linusowens2858]

@@sapinva I'm also 6'4" so maybe height categories instead of weight

[@jtsblocks]

There’s weight categories on Strava

[@DEAR7340]

😅Exactly. I'm 200 and compete favorably among other cyclists my size on climbs. So, I'm just enjoying the wrong sport!

[@ericbarnettcycling]

“All rounder means you suck at everything” 😂😂😂 He said what I was already thinking!

[@Mrich775]

I found out the hard way as a young rider I was never fast enough to keep up with the front groups, 'til mile 120 clicks around. Now I love ultra-endurance events on and off road, it's definitely a unique niche of our sport but I thrive on those 10 hour days in the saddle, pushing well past daylight for the finish.

[@10ktube]

I love the tip to "get in over your head". That's the best thing to really find out what's what, it takes either ignorance of not knowing, or just confidence.

[@wallacedavidg]

10ktube - That advice is especially true in MTB. It's easy to get in over your head, and then OTB.

[@overthebarscycling2463]

You can also use your power curve to figure that out pretty simply. That is if you use a power meter.

[@somedancingskeleton]

Thanks for being you Phil, you make the world a better place

[@perry-ad]

I just said, out loud to my empty house, "When is Phil gonna do another pro training video." Thanks for the tips, buddy. Keep em' coming.

[@derekclaussen2268]

Good stuff, Phil. But I would add, do what you love. I’m not winning any hill climbs, but I love going up canyons and mountains. I’ll climb anything!

[@jcsrst]

I LOVE all aspects of riding! Slow, fast, uphill, downhill, MTB, road all of it!!

[@id.unknown1283]

I just suck at it all but I'm in my mid 40s and have fun so I keep doing the racing thing and suck at it. Such is life

[@firstnamelastname9013]

If you enjoy it you win full stop.

[@joskoevoet9569]

I've been riding for years but only started racing this month. On Zwift though. Super fun and not dangerous nor far away.

[@beach4me2007]

So if I can find the best cookie shop on any given ride, what does that make me? Fat?

[@Jeff-bd4gg]

Thank you for your time!

[@powerkarma]

I'm 51 years old, 188 to 194 pounds. WK04 software shows me most of the time Sprinter and sometimes all-arounder, which I know that depends on my training for the week. I think I suck the least at Crits and Sprinting.

[@Dhungerf60]

Thanks for the updates, staying home I’m going thru cycling content faster than usual. The frequent videos are great

[@247MS1]

Any thoughts on sufferfest's 4dp test to help identify type of rider? Really enjoying the short lockdown vids Phil, thanks for doing them, something to look forward to :)

[@nasserhaj9128]

Man i just like your videos. Hope we will be out soon so you will create more KOM movies.

[@bvulgarin76]

Where do you get that T-Shirt?

[@tfrancis2613]

You rock - on many levels. Thanks.

[@TriathlonDan]

I'm the kind that is much better during café talk than on the road :D

[@KarlRahn]

hey these are great thanks

[@__-oe6wn]

I am "all round". That's the best cycling execuse I've learn.

[@markmarlatt1105]

Been look for more on this topic lately too! Been looking for more on rouleurs and training methods and cant find more.

[@ciclomass]

awesome vid! please, do more content like that

[@leeoien3645]

There is a T-shirt or high school graduation card there: "Find what you suck at the least." :)

[@tomgoold8694]

Loved this Phil ✌️

[@aaronsiah4524]

How much indoor training do pros do out of their 20-30hrs week? How do you do intervals outdoor if you live in the city?

[@gokaygs]

Phil I love your tshirt!! Where can I get it?

[@MattPotter15]

Hey Phil, maybe you can answer a question for me: I’m male 39, 230lbs, previous bodybuilder/powerlifting background, played baseball in college. I’ve been riding about 4 years and dropped about 70lbs. I did a few Cat5 Crits and sucked really bad. Suggestions on training are needed. Should I just do endurance rides, long and slow and try to work on doing faster rides to keep dropping weight? I probably could hit 200lbs by the end of the year. Should I mix it up and do intervals and try to get FTP up? Should I be doing threshold workouts? I need a real basic guidance on what you would do in my case. I’m not a fat 230 btw, you would think I’m a gym rat because I carry muscle and look like a track sprinter, but I want to be able to do some crits climb and be all around cyclist... what you think?

[@raivkka4313]

You won't know much till you get your weight down. 230 is a lot to be pedaling around.

[@MattPotter15]

Raivkka thanks, I guess I’ll just focus on fasted rides for now until I’m down

[@cameratool]

Diet and anaerobic intervals.

[@motowerkz3678]

@@MattPotter15 Don't fast, you will ride like shit. You just need to learn a lean diet. Oatmeal for breakfast, bout 1/2 cup dry with water no milk. Have a energy bar after first hour of riding maybe a banana, and low fat high protein lunch to follow up. As long as you have a low fat diet an keep calories under 3k a day your body will adjust, you wont loose your leg strength, but lean out in the upper body. Training wise I would focus on training blocks, there's tons of info on youtube to create your own custom training blocks. Just get your baseline ftp and you can set a very efficient training block. Its simple you spend hours on the bike, you will get faster, stronger. It never hurts less, you just get faster. For crit racing ESPECIALLY in low cat 5 etc, your finishing place isn't really a representation of your fitness. There's insane surges every other minute and riders simply ware each other out with lack of experience. Stay up front at least top 10 and draft AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, find a good wheel an stick with it until it fades, then find another. You stay mid pack or towards the back you will destroy yourself and never have a chance of winning. Best of luck man!

[@MattPotter15]

Tyler Scott thanks for the detailed reply! I noticed my fasted rides didn’t help fitness, but I did drop weight. I thought maybe to crash weight to more in range of cyclist weight. But I see your approach of doing it slower but keeping fitness and improving in time. Thanks for taking the time to reply!

[@darinsteele7091]

Would a GC rider classify as an all-arounder? But I assume a GC riders sprint power wouldn't be much more than a 1000w?

[@davidheathfield5040]

Hey Phil, I have a question. I’ve always wanted to know how the hell you got Bad Religion to do your intro song!? I know Brian Bakers a keen cyclist, do you know some of them?

[@scottjohnson3617]

You forgot puncheur, when you are surrounded by really steep short hills you end up becoming a puncheur no matter what you want/try to be.

[@Northwindbreeze]

True. I love that. I thought the other dudes would love to burst out over those short hills but one gotta also have the physiology for that: if one is mostly type I fibers predominant, even if this person trains hard for becoming a better puncheur, he /she would have to neglect other training adaptations somewhere else.

[@FEE1DEAD]

Where can I get a shirt like that?

[@jeremystig98]

When started cycling i thought i was skinny enough to be a climber at 67-69 kg and 183cm (6 foot) but instead of loosing weight from exercising i gained some muscle mass and now i am at 70kg which doesnt really make me a climber or sprinter at my height either. I guess im a puncheur or all-rounder.

[@christain_weaver]

Cat 5 sprinter checking in here

[@costasmandylor1565]

"The all-around-er means you suck at everything" 😂😂

[@carlosgomezzzzzzz]

I suck the least at long big climbs, I even drop guys that smoke me on local XCO races, I also do well on long windy flats, I very often drop a young teammate of mine that I just can't even dream of hanging with on a XCO track... Its weird, can't understand it

I can follow a group and pull turns up to a 5% gradient, above that I'm getting dropped miserably, but I can't sprint at all. So I'm a fat time trialist then.

[@vwilhelm68]

If you figure out that you suck all around, do you really have to quit? Somebody has to suck, right? A wheelsucker is a kind of rider too!

[@marinuspetersen7995]

What's the difference between a climber and a time triallist who loses weight?

[@bikerfreddmertz7741]

I am a sweeper 🙂

[@pilovax]

What work outs would you do if you could only cycle for 6 hours a week?

[@billincolumbia]

See Dylan Johnson's video on this topic.

[@billincolumbia]

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[@GelMibson-u2y]

If you have to ask this question, then you ain't ready.

[@graysonwaters154]

What are the steps to take to enter a race if you have never done it before?

[@Henry-gv8gj]

Well some say like Nike just do it but I think it's a good idea to do a few fast group rides before so you get an idea of what it feels like when you're legs start to die and so that you don't act sketchy in a fast group

[@raphaeltiziani7476]

Im relatively strong at 5-15 min climbs, I can go very deep there. But on long stuff >30 min I start to suck. And I completely suck at sprinting :D

[@philipk4475]

Puncheur - but could just be that you need to train more at threshold to get your time to exhaustion up

[@raphaeltiziani7476]

@@philipk4475 yes I need ti train it more maybe.

[@mfennell70]

At work I say I'm not really an expert at any one thing but am able to reach a level of mediocrity on many different tasks. "I'm an all-rounder"' is more succinct while implying a level of competence I don't necessarily possess.

[@sebastianmanriquez7376]

Merch?

[@alicangul2603]

What it takes to be a classics rider?

[@sandrochiavaroBeerCircles]

Alican Gül a motor? 😜jk. (Reference to a few years old feud with a certain Spartacus, )if you know what I mean😆. Totally joking.

[@wong5150]

That shirt tho

[@shiznight1984]

Casual cyclist with spikes of 1500w sprints. 35yr old.

[@elialexander-tanner5784]

Ask a pro!

[@SkeetSystem]

i crush all forms of caffeine at the rest stop and only bring one spare tube with me what kind of rider am i phil

[@Apex820]

That beard is not aerodynamic.