How Training VO2 max Also Increases FTP (and vice versa) (#291)
OVERVIEW In Episode 291 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", Coach Adam Pulford answers a listener question about the relationship between FTP and VO2 max training, particularly how and why targeti...
28 Tammi 18min
How To Level Up With Volume, Recovery, Strength, And Community (#290)
OVERVIEW Although this is "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", we recognize that not everyone is time-crunched. In particular, we hear from lots of older cyclists who have more time to train now that ...
21 Tammi 18min
Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an Annual Strength Training Plan (#289)
OVERVIEW Endurance athletes are accustomed to building Annual Training Plans for the phases of their sport-specific training, but are less familiar with building annual training plans for strength tra...
14 Tammi 31min
Step-by-Step Guide to Building An Annual Training Plan (#288)
OVERVIEW Annual Training Plans are big-picture, long term plans that map out training phases to bring the athlete into key races, events, or time periods with peak form and freshness, which helps opti...
7 Tammi 24min
Down to Earth New Year's Fitness Advice (#287)
OVERVIEW The Holidays are just about over and the New Year is about to begin. If you had a ton of fun over the Holidays and you're feeling a bit soft around the middle and bit slower than you'd like, ...
31 Joulu 202514min
How to Train Anaerobic Capacity to Go Fast and Win, with Coach Tim Cusick (#286)
OVERVIEW Anaerobic capacity is the work you can do above your lactate threshold. Another term for it is Functional Reserve Capacity (FRC), and it acts like a battery that contains a finite amount of e...
24 Joulu 202546min
How Quickly Can VO2 max Increase in Cyclists? with Tim Cusick (#285)
OVERVIEW VO2 max or maximum aerobic capacity is your performance ceiling, but it is trainable and you can not only increase your VO2 max, but also the power you can produce at VO2 max, how long you ca...
17 Joulu 202543min
How Quickly Can Cyclists Increase Functional Threshold Power (FTP), with Tim Cusick (#284)
OVERVIEW Following their episode on aerobic training, CTS Coach Adam Pulford and Tim Cusick (Head Coach at Basecamp and TrainingPeaks WKO Product Leader) dig into Functional Threshold Power (FTP) trai...
10 Joulu 202539min
