Recognizing Fatigue, Pros’ Favorite Workouts, Gravel Nats, and More – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 440

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(0:00) Welcome!

(01:08) Gravel National Championships discussion with Tobin

(13:10) Ivy’s UCI Cyclocross racing plans for this season

(22:20) Tobin’s warmup for cyclocross

(24:00) Ivy’s tips for pre-riding a course, and whether it’s more important than a warmup

(25:41) Tobin’s tips for how to learn a course quickly

(26:30) Tobin’s key rule about how to test tire choice and pressure on a course

(27:39) Tobin’s tips on how to know if you should run or hop barriers

(29:47) Should you break the golden rule and go hard at the beginning of a race in CX?

(30:31) Should you surge out of corners or try to ride smooth in cyclocross?

(32:22) How to avoid losing positions at the beginning of a race

(35:30) Ivy and Tobin’s favorite cyclocross workouts

(41:45) Is cyclocross training different from criterium training?

(45:45) Pros’ favorite workouts for road racing

(48:28) How cross-country MTB training is different from other forms of training

(52:36) Should your bike handling technique change or stay the same from bike to bike?

(1:02:09) How pros’ recognize signs of fatigue when HRV doesn’t seem to correlate

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