Ask FasCat #10 — Coachable Traits, TSS, and Recovery
Welcome to another periodized Q&A session of the FasCat Podcast, where we field listener questions from our forum, website, and social media to help you get even faster on the bike. This go around we ...
12 Juni 20201h 24min
Sweet Spot Polarized Training
Now that you've been building a big base, summer is here, and you're wanting to "sharpen the sword", we've designed a brand new addition to the Sweet Spot training plan fleet: Sweet Spot Polarized. Th...
5 Juni 20201h 10min
Strava Racing Using Routes and Created Segments
Strava Racing: Using the technology of Strava routes and segments + their live segments feature you can create and simulate race courses. And best of all, use the segment's leaderboard for the 'race ...
22 Maj 202056min
The 2 Year Anniversary Episode!
It's our 2 year anniversary! Hard to believe, but we've officially been podcasting for over 2 years. Almost 100 episodes, equaling around 100 hours of audio content to make you a faster cyclist! So to...
15 Maj 20201h 29min
A 20 Minute Power-Based Field Test
One key question we ask ourselves as coaches at FasCat, is if the athlete is responding to the training we have prescribed. Aka, are they getting faster? Our favorite "experiment" to answer this quest...
8 Maj 202059min
How to Measure FTP Improvement with Normalized Power
We don't always have to perform an FTP field test in order to measure our performance. We you may use normalized power during hard effort 20-60 minutes in length, or similar durations during group rid...
2 Maj 202053min
Winning in the Kitchen: Snacks
One of the most popular topics we talk about on the podcast is nutrition, and specifically our philosophy of "Winning in the Kitchen". We've podcasted about breakfast, dinner, on the bike nutrition, w...
1 Maj 20201h 15min
Using Strava Live Segments to Perform "Strava-Vals"
This week, we discuss how Strava live segments can "hack" your interval performance by increasing motivation, positive reinforcement, and therefore your power output. A Strava-Val is going as hard as ...
29 Apr 20201h 2min
