Coaching USA's Elite and Embracing Failure with Jim Miller
Frank Overton
Jim is the ultimate "coaches coach" and has been coaching elite level cycling for nearly 2 decades, and his work has developed amazing athletes and superstar performances, including world championships and Olympic medals.
Frank and Jim discuss everything from his coaching philosophy, athletes' least favorite workout, float tanks, embracing failure, and the approach going into Tokyo 2021.
Past Training Tips referenced in the podcast:
Whoop Recovery Float Tanks VO2 Intervals: 5 on 5 off (Hickson Holloszy paper) MotorPacing
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Zwift Racing Tips from Coach Jake
Breaking Down a Gravel Race

Foundation : 3 Weeks
- Perfect for all cyclists beginning off season training
- Raise your CTL and the all-important muscle tension intervals

Phil Gaimon's FONDO
- Complete similar workouts to what Phil does to prepare for all his KOM's
- Sweet Spot training, threshold intervals, and some anaerobic work

Phil Gaimon's Strava PR Plan
- Perfect Plan for Those with Less Training Time, starts at 15 minutes per day
- VO2's, 1 minuters, Tabatas, threshold, suprathreshold, and even Sweet Spot

Road Race In-Season
- Weekend racing and group rides with weekday training and recovery
- anaerobic efforts like criss cross, Over/Unders Sweet Spot, Threshold

Road Racing Intervals
- Increase your functional and race-specific power output
- Includes Sweet Spot, VO2, Anaerobic, Threshold