Training Tips
Expert training tips, nutrition advice, podcasts, and more from FasCat's coaching team.
Timing is Everything: The What, When, and How of Annual Training
As the age-old adage goes, timing is everything. It's a critical to consider the three phases pre-season phase when timing your goal events. Choosing A vs. B...
Ask a FasCat #22: How to use HRV, post-event blues, and more
Our 'Ask a FasCat' episodes are always fun because we take your questions, give them some thought, and FasCat founder Frank Overton delivers advice on a wide...
Weight Loss for Cyclists
Nutrition and food choices are a key component of weight loss for all endurance athletes. When done correctly, weight loss can have a significant impact on...
Using power data to review your Season
How to review your "season" using power data Top athletes are always looking ahead and planning long term. One of the best ways of doing this is by taking time...
Training for the Iceman Cometh MTB Race
If you have ever heard of or been to Kalkaska, Michigan chances are you have done or heard of the Iceman Cometh. The Iceman Cometh is a 30 mile point-to-point...
The Five Pillars of Off-Season Training
The Off-Season is the best time for cyclists to make significant improvements for the following season. This Fall, for those of you with big goals and...
HRV: The Endurance Athlete's Complete Guide
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) can help sports performance in a number of ways. It can help us understand how stressful a workout is (how much physical work the...
How to Warm Up for Cyclocross Racing
At the start of every cyclocross season, athletes ask us how to warm-up for cyclocross racing. It's a great question, and we’ve seen very few athletes be able...
The Perfect Cyclocross Race Start
The cyclocross race start is unlike the start of any other discipline of cycling. Cyclocross race starts are unique because athletes need to have their best...
European road racing vs US gravel racing: Coach Ricky's experience
We're all fans of European road racing, but very few of us have done it. And gravel racing here in America continues to explode, with many of us getting in on...
5.8 w/kg for 50 minutes! Gaimon wins Mt Washington
The Mount Washington Hill Climb is an iconic uphill race, with the likes of Tinker Juarez, Jeannie Longo, Tom Danielson, and Ned Overend having won prior...
Why be coached? Three national champions discuss
Many racers dream of winning a national title and wearing the jersey, but few achieve it. Recently, not one but three FasCat athletes achieved their goals of...
Winning SBT GRVL Blue - Power Analysis
I won the 100-mile race at SBT GRVL, and here’s a look at my power file from the popular gravel event in Steamboat Springs, Colorado that sells out its 3,000...
Your Day-by-Day Race Week Plan
Got an A race on a Sunday? Here’s how to tailor your week for maximum performance on race day. Monday and Tuesday - Chill Typically, most riders take Monday...
Steamboat Gravel Course Description with Power Analysis
Description of the Steamboat Gravel race course from dissecting Coach Frank Overton's power files and explaining how the race plays out, especially for...
Tour de France Femmes Power-to-Weight Data
The Tour de France Femmes provided eight spectacular days of racing, finishing on the brutally steep Super Planche des Belles Filles. Here we take a look at...
Power Demands from US Masters Road Race Nationals
What it took to the win the 2019 Masters 35 - 39 National Road Race Championships, by Coach Jake Rytlewski & performed by Jonathan Jacob, Bissell ABG Giant...
Power Analysis of a Tour de France Femmes Breakaway
Antri Christoforou of Human Powered Health spent 150km in the breakaway at the Tour de France Femmes on stage 5, and here is an inside look at the power it...
How to Use Perceived Exertion in Racing and Training
As athletes in 2022, we have a wonderful array of tools as our disposal to monitor and quantify our output, our recovery, our adaptations to training, and...
Inside Human Powered Health’s aggressive Tour de France Femmes Stage 1
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift kicked off Sunday with a circuit on Champs-Élysées in Paris, and Human Powered Health was aggressive throughout. Henrietta...
