Training Tips
Expert training tips, nutrition advice, podcasts, and more from FasCat's coaching team.
Junior Power Profile Chart
In this video FasCat coach Isaiah Newkirk presents the all new Junior Power Profile Chart! For years, we at FasCat have had parents asking us how their junior...
Ask A Fascat #17
Welcome back to another installment of our Q&A series, Ask a FasCat! Here we take listener questions from our audience and do our best to answer them. In this...
Olympic Development Academy Criteria
In this video FasCat coach Isaiah Newkirk goes through the three key Olympic Development Academy criteria and how athletes can use this to know if the "ODA" is...
#secrettraining: To race or not to race
The spring bike racing season is upon us. If you’re a cyclocross racer this can be a tough time of year. While your buddies are hitting peak form and looking...
Intervals for Road Racing
Intervals for road racing video by Coach Frank Overton. Coach Frank describes how threshold, VO2 max, and anaerobic intervals are designed into a training...
Training Zones
Training zones enable athletes and coaches to achieve precise physiological adaptations from their training. In essence, training zones tell the athlete how...
#SECRETTRAINING FOR APRIL 2021: #CROSSISCOMING
I don’t gamble, but if I was bettin’ man I’d throw in all my chips on seeing a green light for the 2021 cyclocross season. As you’ve likely seen, there are...
Should You Be Doing Specificity Training Year Round? with Coach Isaiah
Coach Isaiah comes on the podcast today to explain whether or not you should be doing specificity training year round. Isaiah defines 'specificity' in terms of...
VO2 Max Intervals Video
In this training video Coach Jake Rytlewski explains how to perform VO2 max intervals including: power data analysis, what type of terrain to choose, how...
Sweet Spot TSS Rides Indoors
Coach Jake's Sweet Spots his way to 214 TSS Indoors: When you have a Sweet Spot TSS Ride on your plan and the weather outdoors isn't cooperating, what do you...
Switching from Base to Race Part 2
Switching from Base to Race Part 2: a continuation from our 2019 podcast on moving onto an interval phase of training after building a sweet spot base Gravel...
Using Your Power Data to Find the Right Training Approach for You
While there are plenty of great training plans to guide you out there, including the ones we offer. It’s hard to know exactly which one to choose and how to...
What Makes a Good Coach
What makes a good Coach? Coaches come in all different sizes and shapes but what are the core values that makes a great one? In this podcast, Coach Frank...
During Ride Nutrition & Hydration: What, When and How Much to Eat
In this nutrition video FasCat's Registered Dietitian (RD), Lacey Rivette, explains your during ride nutrition: How to fuel during your ride, including how...
Long Rides, Coaches v Scientists, Sweet Spot AND Polarized
Coach Frank goes on a 14 minute rant about 'internet scientists' and the whole sweet spot versus polarized debate. He espouses how the coaches are ahead on the...
Gravel Skills and Tips
Spring is around the corner and that means dried-out roads, sunshine, and GRAVEL. While gravel riding and racing is super hot right now in the cycling world,...
#SECRETTRAINING FOR March 2021: BEAT THE WinterTime BLUES
As a cyclocross racer, or any bike racer for that matter, if you live in a part of the world that has a true winter, February & March can be tough. The weather...
Using your power data to find the right training approach for you
In this video FasCat coach Isaiah Newkirk, walks us through using your power data to find the right training approach for your upcoming goals through three key...
The Relationship Podcast
"Happy spouse, happy house" is an important mantra to keep in mind as a cyclist. Training and racing can be a selfish endeavor, and it's often easy to get...
FTP Testing
FTP is short for Functional Threshold Power and is the maximum amount of watts a rider can make for one hour. FTP Testing is simple to perform with a 20 minute...
