Training Tips
Expert training tips, nutrition advice, podcasts, and more from FasCat's coaching team.
How to: Train for the Haute Route
Thinking about doing a Haute Route event? You are going to need to train for it! Listen in to get some expert advice on preparing for the demands of the Haute...
Design Your Own Personal Cycling Training Camp
With winter seemingly still in full force in many parts of the world, and the season quickly approaching, it's a good time to consider putting together a...
VIDEO: Effective Fueling for Early Morning Workouts
In this video we discuss how to properly fuel your early morning workouts during the winter when you don't have much of an appetite & how eat to maximize...
Breaking Down the Performance Management Chart + CTL
Coach Frank drops some knowledge about the basics of the PMC and CTL, and how you can use these tools to forecast and optimize your training as a cyclist. Our...
Video: The Mental Side of Interval Training
In this video, Coach Frank and Jackson discuss how important the mental side of interval training can be to your performance. Bottom line: if you want to go...
Intervals 101
Continuing with the progression in early season training periodization, we're now getting into the real work of the race season and everyone's favorite part of...
Ask a FasCat Q&A #3
Welcome to another edition of our monthly FasCat Q&A session! Links to direct questions: 7:50 - How to go "full gas" 11:45 - Are "active recovery" rides...
Ask FasCat #3 — Q&A!
Welcome to another regeneration week (AKA our monthly Q&A episode)! We field questions from the FasCat community to provide our best responses to questions...
VIDEO: Switching from Base to Race
This week's video podcast is all about how and when to switch from the base phase of training into the race specific phase to maximize performance and form...
Ask FasCat #2 - Q&A!
We're back with another Q&A episode, taking questions from the FasCat podcast community to help you get faster! We answer questions ranging from the proper...
FasCat Coaching Live Q&A: February 21, 2019
Join the discussion on the FasCat Forum - We're back for another round of Ask FasCat, where we take your cycling training questions and answer them. Questions:...
#secrettraining Cyclocross Tips for March
Is this the year you are going to try cyclocross? Was that a, “yes?” If so, or even if you are currently at “maybe” status, follow along with us and we will...
Video: Why Sweet Spot Training is Better Than Zone 2
This week's Training Tip from Coach Frank Overton of FasCat Coaching explains why Sweet Spot training is superior to zone 2 physiologically. Join the...
How to Pair and Sequence Your FasCat Training Plans
We get a ton of questions about how best to pair and sequence our training plans to connect them through an entire season or a specific situation. With many...
How to Motorpace for Cycling Performance
Looking to build your top-end through motorpacing? In this video, Coach Frank outlines everything that you'll need to know when motorpacing for better cycling...
Video: Winning on the Bike Means Winning in the Kitchen
What you bring home from the grocery store, WILL BE EATEN! Buy the right stuff, from the right places, and you're off to a great start. If you're serious about...
#secrettraining Cyclocross Tips for August
In my part of the world the sun is setting a bit earlier and the nights are getting chilly. I’ve seen a few leaves that have changed color, too. Yep, it’s...
Everything You Need to Know About the Haute Route with Colby Pearce
This week we are talking about the Haute Route ('oat root'). We're joined by cycling jedi master Colby Pearce (also a Haute Route Elite Ambassador) to discuss...
How To Pair and Sequence Our Training Plans
We get a ton of questions about how best to pair and sequence our training plans to connect them through an entire season or a specific situation. With many...
Ask FasCat #1 - Q&A Podcast!
You asked, we answered! Once a month, we will take questions fielded from the FasCat community (via email and social media) and spend the entire hour answering...
