Training Tips - Intervals
Expert training tips, nutrition advice, podcasts, and more from FasCat's coaching team.
Criss-Cross Intervals
Criss-Cross intervals mimic the real-world power demands* common in road, gravel, fondo, and mountain bike races. In this training tip, we’ll explain how to do...
Muscle Tension Intervals
Cyclists can pair Muscle Tension Intervals with weight training for cycling, for an even better physiological adaptation. Prior to weight training, muscle...
Tabata Intervals
In the cycling world, the ability to go extremely hard for a short period of time often determines the outcome of a race. From a 10 second finish line sprint...
How to Perform VO2 Max Intervals Properly with a Power Meter
When I bought my first power meter in 2001, I quickly discovered that intervals are more effectively executed using power rather than heart rate. In this...
Zone 4, 5, & 6 Intervals
In this training tip, I am going to describe the three best zone 4, 5, & 6 intervals you can add to your training to increase your power output. There are...
The Warm Up
In this training tip we'll describe what a proper warm up is for your next race or event. For races that start fast, a proper warm up will enable you to...
Race Specific Cycling Intervals
Race specific cycling intervals : what are they, how and why you should do them. Smart training revolves around precisely understanding the power demands of...
Interval Training for Cycling
Let’s talk about riding faster! If there was a nutritional supplement out there guaranteed to make you a faster cyclist (there’s not), you’d take it right? In...
Climbing Workouts for Cyclists
Climbing workouts in the form of intervals will help you ride uphill faster for your Strava PR’s, group rides or hilly races. Mountain bikers, Road Racers,...
Criterium Racing: Watts Up?
A good criterium racer needs experience and lots of anaerobic power. Being fast and fit is only a part of the equation. Strategy, patience, pack positioning,...
