Training Tips - Podcasts
Expert training tips, nutrition advice, podcasts, and more from FasCat's coaching team.
Off Season Training Plan for Cyclists
In this podcast, Coach Frank discusses FasCat's 4 new off season training plans for the 2021-2022 season! Specifically, he breaks down the 30 week off season...
Is Pyramidal Sweet Spot Training Better than Polarized?
Coach Christian Parrett discusses pyramidal training: what it is, research studies from world tour athletes that support its use, real-world examples of how...
How to Train with WHOOP — the Power Meter for Recovery
The WHOOP is wearable wristband for athletes to measures their sleep, strain, heart rate variability and resting heart rate. The Whoop's algorithm combines ...
FasCat's Training Tips for August
In this episode, the Big Cat talks about 4 training topics for the month of August including fueling for long events, Steamboat Gravel tire choice, 4...
How to Ride Faster: 8 Fundamentals
Are you a new cyclist or a season veteran looking for ways to start riding faster? Well here is your how to guide! In this episode Coach Frank goes over his...
How to Do a Gravel Simulation Ride
This video is featured in our Gravel Training Tip that outlines the 4 key factors for gravel race training & preparation: Sweet Spot Training Simulation Rides:...
Steamboat Gravel Course, Training, and Equipment
Coach Frank shares his Steamboat Gravel riding, racing, and training experience. From pacing and training to equipment and course conditions, this training tip...
A 20 Minute Power-Based Field Test
A 20 minute field test answers a key question we ask ourselves as coaches at FasCat, is if the athlete is responding to the training we have prescribed? Aka,...
Ask a FasCat # 18
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...
Unbound Gravel with Ian Boswell, 2021 Champion
Coach Frank sat down with Ian Boswell fresh off his Unbound Gravel Victory to talk about his win. They discuss how the race was won, what he ate & drank, the...
Summertime Nutrition for Cyclists
Summer is here, which means training and racing on the bike is being ramped up, goals are being achieved, and we can finally be outside more. However, it's...
How I Invented Sweet Spot Training
Coach Frank describes and tells the story of how he "invented" Sweet Spot Training and how he integrates it into his coaching philosophy. Here is the training...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Ask a FasCat #16
Welcome to the 16th edition of our "Ask a FasCat" podcast series, where we gather questions from our forum, website, and social media to help you ride faster!...
Motivational Tips and Tricks
Show Notes: This week on the podcast we are talking about ways to help you stay motivated! That's right motivational tips and tricks to beat the mid-winter...
