Intervals Tips
Wintertime Intensity
Intervals, Podcasts
How about a little anaerobic work to go with your sweet spot base training? At FasCat in the wintertime we like to caress and nurture our athlete’s anaerobic system. One training myth we’d like to dispel is to…
VO2 Max Intervals to Improve Your Climbing
Intervals
VO2 Max intervals increase one’s Functional Threshold Power (FTP) and last 3 – 6 minutes at a near maximal effort. Since many races are decided on climbs of a similar length we call VO2 max intervals ‘race specific’…
Criterium Racing: Watts Up?
Intervals, Training with Power
by Frank Overton 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, bike handling and luck are just a few strengths…
Climbing Workouts
Intervals, Training with Power
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, Gravel, Fondo’s – any athlete that wants to ride uphill faster will…
Tabata Intervals
Intervals, Training with Power
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 at 60kph, to a 30 second, 10% steep climb; raw…
Interval Training for Cycling
Intervals
Let’s talk about getting 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 this training tip I’ll describe ways perform cycling workouts to make…
How to Train for a Strava PR or KOM
Intervals
Phil Gaimon and I have been going for Strava KOMs for over a year now, and before that, it was hill climb victories and world tour prowess. In this training tip we want to tell you how to…
How to Perform Intervals Properly with a PowerMeter
Intervals, Training with Power
by Frank Overton February 19, 2003! revised February 2016 When I bought my first powermeter in 2001, one of the things I first learned is that intervals are performed so much better by power than by heart rate. In…
How to Perform VO2 Max Intervals with your PowerMeter
Intervals, Training with Power
When the hammer drops on your next group ride it is likely a VO2 effort. I see it all the time in reviewing athlete’s power data: the crux of getting into the break, making the selection, or the…
Training Zones
Intervals, Training with Power
Training zones enable athletes and coaches to achieve precise physiological adaptations from their training. In essence, training zones tell the athlete how hard or easy to pedal in a workout or on a training plan. FasCat uses the seven…
Criss-Cross Intervals
Intervals
Criss-Cross intervals mimic the power demands* of road and mountain bike races. In this training tip, we’ll describe the how, what, where, and why of criss cross intervals and give you some example workouts plus a 4 week interval…
How to Train for Strava with Phil Gaimon
Intervals
Phil Gaimon and I have been going for Strava KOMs for a few years now, and before that, it was hill climb victories and world tour prowess. In this training tip we want to tell you how to…
VIDEO: Switching from Base to Race
Intervals, Videos
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 going into your target race(s). Let’s make you faster. –…
Video: How to Train for a Strava PR or QOM/KOM
Intervals, Training with Power, Videos
In this video, Coach Frank and former pro turned un-professional cyclist Phil Gaimon talk about how to build your Strava training plans, with a focus on winning Strava KOMs or setting your own PR. Shot beautifully in Phil’s…
Cyclocross Interval Workout for the Pre-Season
Cyclocross, Intervals
Here is an introductory cyclocross interval workout you can perform before the racing starts that’s just the right amount of cyclocross specificity and volume: Zone 6, Over / Unders: 4 x 2.5 min On 2.5 min OFF with…
YouTube Training Tips Channel
Coaching Advice, Intervals
FasCat is turning 15th this Memorial Day (2018) so we decided to start a YouTube Training Tips Channel! Our goal is to share training tips that you can use on your next ride: Our training tips youtube channel…
How to Perform Time Trial Intervals
Intervals
Time trial intervals are simple yet complicated at the same time. The simple part is going as hard as you can. The complicated part is at what wattage? We coach athletes to do both simultaneously, with real time power…
Teaching Criterium Tactics Using On Board Cameras
Intervals, Training with Power
by Isaiah Newkirk, July 2016 In cycling, it’s not always the strongest person that wins; it’s the smartest. Conserving energy, exploiting your opponents weaknesses, reading the competition in front of you, and using the race course to your…
Race Specific Cycling Intervals
Intervals
by Frank Overton, 2004, revised May 2016 Race specific cycling intervals: what are they, how and why you should do them. Smart training revolves around precisely understanding the power demands of your event and then designing workouts to simulate that power…
Criterium Race Tactics and Strategies
Intervals, Training with Power
by the FasCat Coaches, March 2016 Every week the FasCat Coaches get together to discuss and share ways to help out our athletes. We cover a variety of topics like off season and resistance training, indoor trainer workouts, TSS, the Performance Manager…
Enduro Training for Cross Country
Intervals
July 2015 Enduro racing is on the rise worldwide and more and more DH stars are choosing to race the new format. But XC racing is still king, and you can embrace a little enduro to help you…
Tempo Training
Intervals, Sweet Spot, Training with Power
by Frank Overton, January 25th, 2005 I made it out the door with about 90 min to spare before darkness and black ice would set in. What type of ride did I do? How do you go about…