Training Tips
Finding Balance While Fitting Group Rides into Structured Training
Training with Power, Videos
It’s that time of year: you’re coming out of the winter months and going on group rides with your cycling team. While mixing structured training plans with your group ride cycling, it’s critical to find balance in the…
Video: Why Sweet Spot Training is Better Than Zone 2
Sweet Spot, Videos
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 discussion on the FasCat Forum. For more video content, be sure to subscribe to…
Video: Winning on the Bike Means Winning in the Kitchen
Nutrition, Videos
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 taking the next step, consider our world-famous…
Chronic Training Load (CTL) for Masters Cyclists
Podcasts
There seems to be a lot of discussion about CTL, TSS, FTP, etc. as it relates to elite or world-class level cyclists, but what does this all mean for masters cyclists? Today on the podcast, we discuss the…
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…
Everything You Need to Know About the Haute Route with Colby Pearce
Podcasts
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 the Haute Route culture, training, and experience. Both Colby and Frank…
Ask FasCat #1 – Q&A Podcast!
Podcasts
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 them! The entire purpose of this podcast is to help you…
How To Pair and Sequence Our Training Plans
Podcasts
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 permutations of how to combine plans over the course…
Collegiate Cycling: Perspective From Alums & former Coach
Podcasts
We’re back with Coach Isaiah to discuss the value and importance of collegiate cycling not only for the development as a cyclist, but creating more long term enjoyment in the sport of cycling. We chat about our experiences…
New Year’s Show! What’s Next for the FasCat Podcast
Podcasts
It’s officially 2019, and that means time for some reflection and some discussion about what’s next for the FasCat podcast. Frank and Jackson sit down to talk about some of their New Year’s resolutions and goals for…
Phil Gaimon (FasCat Athlete): State of the Cycling Union
Podcasts
Coach Frank sits down with FasCat athlete Phil Gaimon to discuss the current state of cycling, the gravel craze, training and racing, training with WHOOP, and the role of social media influence on cycling sponsorship and rider value.…
Sunny Gilbert: Cyclocross Success on a Different Path
Podcasts
photo: Snowy Mountain Photography FasCat Athlete Sunny Gilbert recently had the ride of her life at the 2018 USA Cyclocross National Championships, netting second place in one of the most technical and demanding races in recent years. But…
How I Invented Sweet Spot Training
Podcasts
Coach Frank drops a solo episode this week on the FasCat Podcast discussing how he “invented” Sweet Spot Training and how he integrates it into his coaching philosophy. Here is the training tip referenced in the podcast about…
10 Reasons to Ask Santa for a Powermeter
Training with Power
by Frank Overton, PowerMeter user since 2000 I bought my first powermeter in 2000 following Greg Lemond’s well-publicized use of a powermeter in the 1990s. Back then, you might have seen a powermeter or two at a race, but…
Steamboat Gravel Podcast
Podcasts
Steamboat Gravel is shaping up to be 2019’s hottest new gravel event! This week on the podcast we sit down with Steamboat Gravel (SBTGRVL) founder Mark Satkiewicz to discuss 2019’s inaugural event, and what you can expect to encounter…
Thanksgiving Special!
Podcasts
A Thanksgiving gratitude podcast because we are thankful for our all awesome listeners! So we sit down and talk about how grateful we are for this podcast and for YOU, the audience! We also dive into a couple…
Making the End of Cyclocross Season Count with Coach Brandon Dwight
Podcasts
This week’s show is all about cyclocross. The final month of the season is upon us, so how can we make the most of it? What should we do to keep the momentum flowing into Nationals? Coach Frank…
Winning in the Kitchen Challenge, Coaching Pitfalls, and Field Testing | FasCat Grab Bag Pod
Podcasts
This week we’re doing something a little different, and hosting a sort of “grab bag” podcast, inspired by listener and athlete questions we’ve received in the recent days. Typically our conversation revolves around a central topic, but instead…
30 Day Winning In the Kitchen Challenge
Nutrition
I talk to athletes all the time about their nutrition and generally everyone does a great job Winning in the Kitchen with their carbohydrate and protein consumption. Snacks too. What I’ve noticed is that even the most disciplined…
How to Make Indoor Cycling More Fun and Productive
Podcasts
It’s beginning to become that time of year where the clocks change, the days get shorter and colder, and we inevitably spend more time inside on the bike. We can hear the groans of dread for the…
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Cycling
Coaching Advice
If you ride bikes long enough you’ll make plans to do a ride or event that scares you a little bit. Like the Haute Route or a Gran Fondo. 100 miles? Let’s go. 8,000 feet of climbing? Sure,…
How to Make Indoor Cycling more Fun and Productive
Off-Season Training
Here are 5 training tips from Coach Jake to make indoor cycling more fun and productive: Set up a dedicated indoor trainer space with a fan! Select fun, diverse and short workouts with variable power outputs Be Consistent: 1…
Top 4 Ways to Use Your Powermeter
Podcasts
Training with power has become the norm in the sport of cycling. Objectively speaking, it’s probably the most beneficial tool we have at our disposal for quantifying our training so that we may train smarter. But as Uncle…
What to Eat for Breakfast
Nutrition
If you want to Win in the Kitchen, here is what I recommend you eat for breakfast: 3 eggs 1 cup white rice red & green onions 1/2 avocado stalk of steamed broccoli 1 cup spinach or kale…
How to Peak for Cyclocross Nationals
Cyclocross, Races, Training with Power
US Cyclocross Nationals is about 8 weeks away (depending on when you are reading this) and there is still time to train ‘get faster’ for the State and National Championships. I like to use the Performance Manager Chart…
How to Plan Your Races For 2019
Podcasts
On this week’s podcast, we sit down to discuss how to plan your races for 2019. We break down all the races we are thinking about into A, B & C races and talk about what factors to…
Resistance Training for Cycling
Podcasts
Lifting weights this winter will make you faster! More strength = more power = higher FTP = riding our bikes faster. However this is not your high school weight lifting plan; its designed for cyclists! “Speeds specific to cycling” is…
Weight Loss for Cyclists
Nutrition, Podcasts
On a follow up episode from our extremely popular Winning in the Kitchen podcast, it’s time to dive into the world of nutrition and weight loss yet again. It may sound counterintuitive, but the time to lose weight…
How to Warm Up for Cyclocross Racing
Cyclocross
At the start of every cyclocross season, athletes ask us how to warm-up for cyclocross racing. It’s a great question, and we’ve seen very few athletes be able to get up off the couch and perform a great…
Weight Loss for Cyclists
Nutrition
Between September and March is the best time for bike racers to lose weight. As an aspiring cat 4 bike racer I lost 12 lbs in the off season to get my Cat 1 upgrade. Consequently nutrition and…
Tour of Utah Review + Offseason Tips with Coach Isaiah Newkirk
Podcasts
Following up after our last podcast with FasCat coach and professional cyclist Isaiah Newkirk, we bring him back to the show to discuss how Tour of Utah panned out, the major lessons learned, and what his favorite late…
Post-Season Break and Figuring Out Goals for Next Season
Off-Season Training, Podcasts
It’s that time of year when the racing starts winding down and all of our excitement and energy for the season begins to dwindle. Fall is nearing and we start thinking about other things than training and racing…
Cyclocross Cornering to Carry Your Momentum and Save Your Energy
Podcasts
Cyclocross season is upon us, so it’s time to start thinking about your cyclocross skills. Cornering is a HUGE skill that can take your cyclocross racing to the next level. Think about it: you take two dozen or…
Taking a “Proper” Post Season Break
Off-Season Training
by Frank Overton, September 2018 A proper post season break is 100% individual and should be a collaboration between the coach and athlete. At the very least, the topic of not following a training plan (yes, I wrote that) warrants…
How to Train with WHOOP — the Power Meter for Recovery
Podcasts
In this podcast we are talking about the wearable Whoop device. We consider the Whoop to be like a power meter for your recovery. The WHOOP is wearable designed for athletes that measures your sleep, strain, and cardiovascular parameters…
Ep. 13: Breaking Down the Crusher in the Tushar Experience
Podcasts
The Crusher in the Tushar brings the pain. We’ve had some time to process the pain and suffering of the 2018 Crusher in the Tushar gravel race, which was both Frank and Jackson’s target race for the season.…