cycling | Consummate Athlete https://consummateathlete.com Where busy athletes can find the tools to crush their biggest cycling goals. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:08:03 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://consummateathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-CA-logo-32x32.png cycling | Consummate Athlete https://consummateathlete.com 32 32 Q&A on Auto-Pausing Workouts https://consummateathlete.com/auto-pause-cycling-workouts/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:53:40 +0000 https://consummateathlete.com/?p=987515191 This week’s podcast Q&A tackles the topic of AUTO-PAUSE on bike computers and run watches. We explore what auto-pausing is, why it might seem appealing, and the reasons you should consider not using it. We also read some responses to our recent post on the topic to help understand some of the questions and issues with auto-pause. You’ll learn about the impact of auto-pausing on your workout data and the importance of recording elapsed time. Additionally, we touch on the psychology behind using auto-pause, what it could mean for your workouts, and how it might affect your long-term progress as a masters cyclist

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]]> Cycling Training & Racing Inside – Jim Rutberg https://consummateathlete.com/cycling-training-racing-inside-jim-rutberg/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 22:35:30 +0000 http://bouncy-wrench.flywheelsites.com/?p=14976 Jim Rutberg joins us to for a second round on ‘Ride Inside” that is about cycling indoors. Jim tackles listener questions from the episode with his co-author Joe Friel back a few episodes. We cover indoor-bike fit, pedal-stroke, cooling, and training for E-Racing

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]]> Bike Packing: From Backyard to Backcountry https://consummateathlete.com/bike-packing-from-backyard-to-backcountry/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:16:49 +0000 http://bouncy-wrench.flywheelsites.com/?p=14396 Brook Smith is a cyclist from Toronto who has progressed from mountain biking into multi-day bike-packing adventures in the back-country of British Columbia. He shares his training, preparation, and adventures

 

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]]> Gravel Cycling – Selene Yeager https://consummateathlete.com/gravel-cycling-selene-yeager/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:48:05 +0000 http://bouncy-wrench.flywheelsites.com/?p=14261 Writer and accomplished cyclist Selene Yeager joins us to discuss Gravel Cycling and her new book on the topic. This is an episode from spring 2020 before the Covid19 pandemic. With Selene’s new podcast and thoughts toward 2021 events, we thought now was a great time to share this episode that will help you with how to train, eat and choose training routes and set up your bike.

 

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]]> Sports Nutrition & Carbs with Dietitian Gemma Sampson https://consummateathlete.com/sports-nutrition-carbs-gemma-sampson/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:14:54 +0000 https://consummateathlete.wordpress.com/?p=4201
Gemma Sampson is an Advanced Sports Dietitian working with elite and amateur cyclists, triathletes and runners.  She discusses several common nutrition questions and expands on carbs and what athletes know (or think they know) about carbs (the focus of her Ph.D.!)

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  • Your athletic + work bio, how did you end up in Girona?
  • Why study carbs + carb knowledge for your Ph.D.?
  • What’s been surprising that athletes don’t seem to have a handle on?
  • Carbs pre-race / breakfast pre-race
  • Gels: can we eat them, are we getting dehydrated, how can we avoid that
  • How to dial nutrition for 10+ hour events-electrolyte and carb needs
  • Post race/workout carb needs? (are we supposed to avoid refined sugar?)
  • Most common pitfalls for athletes?
  • Fasted training? Thoughts?
  • Elimination diets—how to do as an athlete, should we do them, any low hanging fruit to tackle first?
  • Female endurance athlete protein requirements?
  • Also, how the heck do we get enough?
  • Nutrition for recovering anemic?
  • Shift worker – how do you avoid late-night snack cravings?
  • Parents of Juniors –  Is your junior racer is eating right?
]]> Katerina Nash is Still Winning Races (Bonus Episode!) https://consummateathlete.com/katerina-nash-is-still-winning-races-bonus-episode/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:25:33 +0000 https://consummateathlete.wordpress.com/?p=3978
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]]> Getting Your Kids on Bikes – Katie Macarelli https://consummateathlete.com/getting-your-kids-on-bikes-katie-macarelli/ Mon, 06 May 2019 23:44:56 +0000 https://consummateathlete.wordpress.com/?p=3711
atie Macarelli talks to Molly today about parenting, getting kids into cycling and interested in the outdoors and being active.
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So if you’re hoping to help a younger girl get started riding bikes, read this first:
MAKE IT FUN
MAKE IT NORMAL
PRACTICE SKILLS TOGETHER
KNOW (OR CONTINUE TO LEARN) YOUR CHILD’S LIMITS
TALK WITH YOUR CHILD…MORE IMPORTANTLY, LISTEN
Bleeding and bruising is ok
EXEMPLIFY JOY
]]> Cyclocross, Goals, Nutrition – Ellen Noble https://consummateathlete.com/cyclocross-goals-nutrition-ellen-noble/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:43:24 +0000 https://consummateathlete.wordpress.com/?p=3560
Ellen Noble is a professional Cyclocross Racer for Trek Factory Racing. She has medaled at World Championships and was the first female to bunnyhop the barriers in a race (#BUNNYHOPTHEPATRIARCHY). Ellen chats about goal setting, coming back from a bad race, relationships to food with Molly and Peter.
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TOPICS AND LINKS FROM TODAYS SHOW:

  • You started as a pretty serious consummate athlete as a kid: let’s go through the list of sports you used to play?
  • Finding Your Discipline – What made cycling special?
  • Why CX?
  • Process vs. Process Goals and How Overcome a Bad Race and maintain focus on long-term goals
  • IF you only could do 2 x 30 min workouts each week for Cyclocross, what would you do?
  • Learning the BunnyHop – how and how long?
  • Nutrition – Over the last couple years, you struggled to find a good balance in nutrition
  • Nationals coming up — excited?
]]> Cyclocross running debate, cycling commute, tire pressure, mtb workouts – Sept Q & A https://consummateathlete.com/cyclocross-running-debate-cycling-commute-tire-pressure-mtb-workouts-sept-q-a/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 19:50:48 +0000 https://consummateathlete.wordpress.com/?p=3482
Q & A For Sept 2018 – We debate whether you need to run for cyclocross, what a structured workout for mountain biking (or off-road activities) looks like, tire-pressure and whether cycling commuting counts as training (and how to count it).
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Running and Cyclocross

=> Assess movement demands -> never without your bike, never at slow speed, never on level ground or pavement
 => Assess limiters
 => work on mounts/carrys/dismounts
=> workouts like 30/30/30/30
-> walk a bit during your days (year round) and walk up the hill if you are keen
-> using strength t
” Keep in mind the UCI limit is 80 meters for a designed running section”

Tire Pressure for mtb and cyclocross

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Structured workouts

Sean Asks about Cycling Commuting and if it counts in training?

Thanks for all the great podcasting. I’ve got a question about recovery/commuting via bike. I commute via bike about 15 miles a day, 5 days a week, on city roads (so a lot of red lights and stop signs). I enjoy getting to work that way, but its also way more convenient. After a hard weekend of bike racing (CX+MTB), hiking or something else, I usually still ride. Is this hurting my recovery by slowing it down? or has my body accepted this as normal?
Lastly, would you generally count this time+effort in training at all? I’ve done it here and there with a PM, just to get an idea, and get anywhere from 35-50 TSS for the roundtrip. I basically try to keep the effort low whenever possible, but there’s always something that throws that off.

Molly Event at RCC!

]]> Q & A Podcast August 2018 – How to race two times on a weekend, transition to Cyclocross, Paleo + Vegan Diet https://consummateathlete.com/q-a-podcast-august-2018-how-to-race-two-times-on-a-weekend-transition-to-cyclocross-paleo-vegan-diet/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:57:31 +0000 http://smartathlete.ca/?p=6617 This week we talk about paleo and how it applies if you are a vegan (or does it) + Paleo for endurance athletes (cycling) and more about getting ready for cyclocross season and racing twice in a weekend.

 

July 2018 Q & A

 

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Q1 – How to Use Paleo Diet/Template with a Vegan or Paleo Diet
Q2 – What is Peter Eating / Paleo for Endurance Athletes
Q3 – How to race 2 days in a row – Mindset and pacing
Q4 – MTB / Road seasons … how to transition to Cyclocross?

 

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