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Evaluating Ride Data and Race Data
Evaluating Ride Data and Race Data

Coaching discussion, Power training and discussion, Tailwind Coaching Podcast

Evaluating Ride Data and Race Data

With the huge number of electronic gadgets attached to a bike these days, it's inevitable that cyclists will be inundated with data. From speed, cadence and heart rate to power data (and even new technologies such as muscle oxygenation data), there's a mind-boggling collection of numbers to consider. But why even bother collecting data? Evaluating ride data is one of the biggest reasons most cyclists collect data and it can tell you a lot about your ride if you know how to look at it the right way.

In this video, I'll walk through evaluating ride data from several race performances. I'll describe what I look for and how you can use that information to improve your training and riding.

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Zwift Training – Rolling Climbs
Zwift Training – Rolling Climbs

Coaching discussion, Training discussion, Zwift

Zwift Training – Rolling Climbs

Zwift training is a hot new form of indoor training that has people excited. In a nutshell, Zwift training allows you to sit on a trainer in your living room and ride in a virtual environment with people from all over the world who are doing the exact same thing.

How cool is that?

In previous videos, I discussed how to include some Fartlek training in your Zwift training sessions and how to use the new workout builder to create a custom workout in Zwift. In this video, I'm going to explain and demonstrate how to roll a climb. This kind of skill work is a perfect use of your Zwift training time because it's hard to understand how to execute it properly without being out on the road. Fortunately, Zwift is the perfect virtual road to demonstrate on.

Check out the video below and then read on for some additional tips to help get a little more out of your Zwift training session.

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Custom Workouts In Zwift
Custom Workouts In Zwift

Coaching discussion, Training discussion, Zwift

Custom Workouts In Zwift

Zwift has taken the indoor training world by storm, offering massive potential for riding with people across the globe, training through built-in workouts and Fartlek training. The ability to build custom workouts in Zwift has been teased since the platform launched a few months ago. In the interim, the lack of ability to build and program your own custom workouts has been a major downside of the platform (at least for many cyclists looking for a training solution on the virtual platform.)

Until now.

The programmers behind the popular online social training platform have introduced the ability to build custom workouts in Zwift. You don't even need to exit the application in order to design any workout you can imagine. This short how-to video will give you the basics on how to build custom workouts in Zwift and what they look like when you ride them.

Click through for the video, and don't forget to share with your friends!

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Fartlek Training With Zwift
Fartlek Training With Zwift

Coaching discussion, Training discussion, Zwift

Fartlek Training With Zwift

Zwift is the new kid on the block in the realm of socially driven cycling programs. It allows you to ride your trainer with anyone around the world. You can feasibly be sitting in your living room in Newfoundland, spinning away and you'll be able to pass someone from Australia doing exactly the same thing. Some cyclists have embraced it wholeheartedly and some have scoffed at it. A lot of cyclists have asked how they can do some kind of training with Zwift, and to this point, there have been few answers.

Sure, there are some workouts built into Zwift and you can always do any regular training plan workout while Zwifting (is that a word now?) But doesn't that take the fun out of training with Zwift? Isn't the point of a platform like Zwift to create the sense of actually racing through the streets, ascending climbs and bombing descents? How can you combine training and fun in one simple package?

In the following video, I'm going to show you how to get some in some training with Zwift: Fartlek training.

What is Fartlek training? How can it be done with Zwift? Watch the video and check out the info below to find out.

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3 Tips To Gain Fitness On Every Ride
3 Tips To Gain Fitness On Every Ride

Coaching discussion, Tailwind Coaching Podcast, Training discussion

3 Tips To Gain Fitness On Every Ride

Many cyclists believe that “riding more” is an ideal way to build more fitness. A large portion of their training is made up of “objective-less” rides in which they don't have any fitness goal other than to ride their bike. In reality, more focused training will help you see greater fitness gains in a shorter time, but that doesn't mean you have to go all out and follow a strict training plan.

In this short video podcast, I'll give you 3 tips to gain fitness on any ride you go out for. Whether you want to crush your group ride, start a race or hit that 18MPH average on your local neighborhood loop, these tips will springboard your fitness to the next level, create a functional fitness base you can build on and set you up for future success.

Don't forget to like and share this podcast with your friends to help them get faster too!

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