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Building Your Own Bike – Front Derailleur Installation (Podcast #34)

[dc]B[/dc]uilding your own bike can seem like a daunting task to anyone. Beginners to the sport, long time riders, racers…almost everyone has some hangup about building a bike. When you break it down into easily digestible bites, building a bike is nothing more than a series of simple part installations. From a simple derailleur install to complex drivetrain tuning, this series of video blogs will detail the process of building a bike (in this case my BMC ProMachine SLC01 race bike for this season) from a bare frame into a functioning ride.

Last time, we looked at how to install a bottom bracket and crankset. In this post, my video blog will detail the installation of the front derailleur and front derailleur clamp onto the seat tube, as well as basic positioning of the derailleur. After watching the video, check below to see a few of my tips and tricks, and remember to post any questions to the Tailwind Coaching Facebook Page.

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Building Your Own Bike – Crankset Installation (Podcast #33)

[dc]B[/dc]uilding your own bike can seem like a daunting task to anyone. Beginners to the sport, long time riders, racers…almost everyone has some hangup about building a bike. When you break it down into easily digestible bites, building a bike is nothing more than a series of simple part installations. From a simple derailleur install to complex drivetrain tuning, this series of video blogs will detail the process of building a bike (in this case my BMC ProMachineSLC01 race bike for this season) from a bare frame into a functioning ride.

In this post, my video blog will detail the installation of the bottom bracket cups into the frame and crankset into the bottom bracket After watching the video, check below to see a few of my tips and tricks, and remember to post any questions to the Tailwind Coaching Facebook Page.

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Tags: components, drivetrain, podcast, video, wrenching|

The High Intensity “Trap” (Part 1, Podcast #32)

With Tour Down Under on television, January winding down and the impending cycling season looming on the very near horizon (Tour of the Battenkill is only about 70 days away) many cyclists will start to feel the time crunch on their training. The walls feel like they are closing in on your fitness and that target date on the calendar gets closer and closer, so you do the only thing you can think of: increase your intensity hoping to kick start your fitness. The question is, are you going to implement that plan properly? How much is too much? What happens when you lean too hard on that high intensity plan?

On this edition of the Tailwind Coaching Podcast, I'll discuss:

What is considered high intensity?
How we get in trouble by relying on high intensity training?
Physiological adaptations of high intensity and low intensity training and where they overlap.
How the body builds and adapts to training and overtraining.
What factors influence your training and recovery.

Next time, we'll figure out how to control the trap that is high intensity training and how to use it to accelerate our fitness instead of destroying it.

If you're enjoying what you hear, head over to the Tailwind Coaching Podcast on iTunes and rate it 5 stars. Don't forget to post any questions to the Tailwind Coaching Facebook page.

And don't forget: Tour of the Battenkill is April 5th and 6th. You can get my new, revised and improved 20 week Battenkill Training Plan in my store, and be well on your way to the podium. And if you've got other goals this season, check out my modular training plans in my online store and get started on the path towards killer fitness today. And don't forget to save 10% with the coupon code in this week's podcast.

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Setting SMART Goals (Podcast #31)

Picture this: It's the dead of winter, there's snow on the ground, freezing rain and wind in the air. You're stuck inside on the trainer, doing intervals and skills. Motivation is hard to come by at this time, and you're a little bit aimless in your training. How do you break out of the slump?

You hunker down with a pen and paper (either virtual or physical) and start setting some goals, that's how.

I talked about planning your season in our last edition of the Tailwind Coaching Podcast, but I only glossed over one of the most important aspects: setting your goals. To be frank, you can't even really plan your season without setting goals to build your season around, so you may have picked a few goals already. But the question I have for you is….are they SMART goals?

In this edition of the Tailwind Coaching Podcast, I'll explain the concept of SMART goal setting, and cover the following:

How many goals are appropriate to set for a season
The SMART paradigm of goal setting and what each letter stands for
The difference between goals and objectives

If you like what you hear, go over to the Tailwind Coaching Podcast on iTunes and rate it 5 stars. Don't forget to post any questions to the Tailwind Coaching Facebook page.
And don't forget: Tour of the Battenkill is April 5th and 6th. You can get my new, revised and improved 20 week Battenkill Training Plan in my store, and be well on your way to the podium. Remember to save 10% with the coupon code Podcast10 in this week's podcast.

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Planning Your Season (Podcast #30)

Do you have goals for next season? Do you want to succeed at those goals and have an even stronger season than you did this year? Do you have a definite plan for how your season is going to go?

I'd wager that most of you want to be stronger next season than you were during this season. If you're among one of the many who read the last question and are shaking your head, today I'm going to help you figure that out.

On this edition of the Tailwind Coaching Podcast, I'll talk you through the process of planning your season. While I won't provide you a training plan, I'll provide you all the tools you'll need to set up your season and build your training schedule properly. As a bonus, I'm offering my season planning spreadsheet to everyone free of charge. I encourage you to download it and follow along as I talk about planning your season goals, races and calendar.

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