Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

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I recently listened to How to Lose weight episode 573 and felt like it lacked a great deal of details. It did talk about macronutrients but significant divergent views of guest and host. Lacked details on what goal to set for calorie deficits. Didn’t talk about periodization of diet and when to structure this in relation to events. Host’s goal to lose weight prior to Leadville was more of a hope than a structured plan. He had his goal weight (down to weight of food and bottles) and power dialed in but at best I got the guest saying he was eating too little and sparse on details. As a physician I felt it was overall very poorly done. I heard more of the same carb yourself to death theory. I’d love to see the data for this in an athlete who is riding 8 hours per week compared to a professional riding 20-30. I read with interest the article about Lionel Sanders giving himself insulin resistance with this super carb heavy approach. I’d love to have Jonathan Lee do an episode of his metabolic parameters including CGM data. You guys are smart and creative keep pushing to improve.

Interesting interviews, but man, definitely some inaccurate physics and physiology knowledge being applied to cycling here. If you’re changing training based on this info, I encourage you to critically review the associated literature, academic material, and other primary or anecdotal sources before diving in head first. Because frankly, many elite cyclists and coaches who know the sport well in an experiential manner don’t have the academic horsepower necessary to truly explain much of the “why.”

This podcast has made me faster thank you! 🙏 Recently discovered this podcast. I have learned more about cycling, nutrition, and training in a month from it than I had for years before. Hosts are fantastic love having pros as guests regularly. Perfection. Podcast convinced me to subscribe to TR!