EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast

Hey everyone, Landry here. In this podcast I discuss some of my current research at Appalachian State, specifically the two types of motivational focus how they can have a BIG impact on your performance. You're training your body, but are you training your brain to have the right attentional focus when it matters most? Landry@evoq.bike Strava: Strava Cyclist Profile | Landry Bobo More Content and FREE power file analysis: EVOQ.BIKE | Online Cycling Coaches & Training Plans

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Stage 4 of Vuelta Ecuador! Before we get to the chapters, don't forget our sponsors: LactiGo!!! www.lactigo.com/brendan Best Chamois Creme: https://getcbd.pro/BRENDAN Become A Supporter: https://anchor.fm/evoqbike/support Free Coffee: http://s.trdcfe.me/BWnL3 Real Mushrooms: Code EVOQ.BIKE EVOQ Gear: https://grindcitydesigns.com/evoqbike/shop/home 00:00 Coffee Breakaway 00:25 how to pronounce Govero 00:55 What’s Matt Drinking? 02:30 Edwin Norena coffee profile (FREE COFFEE http://s.trdcfe.me/BWnL3 ) 04:00 Coffee Talk 09:10 Stage 4 Vuelta Ecuador 10:00 Stage Profile 11:30 How Matt say the first 30 minutes shaping up 12:55 Using the group to try and sneak up the road, read the race 14:15 Early break 16:05 Bridging to the break 17:55 Wise words from Max Korus winning Road Nationals 20:40 big group bridges across 22:25 everyone is working 25:38 Last 20 miles 28:20 Matt’s regret from the stage 30:15 stage win or wear yellow? 33:00 How do you judge when to jump across without dragging everyone up to your teammate? 38:40 Mistakes made when a teammate is up the road 42:20 So much credence to WKO cycling data; so much is missed 43:15 The Quito Party! Not for us, while we were sleeping; or trying 45:15 The bus ride to Quito and people getting sick 49:26 Quick Reishi testament from Matt 51:30 The band tickled Matt 56:00 Before Stage 5 sleep. ;-( 58:30 Stage 5 preview; “What’s your biggest war story / most epic day on the bike?” 1:01:30 Matt and I are new friends, not OG. Yet. 1:02:30 Food choices during the stage race…afterthoughts on our diet

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"Sorry Babe, I have a crusher ride tomorrow, time for bed".   Chapters  00:00 Men's health 1:00 sex drive and performance 4:00 really wanting it or being able to make it happen 8:00 the 5 bullet points  9:00 what did Patrick initially think of this topic, and the initial fatigue of initially starting his training 10:30 Andi regarding Relationships, performance, well being 11:15 Finished a race and peeing hurts 12:30 on the rivet all race and the post race pain 16:00 Brendan’s change of saddle after 135,000 miles 19:30 Andi, coming from pro peloton, you work with what saddle from the sponsor “works best” 22:00 children are the hall pass 26:00 keeping everyone in the family happy while riding a lot 29:00 Getting focus back to complete tasks after a long ride 32:00 Mitigation strategies for the fatigue that comes with life or training Diet, sleep, rest weeks 35:10 The foods to keep the energy levels high 37:00 (timestamp?) LIFTING WEIGHTS 41:00 libido from training vs getting older 44:00 hormones besides testosterone; stress hormones, cortisol 45:00 short burst training, 5s sprints x6 46:00 hormones for happiness; this is all related 49:30 overtrained leads to vastly reduced sperm count, so affects those wanting to have children  Some notes we had before the chat.  (1) The inherent fatigue of this whole enterprise;   Fatigue = decreased libido;  (2) The mechanics of riding;   Being on my perineum for several hours a day can’t possibly be good for blood flow or erectile mechanics.  (3) Increased stress;  Exercise is a good way to manage or reduce stress, but a training plan also creates stress because it has to be balanced with everything else in life. Add physical strain to that, and it’s somehow more stress on the body and the mind — it has to be.  (4) Hormonal/metabolic effects of training; really out of my depth here, but imagine there are some and that they bear on sexual arousal and performance;  -LIFTING!!!  (5) Maybe dehydration warrants a bullet point of its own. No matter how hydrated I am, I’m dehydrated after a tough workout. I can drink all I want; for sexual purposes, I’m clearly still dehydrated.

Volume is King; and progression should be viewed more as maintenance before you hit a true Build Phase. Then you can look towards progression, but even then, the Micro Progression is arbitrary. Don't overcomplicate this. Also, 5 Blocks To Racing will get a 2022 update and tweak to reflect this.

This is a good conversation to have with yourself. If you listen, listen until the end. Spotify users: please leave us 5 stars!

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Athlete Comments: warmed up with 3 sets of weighted squats to wake up my legs. - felt a bit groggy after a long day yesterday (home by 9.30pm). - legs felt good, was ready to rock and roll. Managed all 4 intervals fine. Last minute of each one is always tasty. - feel my legs are stronger, but want to build this up more. I think based on how this went integrating the following may help (just from feeling) a) more constant threshold efforts to get mental toughness back b) increase RPE of squat work and legs. c) do some burst exercises at XC ski too. ------------------ My Comments tasty lolol. a) would disagree here as too much of this can really, REALLY flatten you out. i think the over unders might be a better way to go.... b) i would stay steady here; this is when we want to pile on too much ,esp with skiing in the mix now. don't get greedy, but keep making gains c) be careful; you do not have the technique mastered. i would not overdo this. sorry to highly disagree with all these comments but it really looks like the classic "i'm seeing gains, let's do more!" Don't let the ambition get in the way of success. Steady Freddy.