Cyclists are good at lying to themselves.
No matter how bad they feel, they can ignore pain, suffering, and fatigue. Unless they have an objective number (or person) telling them that they’re doing too much, they can easily dig themselves into a deep state of overtraining.
Learn how to use a power meter to walk the fine line between maximum fitness and overtraining.
Luckily, a relatively new technology is keeping cyclists honest. Bicycle mounted power meters have made it possible for cyclists to push themselves to the limits of their ability with a much lower risk of overtraining.
In this podcast, Hunter Allen, one of the leading experts on power meter training, will teach you how to enhance your cycling performance without damaging your health or compromising your long-term success.
How to Use a Power Meter to Avoid Overtraining
- The crucial difference between overtraining and overreaching.
- How most cyclists become overtrained.
- The key factors that increase your risk of overtraining.
- Why a power meter is the ultimate tool to avoid and manage overtraining.
- How to know exactly when you’re recovered from overtraining.
- How to know if it’s okay to keep training when you’re tired.
- How to use Chronic Training Load, Acute Training Load, and Training Stress Balance to accelerate your fitness.
- How to recover from overtraining and/or overreaching.
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Show Notes
Training and Racing with a Power Meter by Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggan, PhD
Cutting Edge Cycling by Hunter Allen and Stephen Cheung
Dr. Andrew Coggan’s Power Training Zones
Cycling Power Meter (Wikipedia)
Chronic and Acute Training Load and Training Stress Balance
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Disclosures: Hunter Allen is the author of two books on cycling, the CEO and founder of Peaks Coaching Group, and co-developer of Training Peaks WKO+ Software.