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Mar 2024
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Tour de France at 58 Years Old, Pro Cycl...

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(0:00:00) Welcome!

(0:01:13) Increased Training Load and overreaching

(0:17:41) 16wk Pyramidal Training with average cyclists

(0:42:18) Giro’s CRAZY new TT helmet

(0:47:23) Pro Cyclist Energy Availability during Spring Classics

(1:05:16) TdF Route data from a 58yo cyclist


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- Why You ACTUALLY Need a Recovery Shake (and What SHOULD Be in it) https://youtu.be/bR2y3Q2a2qA 

- Science-Backed Nutrition Strategy for Cyclists https://youtu.be/z2HXE1-il_Q 

- How to Lose Weight and Keep it Off with Dr. Kyle Pfaffenbach  – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 463 https://youtu.be/563mWgqvMZc 

- Decreased energy availability during training overload is associated with non-functional overreaching and suppressed ovarian function in female runners, Schaal, et al,. 2021 https://trainerroad.cc/schaal2021 

- Effects of a 16-Week Training Program with a Pyramidal Intensity Distribution on Recreational Male Cyclists https://trainerroad.cc/magalhaes2024 

- Giro’s new TT helmet: https://escapecollective.com/there-are-no-words/ 

- Alternate-Day Low Energy Availability During Spring Classics in Professional Cyclists https://trainerroad.cc/heikura2019 

- The Tour de France, also possible for mortals? A comparison of a recreational and a World Tour cyclist  https://trainerroad.cc/barrancogil2024 


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