Here at FasCat, we have been answering your training questions for more than 20 years, and we've done 27 'Ask a FasCat' podcast episodes.

On today's pod, we have a special iteration featuring questions from 21 email subscribers that are answered both by CoachCat - our expert AI inside the FasCat App - and FasCat Founder Frank Overton.

Frank feeds the questions into CoachCat, reads CoachCat's responses, and then adds his own expert analysis. Both offer some surprising answers!

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With your big event coming up, you should have almost all your training behind you. All the hay is in the barn. But even the best training alone isn't a complete recipe for success on race day. Showing up and just hoping for the best will always pale in comparision to showing up prepared, having considered and planned for key variables like:

• nutrition
• equipment
• course terrain
• aid station logistics
• race-day transportation logistics

In this podcast, FasCat Coaches Sierra, Jake and Frank walk you through the discussions they have with their one-on-one coached athletes to make sure all the i's are dotted and all the t's are crossed.

Are you prepared for you next big race? Are you sure?

If you are a FasCa one-on-one athlete you may have heard this before. If you'd like to be you can hire Coach Jake, Coach Sierra or an of the FasCat Coaches on our website, FasCatCoaching.com.

We even have a super double-secret coaching deal going on right now through August 10.

If you are a FasCat app subscriber - you are in luck because CoachCat is trained on this, too! All you gotta do is ask and tell. That's right: chat with CoachCat and say, "what should my aid station strategy be for ___ race?" Ask about the Coursee, Pacing, Equipment, Nutrition, where should I eat and drink, nutrition, equipment... whatever you like! CoachCat has got your back!

If you'd like to try CoachCat for free for one month head over also to FasCatCoaching.com - start a free trial, no credit card is required and after that you can save 43% when you sign up with us for the year. 43%! That brings the monthly price down to less than $20 a month.

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

More altitude can mean more power... eventually.

Training at altitude - or even just sleeping at altitude - can increase your red blood cell production, which means more oxygen to your muscles and therefore more power output. There are other benefits, and many caveats. And we get into those.

But what about riders who don't live at or near altitude - and who have a high altitude race like Leadville 100 or SBT GRVL coming up? Well, we'll get into that, too.

On today's podcast Coach Frank is joined by Coach Elliott, who falls into that "I live near sea level and I'm doing Leadville in a few weeks" camp. Elliott explains what he's been doing to prepare, and how he is coaching his athletes for Leadville and SBT GRVL.

You might not be able to do nine week at altitude like Tour de France stage winner Victor Campenaerts, but there are things you can do!

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

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⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

For 22 years we have analyzed files from every single type of power meter on the market, and as coaches and riders we have used a whole heck of a lot of them ourselves.

Considering buying a power meter? Well, the Big Cat just got a new bike and bought a new power meter, and he went with a brand he had never bought before. Here, we walk you through the five considerations when buying a meter.

1. Compatibility
2. Trust in the data
3. Drivetrain considerations
4. The type of meter you SHOULDN'T get
5. Price is less and less a consideration as they have all come down (remember SRM's were $3k og) all are around $400 give or take 50-$100

Give it a listen, and let us know what your experience with power meters has been. We're here to help!

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

We're always game for trying something new here at FasCat, and this week we did a live session on YouTube where we took your questions while recording this podcast.

We answer things like:

• Does the FasCat app work with sports besides cycling?
• How can I know if I can trust auto-detected FTP increases?
• Who answers user questions inside the FasCat app?
• When is the Zwift integration coming?
• How can I best do my specific workouts outside?
• Why is erg mode bad for intervals inside?
• When doing a Zone 2 ride, is it okay to pedal in other zones to get over hills and things?

And much more!

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

It's the summer of gravel, and we've got some proven techniques for you to step up your gravel game starting now.

On this podcast, Coaches Frank Justin break down six aspects of gravel training you can use now:

• mindset
• gravel specificity
• workouts for gravel
• simulation rides
• gravel training plans
• nutrition

Fresh back from the Belgian Waffle Ride, we are surfing the highs (and the lows!) of gravel racing with you.

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

Riding in the heat of summer can be hard, but why exactly is that, and how can you train your body to perform better? In this podcast, Coaches Ricky Arnopol and Andrew Giniat explain:

• heat acclimation for cycling
• what happens to the body when it's hot
• the heat acclimations that occur with the proper training
• the performance benefits of heat acclimation
• methods for accclimation
• and some practical actions you can take now to better equip yourself

In addition to working with athletes all over, Ricky and Andrew are both racing professionally now, and have plenty of experience training and racing in brutal heat.

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

As a father to five, Coach Jake knows a thing or two about earning and keeping those Dad Watts.

On this podcast, he and dad-to-be Coach Christian talk about various strategies for taking care of your family and training when time allows. They discuss how to maximize the benefit from those precious hours on the bike.

We also give a few shouts outs to our own fathers. Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

Lauren De Crescenzo sent a solo flyer at Unbound Gravel 2024 in hopes of repeating her 2021 victory. How did it work out? What did the chaos of the race look like from her perspective? And what are the takeaways for going forward in racing and training? Lauren speaks with her Coach Elliott Baring all the time, and on this special episode we bring you inside their post-Unbound debrief.

Elliott is too humble to brag, so we'll do it for him - the dude won the 100-mile Unbound Gravel! So make sure to ask him about that soon...

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😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.

Fun, flexibile and highly effective — that is the FasCat way to train.

On this special episode, FasCat Founder Frank Overton explains how the FasCat App has incorporated all the most impactful pieces of FasCat training methodology in a customized format that scales to your available time and gives your real-time feedback to every single workout.

There are a lot of old and perhaps outdated ways of thinking about training out there. Give this podcast a listen to understand a new way of training - that is fun, flexible and highly effective.

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Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required!

😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data.

💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast

📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans

⏰ Instant Data Analysis

💥 Custom Workout Recommendations

🧠 Training Plan Revisions

🚀 Auto FTP Detection

🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.

🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.