Innokenty, aka Inno, aka Premium Russian on IG, is one of the country's best gravel racers. Having been selected for the Lifetime Grand Prix, as well as some awesome results throughout the year, it's hard to dispute this.

Inno sits down for an extremely candid conversation about his process, success, and failures along the way.

Some of you that have been listening to the podcast know that I have a routine format that I like to follow; it's the cycling version of Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss....similar questions to lots of different athletes....well, we are changing things up for 2024. Landry asked me if I was going to "make the podcast more interesting", LOL. When I asked him what he meant, he disliked the usual routine questions. While those genuinely interest me, Tom said a bit more eloquently: "Sometimes you start to go down a rabbit hole with an athlete, and these are really interesting points, but then revert back to your questions, because you might be feeling THAT is what the listener wants. Don't do that! Just roll. Just talk."

So, in 2024, the routine Q's are mostly out. They will surely bubble up a bit as we talk training, but I need to evolve. So here goes! This was the first podcast where it felt much more natural. While some of you liked the run down of routine questions, let's shake things up a bit. We will find even more amazing gems this way.

For full transparency, the questions also gave me a crutch. I'm humbled that athletes like Inno will take the time to come on the little EVOQ podcast. We've had some AMAZING guests! If I can't get them talking, the questions helped me, but that's not be developing my interview/conversational skills, and I need to up my game. Thanks for the motivation to do so LB and Tom!

Hope it resonates with you. Thanks for being a part of this community. We're starting to get our footing. We need it, I hear the moon is a rocky place. Let's gooooooo.

00:00 Introduction and Innokenty’s partner’s music

3:00 Where does Innokenty train in winter

7:41 What other things is Innokenty into off the bike

10:12 What is Innokenty’s sport background

19:40 Weird training methods that worked

21:44 How to settle the stomach after too many carbs

23:48 Why goal setting is important

28:52 Overtraining

31:20 Is Innokenty coached?

34:10 What discipline does Innokenty prefer / enjoy

36:55 Innokenty’s favorite workouts

39:00 Low cadence and injury risk

40:30 Elite form and lifting in the gym

47:41 Mental routines for performance

51:11 Differences between road and gravel racing

53:31 Managing road and gravel

57:00 What are Innokenty’s goals

1:00:21 How to manage pressure and maintain normal life

1:08:24 Social Media and cycling

1:13:30 The new direction of Evoq

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