Sebastian Weber is a sports scientist, coach of world class cyclists and endurance athletes, and consultant of multiple world class cycling teams and other endurance sports organisations and federations. He is also the co-founder of the physiological performance software INSCYD. In this two-part interview we discuss recent updates to the INSCYD platform and go deep into physiology and training concepts relevant for optimising endurance performance. 

 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

-Block periodisation vs. mixing different types of training

-Time-course of adaptations for VO2max and VLaMax

-The challenges of increasing VLaMax 

-Potential issues of high-intensity training when your VLaMax is low

-Differences between VLaMax and VLaMax training between cycling, running, and swimming

-Training zones

-Training stress/load and recovery, and using carbohydrate combustion rates to figure out how much intensity is feasible to do

-Differences between testing in the aero position compared to sitting up

-How world tour cycling teams are using INSCYD  

 

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LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 1) | EP#237 (available a week after the release of this episode)
• FTP, VO2max and VLaMax: what triathletes need to know with Sebastian Weber | EP#169
• Cycling movement quality and using the Leomo Type-R to assess it with Sebastian Weber | EP#180
• INSCYD's website
• INSCYD webinar: Why you should – or shouldn't base training intensities on anaerobic threshold / FTP
• INSCYD testing service on scientifictriathlon.com

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