The Cycling Brief

In this episode, Real-Time Tools for Focus and Motivation. 

Meditation is often brought up as a way to learn how to be calm and focussed - but when you’re in real life you need something that will work in real-time. We find out what that is. 

Also, N+1 adventure bikes - how do they fit into your riding if you’re a competitive cyclist - and how do you know what one to buy?

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The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Learn how attentional focus through external coaching cues can speed up your learning process so that you reach a higher skill level, faster.

Plus in the Science of Fast segment - we take a deep dive into a type of cycling‐specific resistance training that could increase your peak power output and get you sprinting faster.

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The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

On this show, we’re going to talk about how AI will impact your cycling training. Inspired from a beautifully written and thought-provoking article from Alan Couzens called Coaching in 2030: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Our Profession. We will take a look from the perspective of an athlete and follow the chain of evolution in analytics and how they relate to training platforms, then we will imagine what the future looks like as an athlete and a coach.

Plus - find out what repeated sprint training in hypoxia is and how it can make you sprint better, faster, in our new ‘Science of Fast’ segment of the show.

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The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

We explore communication in this episode - how communication is related to your performance and what’s important to communicate both as an athlete and a coach.

Plus - we take a look at a brain training tool that fatigues the mind during workouts to help athletes prepare for competition.

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The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

In this show a bunch of rad cycling tips. From why confidence is key to peak performance (and how to build yours) to when you should ignore your coach.

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The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Have you ever thought about taking your cycling fitness and doing a triathlon? It might be harder than you think ;)

We cover the only cyclist to win the Ironman World Championships and talk about all those that have tried - plus how you can make the transition as smooth as possible.

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We uncover the reason why the former World Champion would shove two fists full of gummy bears into his mouth immediately after a hard effort and how this is part of a bigger process of targeting nutrition around your exercise. Daniel Healey is going to run through his 6 steps to perfect nutrition using readily available foods that will give you all the energy you need to perform and recover like the best.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Opening up the professional cycling and sports world.

Professional cycling has secrets. No, not the Omertá but the many thousands of people directly involved on the “inside” of cycling. The chef, the massage therapist, the bus driver (and the pros). What do they know about training and performance? Hosts Damian Ruse and Daniel Healey open up the professional cycling and sports world by asking the question “What can we learn from the professional cycling and sports world?”

Inside is an original podcast from VirtuGO.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

In this episode you ask your cycling related questions, and we answer. It's as simple as that.

Question 1: I live in an apartment block and have nowhere to clean my bike. I’d rather not get into the shower with it so my only other options are to pay my LBS to wash it, or take it to a car wash and use the high pressure hose. Am I doing more harm than good?

Question 2: After riding for a few years I’ve recently taken the plunge into competitive racing. I was wondering if you had any pre race preparation tips that might ease my nerves on the day?

Question 3: So I'm looking for a power meter, and I've heard that the benefits of a dual-sided power meter include the ability to account for power imbalances between legs. This is relevant to me, because I've had some single leg injuries, and suspect that my power might not be consistent between legs. But this had me thinking, do I even need a dual-sided power meter?

Question 4: I’ve heard some people say that athletes take ibuprofen before training to help them work out more intensely and prevent muscle soreness post training. Is there any science to this claim?

Question 4: I’m a bigger rider and I’m wondering if my Power to Weight ratio plays a big role in flat criterium racing.

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The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

In this episode you ask your cycling related questions, and we answer. It's as simple as that.

Question 1: I’m finding it hard to work out a good way to fuel my evening rides. How should I approach nutrition throughout the day if I have a training session or event later on?

Question 2: I’m thinking about a new set of wheels. Is it a good idea to go tubeless now?

Question 3: Should I think about changing the insoles of my cycling shoes?

If you are new to Semi-Pro Cycling, check out the back catalogue of shows on all aspects of performance at Semi-Pro Cycling Podcasts

Or download the Weekly Workout Stack - The guide that shows you how to structure your training week and use your training time more effectively, and I’ll also send you a best of our episodes straight to your inbox. CLICK HERE to download NOW.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING.