EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast

Ultra Inspired!!! Lee Davis, NT-444. Yes, that's the mileage!

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Lee Davis emailed me in April 2020 and mentioned that he was planning to do NT-444, I had to google the event. I was unaware of this one. 444 MI...

Grant Koontz Interview: From Pro Road Cycling To Team USA Olympic Track Cycling

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/grantkoontz Grant is a true leader and phenomenal cyclist, with National Titles on the road and track. He is currently trai...

Block 2 of Cycling Training Calendar To Prepare For Next Season

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKI9ZZoIty0 In Part 2, we will look at your second block of training in order to prepare for the next season. &...

Fartlek Intervals, Max Watts vs Capacity, Group Ride Tactics, Interval Intensity, Cat 4 Q's Ep 10!!

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNOO_VbgJc What are fartlek intervals?  How do you ride where the road dictates the effort?   When a...

LactiGo Review, LactiGo vs PR Lotion (AMP), Carnosine vs Sodium Bicarbonate

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Video: https://youtu.be/x5pnsSMx6A0 LactiGo Discount Code: Brendan20.  Let me cut to the chase: LACTIGO IS LEGIT.  It is nothing like AMP PR...

mFTP Ranges for Detraining And Cycling Interval Testing,Cycling Couch to Master's Nationals Ep2

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC3WCNLCGQE   you might want to watch this one so you can see the graphs Sometimes you need to tes...

Running to Cycling, MTB / CX to Road / Gravel, 2nd MTB Worlds Qualifier for Team USA, Johnny Purvis!

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Original Post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okcneWX6oZs Johnny has been riding and racing since he was a wee-pup, coming in 2nd for the MTB Worlds ...

5 Blocks To Racing! Cycling Tempo Intervals, Cycling Strength Work, Group Ride, Cycling Base Miles

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2kpGzdNQCU Things have gotten very complicated, and when I was watching some webinars and reading articles about base...

Should I Have a W/KG Goals? What's My Potential Ceiling? Is Domestic Pro Even Worth It? Bike Origin

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I like this episode of Cat 4 Questions Episode 9, as it's not just power and watts and speed related.  This guy asked about what his potential ce...

Owen Shott Interview: Cycling National Champion, World Qualifying Triathlete, Endurance Coach!

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Hoq3iJ0-luw Master's National Champion Owen Shott drops in to share his vast knowledge of all things bike racing, triathlon ...

Cycling Z1 and Z2: Keep Them Separate! Recovery vs. Endurance Rides

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Original Post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaIlPhHxOJY Many times athletes go out and mark their ride as "endurance", but they have 40% of time in...

Cycling Race Tactics or FTP Improvements? Former Pro Cyclist Rolly Weaver Shares A TON of Knowledge

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Original source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_nmMCIDPjU Rolly Weaver is a crafty cyclist, and this is why I asked him on. He knows when to light ...

4x Cycling National Champion in Cyclocross, Mountain, and Gravel! Brandon Melott Talks Bike Racing

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdavfCUIH0 B Money Racing, now known as B Dazzled, shed a lot of light across many disciplines of cycling and bike ra...

Peaking for an "A Race" Vs. Training For An Entire Race Series or Upgrade Points, Cat 4 Questions E8

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHx6-1C1aQU What's the difference between training for an A race or trying to train for an entire series?   There...

Cycling Race Tactics, Episode 3 of Cat 4 Questions

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://youtu.be/UTFPBn0g6e0 1. Racing Alone  2. "New" Teams  3. Racing To Athlete's Strengths  4. Race Planning   All Episodes Ca...

Road to Master's Nationals After 5 years Off With EVOQ.BIKE Coaches

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this new series, we'll follow along with fellow coach and Level 4 athlete, Craig Polston, who is making a big comeback after 5 years off of racing....

2021 Season Planning Starts NOW! (September!)

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Full post here with the checklist to review: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/cycling-season-planning Email: [email protected] Hey Brendan, I’ve got a q...

Rider Specific Recommendations: How To Balance Your Cycling Training: Increase FRC? FTP? VO2Max?

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ugh, the answer is, it depends, but in part two of our chat, we look more at what happens when someone goes after an FRC increase...Can you feel that ...

The Cost/Benefit of Improving FTP vs FRC vs PMAX vs VO2Max

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The goal of this series is to explore the balancing act of training. If you focus a block on PMAX/FRC, your FTP goes down. Can you afford to do that?...

Mental Toughness and Preparation With Patrick and Brendan; Racing is so much more than Watts

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Can simply working on your mindset improve your performance? YES Training science has come a long way but understanding how to get the most out of you...

4 w/kg, Indoor Vs Outdoor FTP, Fasting and High Intensity Intervals, Cyclocross Training, #Cat4Questions Episode 2!

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Blog of All Episodes: http://evoq.bike/blog/cat-4-questions 4 Cat 4 Questions! Please Like, Subscribe, and show some love by sharing the content! Ep...

There Are No Bad Days On The Bike. Ultra Cycling Phenom, Gucci Gumbeaux aka Whitney Stanbrough

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You may not be targeting 300 mile rides, but there are gems in here on mindset and nutrition for when you're hitting that uncharted territory. This ep...

Cat 4 Questions, Episode 1

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

4 Cat 4 Questions! Please Like, Subscribe, and show some love by sharing the content! Episode One: Tapering For Race, Caffeine Gels, 5am Cycling Wor...

Do We Really Need Intervals Longer Than 20 Minutes?!

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/cycling-interval-workout-guide Of course, the answer is it depends but a lot of people have now downloaded wko5 or messing ...

Cycling Burst Interval Workouts

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Original Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALNOLzpp2M0 Full blog: www.evoq.bike/blog  email questions: [email protected]   How many at...

Underspeed Overspeed - Tried Them, Hated Them, Kept Doing Them, Making Me Faster

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you done these? Shout out to Patrick for getting me into these again this year! Full Blog here: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/underspeed...  Ch...

Tour of North Georgia, TONGA, Part 1

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There were a lot of questions from the Instagram post (@BrendanHousler and @EVOQBIKE) where I asked what people wanted to take away from this race. T...

Have Concrete Reach Goals and Avoid Useless Metrics

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

www.evoq.bike Have concrete goals.   Understand rest.   Don't obsess over metrics that don’t achieve your goals.   You are not your F...

Cycling Tips For Your Next Big Bike Race

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A look back so that you Do Better Than My Pro JMSR 2019. Just wasn't prepared for this type of event and got SHELLED last year. Take some tips with yo...

Peaking For Your Bike Race

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Full post: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/peaking-for-cycling-race The question below came in about peaking for a bike race, and how to know what to train...

Coaches Call - Peak for Joe Martin Stage Race, Big block training, Failing Workouts, Periodization, Self Coaching

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We just decided to record a coaches call, and the future ones will be indoors so you can't hear the birds. Testing the peak for Joe Martin Athlete ...

How To Pace A Time Trial In Cycling

29 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This one is a bit long; it might be worth checking out the full blog: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/2019/4/11/how-to-pace-a-time-trial-in-cycling Visit U...

Complete Guide To Polarized Cycling Training

21 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/complete-polarized-training-guide  Polarized Training For Athletes in 2020?  Four Things I Like and Dislike About...

Carb Periodization for Endurance Cycling; Carb Loading Without Weight Gain

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/cycling-nutrition-guide Carbohydrate Periodization. True Carb Loading has been a challenge: how do you make sure the glycog...

Basic Gravel Racing Tips from 2019 Land Run 100

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/gravel-racing-training-tips  email me: [email protected]  The big difference with a gravel race is that there’s...

Cycling Training Through Coronavirus - Don't Revert To Base

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/training-through-coronavirus I saw A LOT of posts on Strava saying, “BACK TO BASE” and “No point in training” due ...

Increase Your FTP and Get Dropped; Wait, What?

03 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.evoq.bike/blog/improve-cycling-ftp-or-get-faster Yes, increasing your FTP could make you slower in a race or group if that’s all you wor...

I’M FREAKING OUT OVER THIS POWER TEST

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We ALL do it. But learning to not freak out, seeing it as a benchmark, AND SEEING THE FOREST is CRUCIAL to growth and success.

Don’t Confuse The Point of #NoCoast and Avoid Zone 1

23 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes you need that recovery! Riding and trying to avoid more than zone 1 time is for ENDURANCE RIDES. When you have hard intervals, you need full...

Tour of South Florida: My 3 Lessons Learned After 891 TSS in 4 Days 😑🍚

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I have a young athlete that I told he has to write down three lessons that he learned after every race, and I thought to myself: why am I not still do...

Gravel Worlds 2018: Throwback With Lessons Learned

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are you about to do Gravel Worlds 2020 or looking to dabble in your first gravel race?  After I completed my first gravel race in 2018 in a massi...

I Love Group Rides...All The Asterisks

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Full blog over here: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/2019/6/13/when-is-a-cycling-group-ride-appropriate For many riders, group rides are what they live for...

Race Report: Ackerman Rockcrusher Gravel - 100 miles (or 97)

09 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Strategy Race metrics First Race Vibes New Teammate! Jack White is a beast Shout Outs Post race hypotheticals - steer clear of what if's Lessons: Mapp...

Should I Quit An Interval? TiZ Matters

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Time in Zone! But don’t mentally just give in.

When Should You Upgrade?

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spoiler alert: RIGHT NOW

Top 3 Cycling Workouts You Need For 2020

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the full blog for all 3 tips here: http://evoq.bike/blog/top-3-cycling-workouts-to-make-you-stronger   Email me at: [email protected] &...

The Workout That I Shouldn't Have Been Skipping

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hint: Overspeed Have you done these? Comment YES or NO below!  Full Blog here: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/underspeed... Challenge your neuromuscu...

VO2Max Cycling Intervals: tabata or classic?

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Full blog: http://evoq.bike/blog/2020/1/13/what-... There are a LOT of blog posts about “What is VO2Max in cycling” and all of the science behind ...

Top Supplements for Endurance Cyclists in 2020 - Cordyceps M and Beta Alanine

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Full Blog On Beta Alanine and Cordyceps M here: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/2019/12/18/best-supplements-for-cyclists-in-2020 Real Mushrooms Discount Co...

Don't Let Our Ego Ruin Our Training; You Can't Always Train and Race at 100% Of Peak Performance

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry for Lala jingling in the background. March 2019: When you sabotage your own workout and let your ego get the best of you. STAY THE COURSE; follo...

1 Massive Reason Why Obsessing Over Your CTL Can Ruin Your Cycling Season

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Read the full blog here! Once Strava started to incorporate their version of a Performance Manager Chart, calling it Fitness and Freshness, athletes s...

Cycling Rest Week Or Taper Week...which one to use?

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you like videos and visuals, check out the video here! Most cyclists hate rest weeks from their training regimen. Not only do we have to ride less,...

EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Podcast (Trailer)

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas