Ask A Cycling Coach - Trainerroad Podcast

BWR Asheville winner Sofía Gomez Villafañe joins Coach Chad and Jonathan for a deep dive on elevation training, when to train high, when to train low, using elevation tents and more. Tune in now and get faster! ---------------------------------------------- TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE - Sofia’s BWR Ashville experience 5:49 - How do the fitness requirements differ between gravel and XCO 9:53 - Cape Epic update and the physical toll of stage racing 12:59 - Altitude training deep dive 27:14 - Should you train at a high altitude? 1:24:58 - How to time altitude training 1:28:54 - Nutrition for long events 1:50:54 - What bike is the best all-around off-road bike 1:53:12 - Live questions and answers 1:57:48 ---------------------------------------------- STUDIES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia. Dempsey, Wagner 1999: https://bit.ly/3gWGlzq 33:03 Ventilation, oxidative stress, and nitric oxide in hypobaric versus normobaric hypoxia. Faiss et al 2013: https://bit.ly/3yAjLlX 38:27 Effect