continuous blood glucose monitoring podcast episode

A Deep Dive On Continuous Glucose Monitoring For Performance

Topics Covered In This Episode: What is continuous glucose monitoring? The use cases for continuous glucose monitoring How your blood glucose fluctuates throughout the day Learning how different foods can affect glucose levels and performance How a warmup can affect glucose levels The questions that still need to be answered about glucose levels and performance …

anaerobic capacity podcast episode

How To Build Anaerobic Capacity

Topics covered in this episode: What is anaerobic capacity? Understanding functional reserve capacity How to structure intervals to improve anaerobic capacity What is Pmax? Intensive and extensive functional reserve capacity intervals How to plan your intervals Factors to consider before including these high-intensity intervals in your training Previous episodes in this series: How To Improve …

Ultrarunning DNF podcast episode

Chantelle Robitaille: Lessons From The Dreaded Ultrarunning DNF

Topics covered in this episode: Getting beyond a DNF Keeping the big picture in perspective Uncovering motivations that will lead to your success Setting A, B, and C goals How to diagnose whether you should continue or DNF? Understanding the difference between hurt and hurting? How to evaluate what went wrong during your race Guest …

train VO2 max podcast episode

How To Train VO2 Max

Topics covered in this episode: What is VO2 max? How much can you increase VO2 max? What type of intervals you should use to influence VO2 max Extensive vs intensive training Example VO2 max training weeks Common mistakes athletes make with VO2 max intervals When in the season to build your VO2 max Listen to …

Alison Tetrick Leadville podcast

Alison Tetrick: Lessons From The Leadville Trail 100 MTB

About this episode: In this week’s episode, Adam Pulford interviews pro cyclist and CTS Athlete Alison Tetrick. Adam and Alison discuss her experience taking on her first mountain bike race at the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, and the key lessons learned from preparing for and racing the iconic event.  Episode Highlights: Transitioning from road and …

Cycling coach

The Benefits Of Working With A Cycling Coach

By CTS Coach Maddison Russell When considering hiring a cycling coach, it’s extremely important to do your due diligence. Whether you are progressing from being a self-coached athlete or a static cycling training plan there are a lot of bases you need to cover. If you are handing over the keys to your training, you …

Timing & Specificity

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I chose the Climbing 7-9hr/week program because I had been planning a trip to CO to challenge myself on longer climbs. I do most of my training indoors on my Kickr and with Zwift. I was excited by the first week workouts and 6 min above FTP efforts – which I’d never completed before! I …

“True Tactician”

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Began working with Maddison at the Select Training level on October 1, 2020, after two seasons with a local coach. I’m a 60-year old male, who began cycling in 2015, and hadn’t been on a bike since childhood. Maddison provides a very organized and tactical training approach, and understands the science of challenging athletes to …

Oustanding Coach

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I have become much more knowledgeable regarding how to train correctly. I am more disciplined and structured with my training. I have seen consistent power, maintained and improved my FTP. I enjoy have a structured training plan and a schedule weekly and monthly. Maddison keeps me focused on the goals. He is an inspiration. He …