Endurance Films on TrainerRoad

Posted by on May 14, 2012 1 comment

If you are a USA Cycling member, you can get the Rides:Southern California DVD for free through June 30 (you still have to pay shipping). Just go to the Member Benefits section of the usacycling website once you are logged in for …

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Ask Chad – Transitioning from Off Season to in Season

Posted by on April 27, 2012 No comments

“Based on the new plans added yesterday, I’d like to see a (longer) blog post discussing the grand training strategy which describes how best to make use of TrainerRoad from the offseason and transitioning into the race season. I keep …

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Improved PowerBeam Pro support

Posted by on April 17, 2012 No comments
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One of the first things I did when we started developing software that uses ANT+ was to buy a PowerBeam Pro. The idea was to be able to pair the PowerBeam Pro with TrainerRoad and have TrainerRoad set the target …

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Initial Outdoor Workout Testing

Posted by on April 9, 2012 11 comments

We plan on letting you download some of our workouts to your Garmins in order to get some structured workouts outside. I recently did the 8 minute test and Picket Guard (5×12 min Over/Under) outside. Here’s what I found. I’d …

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The Sufferfest and TrainerRoad

Posted by on March 30, 2012 No comments

Somebody asked on Twitter the other day about what it takes to get set up with TrainerRoad and the Sufferfest together. Since April 1 is Sufferlandrian National Day, I thought I should get this out today. Here are the steps: …

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Blueberry Protein Smoothie

Posted by on March 30, 2012 2 comments

I just made this thing for lunch and I’d thought I’d share it will all of you. Ingredients 8 oz soy milk (or regular milk) 2 large spoon fulls ricotta cheese 3 large spoon fulls Greek yogurt One handful of spinach (about the amount …

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Ask Chad – Cadence During Workouts and Rest Intervals

Posted by on February 23, 2012 1 comment

This another post in a series where TrainerRoad head coach Chad Timmerman answers questions from our users.  This question came into support@trainerroad.com Hi, first of all I have to say that your software is just great and gives me so …

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Ask Chad – 8 Minute Test vs 20 Minute Test

Posted by on February 21, 2012 No comments

Here’s another post in our series Ask Chad.  This question came in through e-mail. I see you have both an 8min test and a 20min test to estimate FTP. Can you discuss the differences, how we should determine which one …

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Ask Chad – Recovery Weeks

Posted by on February 21, 2012 No comments

Here’s another post in our series Ask Chad.  This question came in through e-mail. I’m in the middle of the Advanced Build plan. I’m wondering if there is any benefit in the 8 weeks to a “recovery week” My workouts …

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Ask Chad – Racing in Early Base

Posted by on February 14, 2012 No comments

This is the third post in a new series where Chad answers training questions.  This question came in through support@trainerroad.com Hi Nate/Reid, I intend to start Sunday morning club (road) racing but I was wondering what would be the best …

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