Semi-Pro Cycling Podcasts

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Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---A Reddit rider on a $1,300 Cannondale Topstone asks if expensive bikes are worth it. The honest answer the cycling industry doesn't want to give — and why alloy frames hit "good enough" five years ago. Plus, a prediction for Eurobike 2026.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---A viral Reddit post about overinflating a tyre on new carbon wheels reveals a dangerous knowledge gap in modern cycling. We break down why hookless rim pressure literacy is now a safety issue — and predict the industry fix coming at Eurobike.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---Lael Wilcox has launched her attempt to set the fastest-ever circumnavigation by bike, targeting Mark Beaumont's 78-day record. Meanwhile, Wout van Aert's 24-minute deficit at Tour Auvergne tells us less about his form and more about how we misread the mid-season transition.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---SPD hybrid pedals are the most recommended product in cycling that nobody actually likes. Why the commuter cyclist keeps getting the worst product design, and what the better solution actually is.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

The plan is not the training. This week: why a single training load score hides what your sessions actually cost you, and how to read the relationship between the work and the response instead.Study: van der Zwaard S, Otter RTA, Kempe M, Knobbe A, Stoter IK. Capturing the complex relationship between internal and external training load: a data-driven approach. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2023;18(6):634-642. doi:10.1123/ijspp.2022-0493.Watch this week's video: He Gained 21% FTP Without Training MoreWant a coach reading the cost of your training, not just the total? See Guided.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---Chris King hubs are beautiful, iconic, and increasingly impractical for how modern cyclists actually ride. We break down why Enve and the premium wheel industry are quietly moving away from artisanal hub maintenance — and what that means for your next wheelset purchase.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---A viral thread about preparing for a first 100km ride reveals the cycling community's worst instinct: answering every question with a shopping list. We break down what actually matters — fuelling, pacing, and the one purchase worth making.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---A Reddit question about aftermarket GRX chainrings reveals a bigger story about Shimano losing control of the 1x upgrade cycle. Why availability beats engineering, and what it means for the future of gravel drivetrains.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---TrainerRoad's subscription has hit $200 a year, and riders are asking what they're actually paying for. We break down why the single-purpose training platform era is ending, what the alternatives actually offer, and predict TrainerRoad's next pricing move.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

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Get 20% off your first custom blend at:https://truenutrition.com/CYCLINGUse code: CYCLINGThis episode is supported by True Nutrition.Build your own custom protein blend with the ingredients, flavour, and sweetener you want.---A viral Reddit post about four years of tubeless failures on a Giant Defy exposes the road cycling industry's standardisation problem. Why tubeless works brilliantly at the top of the market and creates genuine frustration everywhere else — and why at least one major brand will quietly walk it back.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

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The study you should read this week A 2016 meta-analysis from the CMAJ pulled together 46 prospective cohort studies — 1.2 million people, 78,000 deaths. The finding: for every 10 beats per minute higher your resting heart rate sits, your all-cause mortality risk goes up about 9 per cent. Linear from 45 bpm upward, no point where lower stops being better. Independent of blood pressure, smoking, BMI, cholesterol, diabetes, and physical activity. Resting heart rate is carrying its own signal. Plus what to do with this if you race, ride high volume, or train time-capped — and why the adaptations that lower your resting heart rate are the same adaptations that predict a longer, healthier life. Study: Zhang D, Shen X, Qi X. Resting heart rate and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population: a meta-analysis. CMAJ 2016;188(3):E53–E63. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.150535 Links: YouTube companion: Cyclist Over 50? Your Fitness Can't Tell You This. Guided is live — two coaches, weekly review, my read behind every plan: https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/btsmfgDaily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

The study you should read this weekA new paper from Christensen and colleagues asks one of the most practical training questions there is. When you add a block of high-intensity work, what should happen to your easy volume? Cut it back to recover better, or protect it? They tested both. The results change how to think about the volume vs intensity tradeoff for serious amateur cyclists.Both groups got fitter. But what they got fitter at was different. The group that kept their volume up improved the foundations. The group that cut their volume improved the sharp end. Volume isn't the cost of intensity. It's the thing that decides what your intensity becomes.Study: Christensen, P.M. et al. (2024). Importance of training volume during intensified training in elite cyclists: Maintained vs. reduced volume at moderate intensity. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 34(5), e14362.This week's video: How 3 Hours of Cycling Completely Transforms Your BodyCoaching: Learn more about SEMIPRO coachingNewsletter: Sign up freeDaily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

The study you should read this week Researchers took 55 untrained older adults (average age 68) and tested four different cycling methods over four weeks: standard cycling, hypoxic cycling, blood flow restriction, and eccentric cycling. Every group improved equally. Plain cycling was just as effective as every fancy method they tested. Plus: why most of the plans I built this week were about adding intensity, not volume, and what that means for your training this summer. Study: Citherlet et al. (2025). Effectiveness of short-term cycling interventions in older adults. Scientific Reports, 15, 25914. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-10550-9 Links: Event Readiness Check: https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/2au9cy YouTube: The 4-Hour Cycling Week That Actually Works Coaching: https://www.semiprocycling.com/coachingDaily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray:

We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:

Not sure which part of your cycling training is actually working?Start with the SEMIPRO Training X-Ray: