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Physiology Professor Discovers that Breathing Matters for Exercise & Sports with Steve Neal
You need to train your breathing systems! Paul and Steve discuss all sorts of coaching, including MTB training, but mainly you will get a deep dive into how your breathing can be trained effectively at any stage, what parameters matter and what seems to really work directly to improve performance.
Steve Neal on Better Breathing for Performance
Turns out that your breathing can significantly reduce your performance, and limit your recovery. This week Steve Neal shares his 30+ year experience coaching with you, to help you understand why breathing is important, what you can do to improve it, and how to easily implement it.
Understanding and Training Your Breathing with Dr. Stephen Cheung and Steve Neal
Heart rate, power, and now breathing: they all have their own languages and tools that are critical to endurance sports, but you might not have known that breathing is also trainable.
Using Xert to Coach Your Athletes
Steve Neal talks about how he uses the capabilities of Xert with his athletes. Learn about some of the unique aspects of Xert from his perspective. Get new insights that will help you with your training or, if you're a coach, help better prepare your athletes for success in competition.
How To Improve Your Fat Max Wattage With Steve Neal
In this episode, we will expand on our last interview with Steve—episode 27—and have an in-depth discussion on Fat Max wattage. Learn what Fat Max wattage is, how to improve, how it can make you faster, and much more.
Finding Your Athletic Potential With Steve Neal
In this episode we will discuss how working with a personal coach can help you reach your potential. We’ll also learn why FTP might not be the best metric for predicting performance. This episode is full of excellent advice on how to become a faster cyclist in all disciplines.
Innovative Approaches to Base Training, with The Cycling Gym
We discuss ways to stay motivated, add variety to your training methods, reinvigorate your work ethic, and improve performance for next season.
Q&A on FTP Testing, Structuring Recovery Weeks, and the Sustainability of Base Training, with Coach Steve Neal
Q&A on FTP testing, structuring recovery weeks, and the sustainability of base training, with guest coach Steve Neal
Threshold vs. Polarized Training with Steve Neal
How do you reconcile the popularity of Threshold training with all the hype on Polarized and 80:20 training? We talk about how Steve uses these concepts in his own practice at the Cycling Gym in Toronto with busy masters athletes.