Awesome vid Jesse, would love to see a bit of a race breakdown from your perspective, and thoughts on what you might do differently or plan to do if you complete again next year.
Thanks. Probs won't do a video on that, but I'll answer here. To do better, I would: - train more through the middle of the year, so I'm not coming from such a low starting point - more cold water in the feedzone. Plapp and others wer dumping cold water all over themselves every lap, I only had ice. Would have an extra helper in feedzone with cold water purely to assist in keeping core temp down - more caffeine. Only carried 2x Beta Fuel Nootropic gels, had one 2 hours in, and 3 hours in. Should have had one at hours 1, 2, 3 and 4. I could feel that I wanted more caffeine - more road races in training. I missed a few local road races because I had events on weekends. Would have been good to get to them for an extra bit of conditioning to deal with the race pace & surges That's about it, everything else was spot on IMO.
@@nerocoaching interesting to see how much is race day specific. Thanks for replying btw. Also was thinking about what you said on Nero show about should you keep training this hard and racing this hard. As a former semi professional athlete that gave up on my old sport, just go for it Jesse you have 80 years left in your life to grow your business and have a more normal life. Just my 2 cents, anyway looking forward to seeing how your racing goes this year. 🤩🤩🤩.
This is the most valuable/informative video about cycling training or endurance training in general as I have ever seen! (and I have seen a LOT...) Few points stands out: 1. Frequency is over everything. To get fitter, the simplest/easiest approach is just, run/cycle/swim everyday. This is the most overlooked aspect of the training and is my biggest "discovery" of my own. I made the most of my fitness gain when I simply challenged myself to cycle or run everyday. It's more effective than anything else, like workout structure or even intensity distribution. Unfortunately cycling is too much time consuming that I couldn't "afford" to do everyday, but luckily running is very feasible. I now run everyday and the fitness gained from running everyday actually translate very well into cycling, it's more effective than when I only do 2-3 big rides (with complicated "training" target) every week and rest all the other days. 2. The volume is HUGE. We all heard the anecdote that pros training up to 20 hrs a week, but most sources couldn't reveal more. Your video is the first time that I actually have seen someone actually doing that in real life, with everything fully disclosure. This eagle view is so sick... That I actually have a hard time to believe when I saw your 20hr/week "build" and 27hr/week "sharp" phase. This is just... Insane... It's not something that you can do on your part time. It's a full time job. 3. We don't deserve it (400w FTP), and shouldn't worry about it. After seeing the time and effort commitment you put in there to "get back" that 400w, for the first time in my head the voice says "oh man you should let this go, it just doesn't worth it". I don't even want to do this anymore. However there's also a big relief, that if guys like you can only maintain a "321w FTP" when you are just living your life, then we normalings should be more than happy to just have something like 300w and enjoy riding. Really great effort into this and this video itself! Keep doing it!
Wow, managed to squeeze a wedding into a 5 months 27hr/week training effort. Good race result for sure! Kudos to you and your lovely angelically patient wife!
Really like the video and the fascinating insights into your training and preparation mate! I think the fact that you started off in mid-August with relatively low fitness levels shows that you don't always need to have your fitness at 100% the whole season, and that it is ok to take periods of rest in the season if your target events/races are several months away - assuming of course you already have a strong aerobic foundation from years of riding.
Yep exactly. Although I'm at the absolute limit of what I can progress in a relatively short amount of time. If I wanted to do any better, I'd have to train more consistently all year so I'm not starting from so far behind when I start ramping it up
Wonderful! As a numbers guy, really appreciate the detail. You’re hitting numbers that are long gone for me (65 yo), but loved every second of this. Congratulations on your training and success!
Thanks for this video, so much more insightful than the sensory overload of most other training videos and you really boiled it down to the most important things and did mention why things worked for you specifically. Often people talk about doing 18 hour training weeks as if that is normal for everyone and forget that most people didn't have a previous 400 watt ftp, more like 200. Also quite motivational, I was thinking about the possibility to raise my 305 ftp (all time high) to 350 and wasn't sure if that was too much of a goal for a time crunched athlete, but this motivates me to just go for it, even with limited training time
Hi Jesse. Just want to say I really enjoyed this video. Not many people make these videos and I think this might be a gap in yourube cycling. The insights and personal preferences aren't shared commonly. Just one point that I wanted to add with the cutting fibre the day before. I found that if I cut fibre out 3 days before the race I am able to loose 1-3kg depending how much fibre I've been eating previously day to day. Not only do I feel lighter, but I actually am. Maybe just something others might want to consider. Once again keep up the work!
Glad to have learned a bit more about your training. Found my way here from a couple of the guests you've had on your podcast/other channel with your buddy. Appreciate you taking the the time to walk us through your training leading up to your A event.
You 'talk the talk, walk the walk', a clear demonstration of commitment and effort which brought about a very successful outcome. how many pro teams in that race had failures on the day, hot heads, poor tactics, maybe riders who just didn't prepare as well, the wrong mindset, where here you are a one man band, supremely prepared, don't be surprised if you get a call from some pro team outfits who want you to coach their riders. Just shows unless you can demonstrate what you say just shut up.
Kind of gives me a look at what was available to me 1/2 a life ago (just not the tools to acquire the data naturally) had I really wanted it. Now, at masters age, husband, father, career, home handyman, grad school, this doesn't even look adaptable or scalable to my current situation. Not racing on the road anymore and I let my TT bike go this spring. Don't do CX b/c most races are on Sunday and that is not an option. So right now struggling with notion of why am I still doing 7hrs/wk (to avg 1hr/day). Most of it now is easy. Don't have any events forthcoming. Do not know what the next chapter is. Always hit a wall @ 300. I always hit a wall on weight (and get sick) when i flirt with 180lb. Never have unlocked the key to what makes my gut/digestive system happy (or angry). Guess a bit lost on what to do next. I have picked up a MTB just to do something different (and less time on dangerous roads) but I do not like going fast in the woods. Admittedly, I am terribly afraid of diabetes (and other health issues that come with age) and also desire never to go back to where i was health/weight wise @ mmmm say 23 to 33yo. Best wishes, -U10 PS - Nice touch with the BurnNotice
Mate, that was a brilliant and extremely interesting watch. Really enjoyed it! Big well done on a first class preparation and execution!! Just a wee follow up from the Nero show and your 'what shall i do now?' I know its easy for me to say but you should capitalise on all those gains and see how far you can push things 😀👍👌
Sincere congrats mate! Nailed the training, the race, and the vid prep to bring this video content at the end of it all. Making Sydney proud! You scored with a sauna in the building, too.
Oh man I needed this. Racing 1 month away and got sick. Ftp 345... trying to get to 360 about same weight as you. So frustrating. Going to do what you did.
Thank you for those insights Jesse, really makes one appreciate the consistency and dedication required for one to be a part of the mix during road nats in a competitive country. Also, wow you are quite an athlete! Cheers from Italy
Super interesting to see how its done. Thanks for posting and showing all these insights. Amazing the gains you got just in the endurance phase. Shows consistency is super important rather than big long rides periodically. 6.6w/kg for 7mins is super impressive! 5w/kg for the same duration is hard enough I find!
Excellent video, it’s great to see how you’ve done it and that it’s about simplicity, consistency and also knowing your body and tailoring to what you feel. Thanks for sharing all this Jesse 👍
This was a great video Jesse. A couple of things that stood out to me are the amount of endurance (I incresed mine this year relative to my 40 hr/week job), and doing intervals toward the end of your ride (I'll start experimenting with that).
This channel has offered a lot of the specific type of content explaining what it actually is. Like with fueling. Plenty of videos about carbs and how much but so little about what people actually take to a ride. All this theory but no practice. I'm a mountainbiker looking to apply actual effective training into trail riding. There's so much more knowledge available compared to 5-6 years ago. Have been actively watching content for about 6 months now and I have a pretty good grasp on how I need to ride for results.
Really nice vid! Halfway through it I realised I had actually watched the aussie nats back in january, from Europe, as there were no other races broadcasted at the time. Well done!
Jesse really appreciate the effort you went to presenting the vid and thorough explanation. Hats off to you. I find it very interesting and just shows the effort you have to make at top national level.
I love this video! The dedication to train and weight loss has been broken down into small digestable parts that make it look doable, albeit with proper time management and rest. Bookmarked and something to consider following after my holiday trip this festive season (Chinese New Year)! Cheers Jesse!
Boring Endurance for 3-5 hours is a KILLA! I try to increase mine from 2hrs to 3 right now. So hard! I can knock out intervalls all day. Love em. But real zone2.....Kudos!
Great video, bringing detail on how you built up your pro level fitness in an very understandable way. Even though my fitness level will never get be as good (never!), it motivates me to think more about how to approach my MAML fitness. Thank you for that and taking the time to invest in making this video. It shows how you probably also approach your coaching. Looking forward to the next one. Only comment my wife had: does het really like it, since he never smiles 😊?
Nobody can tell me Pantani, Armstrong and Ulrich trained on this deep level of science & structure back 25 years ago which makes Vingegaards and Pogacars fitness a lot more convincing, giving the fact that you’re absolutely crushing it yet aren’t even close to their abilities. This is nuts
Lots of details and interesting ways to train. I think this is the 1st cycling video about an event that never said the exact result. I guess you were pleased with whatever the placement was, so way to go!
Was a pleasure watching you in Buninyong - thank you the video mate. Incredibly helpful info! Plan to give the fondo a real crack next year after racing it for the first time.
Great video Jesse. Really interested in how in your initial 10 week phase you had no time off at all. You mention the recovery aspect around 6 min but I'm really interested if you could go into even more depth on your approach "recovering as you go"
Great video Jesse. A lot of work definitely went into it. Really interesting and insightful. Is there anyway that you could do a short video and the supplements that you took and why? Performance and health benefits etc. Thanks again.
Thanks for the insightful video. Are you going to attempt the 5-2 Nils van DP structure next season? Would be interesting to see how that sort of structure would compare to the "normal" one.
Hey Jesse! Really awesome video. Apart from the content of your training, which i completely agree with, I really think you did a fantastic job walking us through it and explaining us why you did what and how. Kinda made me want to sign up for your coaching ahaha 😂
Awesome stuff, thanks for putting together and sharing! Would love to see how to set up a similar optimal training plan but for those of us that can maximum set aside 10 hours of training per week.
Easy to estimate FTP myself based on the 1h efforts and the other ride data, would be +/- 3 watts. Didn't do any FTP tests, although some of those 1h efforts were pretty hard, technically not SST getting into zone 4
Excellent insight into your training. I suspect that this is really helpful for lots of competitive cyclists of all levels. Certainly has been for me and I’m no where near elite. Also congrats on your performance in this nationals, and also kudos for your dedication and natural talent, mate. Awesome.
