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Episode 263: Maximizing Your Training on an Indoor Bike Trainer - with Special Guest Robbie Ventura

Podcast |: Purple Patch Podcast
Publisher |: Matt Dixon
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Interview,; Sports & Recreation,; Triathlon
Categories Via RSS |: Fitness,; Health & Fitness,; Nutrition
Publication Date |: Apr 19, 2023
Episode Duration |: 01:02:40

Today on the Purple Patch Podcast, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon welcomes former U.S. Pro Cyclist Robbie Ventura to the show. Robbie is the founder of Vision Quest Coaching and Velocity, an online indoor cycling training platform.

Robbie shares experience and knowledge from his 12-year career as a pro cyclist, and more than 20 years providing expert training programs to endurance athletes of all levels, to dial in what he believes are the critical skills every cyclist should develop.

Using Robbie’s approach and development as a model for training as a time-starved athlete, Matt focuses on how to leverage indoor bike trainers to elevate your race craft and become a better and faster cyclist.

Matt and Robbie put remote coaching under the microscope and examine the common mistakes athletes make in using indoor bike trainers and share strategies for getting the most out of indoor training. They also explore Velocity’s unique training software and how it aims to elevate the quality of engagement between coaches and athletes through live instruction and immediate feedback on real-time athlete performance data.

The goal of today’s episode is to highlight the training tools available to time-starved athletes, to help create an individualized training experience that delivers both the physiological adaptations for improving speed as well as the skill set for executing efficiently on the bike.

Robbie Ventura at a Glance

Competitive racer (dirt, road, and track) since the age of 7
1990 - NCAA Tournament with the Lake Forest College Foresters
1992, 1993 - Named to the All-American Collegiate Cycling Team
1993 - (Win) the Men's Miss & Out National Collegiate Track Cycling Championship
1993 - Competed in the World Track Cycling Championships in Norway (5th in elimination)
1994 - Graduated Lake Forest College with Honors (Double major in Business and Psychology)
1998 - Navigators Cycling Team
1999 - 2000 - Saturn Cycling Team
2000 - Founded Vision Quest Coaching
2001 - 2004 - US Postal Service Cycling Team
Member of the U.S. World Team
2000 - Founder - Vision Quest Coaching
2006 - Commentator debut for the Tour de France with NBC Sports Network
2008 - Inducted into Lake Forest College Athletic Hall of Fame (Accomplishments in hockey and cycling)
2008 - First Triathlon, Ironman Canada (time: 10.49.01)
2020 - Founder - Velocity.com (Online Cycling Platform)
2006 - Commentator debut for the Tour de France with NBC Sports Network
2008 - First Triathlon, Ironman Canada (time: 10.49.01)
12-year pro cycling career
Over 70 victories during his professional career

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Episode Timestamps

00:00 - 8:43 - Welcome and Episode Introduction

08:51 - 1:02:40 - The Meat and Potatoes - Episode 263/ Maximizing Your Training on an Indoor Bike Trainer - with Special Guest Robbie Ventura

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