THE SHORT ANSWER
Derek Teel, founder of dialed health, s&c coach for cyclists, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Teel lands on training as a masters cyclist. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS DEREK TEEL?
Derek Teel is the strength coach who built Dialed Health into one of the most accessible cycling-specific S&C programmes online. He works with amateurs from base level to category racing, and his frameworks for off-bike strength — single-leg work, hip hinges, posterior chain, mobility — have shaped how a generation of time-crunched riders think about supplementing their training. For Roadman listeners chasing power, durability, and longevity, his work is a primary practical reference for what strength training for cycling actually looks like.
TEEL ON MASTERS TRAINING
Teel’s key positions on training as a masters cyclist.
- Cycling-specific strength is single-leg, hip-dominant, and built around movement quality, not max effort.
- Two 30-minute sessions a week is enough to change body composition and protect against injury for most amateurs.
- Mobility work pre-ride is not warm-up — it is a separate adaptation that protects the bike position long-term.
- Strength training fits inside a cycling week if you give up one easy spin and protect the hard sessions on the bike.
- Off-season is the highest-leverage window for building strength capacity that lasts through the racing year.
IN TEEL’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Derek Teel’s appearances on the podcast.
“doing two sessions a week gives your body a better opportunity to catch that recovery curve at the top where it's saying okay we're recovered from that previous session we're actually we've adapted to it and we're a little bit fitter than the previous session and now we can do another one and keep that climb going”
“if you do 10 with but you really could do 15 or 16 or really maybe even a little bit more that's how you know that you're probably not getting the stimulus and the adaptation that you're really looking for and so you should increase the weight at that point”
“16 to 20 reps is probably going to be your muscular endurance where you're really building a base of strength and almost like you would an aerobic base”
“even if you were to cut 60 minutes out total of your riding per week and you dedicated that to two 30 minute strength training sessions spread throughout the week I would be shocked if you did not feel significantly better opposed to just doing a little bit more of the same”
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Episodes where Derek Teel covers training as a masters cyclist and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Derek Teel say about training as a masters cyclist?
Derek Teel, founder of dialed health, s&c coach for cyclists, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Teel lands on training as a masters cyclist. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Teel's main point on masters training?
Cycling-specific strength is single-leg, hip-dominant, and built around movement quality, not max effort.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Derek Teel on masters training?
Teel discusses training as a masters cyclist in these episodes: "The Best Exercises For Cyclists (Strength Training)", "Strength Training For Cycling Simplified | Derek Teel".
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