Joe Friel wrote The Cyclist's Training Bible and co-founded the service that became TrainingPeaks. His fifth-edition framework gives self-coached riders several ways to periodise a season around goals, limiters and response rather than prescribing one perfect week. Roadman's two interviews preserve that individualisation and cover the additional priorities that come with age.
The major positions Friel is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Joe Friel on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 3 episodes in total.
Roadman blog articles that reference Joe Friel’s work.
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Masters Cycling Plateau: The 3 Decisions to Recheck After 40
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Joe Friel's Cycling Training Week: What He Actually Said
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“You really cannot have too much base. You can have too much build. You certainly can do that and you can certainly have too much peak or taper but you can't have too much base. So the more the base period we have the better fit more the more fitness the athlete is going to carry into the general as a specific preparation period.”
“Zone one, zone two accomplish things that three, four, and five don't accomplish. And but the athlete doesn't feel they have they're accomplishing what they want, which is more suffering. So consequently, I've got a really it almost always comes down to it almost like an argument that you must do these workouts otherwise you need to find a different coach.”
“Three a priority races becomes extremely difficult to do. It's possible. I've seen athletes do it, but it becomes very very difficult to have three a priority races and beyond three is impossible. It just becomes a a waste of time for everybody.”
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