Stephen Barrett coaches at the very top — head coach at a WorldTour team and the man behind Felix Gall's rise — and he's unusually willing to explain what actually transfers to amateurs. His most valuable training secrets, as he framed them on the podcast, aren't secret sessions; they're the discipline of individualising the plan, periodising the season properly, and protecting the easy riding that makes the hard work land. He's a credible bridge between WorldTour methodology and the rider trying to apply it on a normal life.
The major positions Barrett is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Stephen Barrett on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“It's much more effective having a really bad training program, but the writer believes in it, you it's going to be much more effective. And I said, again, I've made so many mistakes in my coaching career where I've had the most scientifically validated, perfect, periodized training plan, but a writer thinks I'm an because of how I act or how I present it. I've got no impact.”
“I don't I'm not so worried about the answers I want you to ask better questions because a better question will lead to a better outcome.”
“We all know about FTP, critical power, W prime, threshold, fractional utilization, blah blah blah, V2 max, but a critical one is is and well not gross efficiency, but it's about bunch efficiency. that when you put a guy into a bunch and”
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