Training Thursdays with Ken!

Brilliant!.. Great that Ken took time to explain all the acronyms, learnt a lot from that 👍👍

Good pragmatic advice. Need motivation to get the juices flowing while looking out the window watching the snow fall.

Great simple chat, learnt some interesting knowledge today, keep up the good work guys

Ive only been watching you guys for the last 2 week but have learned so much its unreal...you guys rock man

Again such a good video! Definitely need more videos with Coach Ken 👌🏼

More of this type of content please! Ken has great knowledge, but puts his points across in a down-to-earth manor!

Awesome advice. Yep, I fell foul of the chase a high CTL last year, pushing high 90's felt like rubbish. Now I've got a coach and with it sitting at around 70-80 im flying. Big lesson. wish I had been able to watch this 9 months ago. Thanks, Francis

As someone who rides for fun, to keep fit, and to lose a bit of weight - this video was certainly an eye opener - great explanations from Ken.

Brilliant. Thanks so much both of you

All these Q's were great and really informative A's, thanks for taking the time to answer mine!! Sat at 66CTL 66ATL and -3Form I had my first race of the year this weekend and although missing the winning move I felt good! Getting a bit more Form for this weekends race and paying attention to what figures work best. Cheers man

Just looking through the back catalogue - this is superb !

Good video. I'm never going to need any of this info, but I'm very glad to know that it exists and someone is passionate about the coaching process. 30 years ago I would have been all up in this.

weigh less... pedal harder.... duh!

@glennoc8585

5 жыл бұрын

Learn to time the gears too to best recovery and metabolic efficiency.

@mattkolodziej9407

4 жыл бұрын

that will be £200 per month please

Thank you for the videos. I think Ken is pretty interesting and has very good things to say. I could have listened to more. Perhaps another with him in the future?

Again a cool Video and Great answers !

Wow! Great video. I learned a ton!!

Ken is a legend!! Answered my question and answered a question about CTL I didn’t even know I needed the answer too!! We need more of Coach Ken.

This was great. More please

Great advice thank you. Please can this be a regular feature :)

Excellent information

60 minute test, 90, 120 Ken's not going to stop he just loves our suffering.

@glennoc8585

5 жыл бұрын

Success dont come easy.

Hi, That’s just gone straight over my head🙀🙉

Pedal harder & weigh less. Simple, but not easy ;-)

@s.b.9059

3 жыл бұрын

weight is not all when you have no power in your heart and music in your legs

Build your CTL preseason and trade it off with higher intensity intervals in the lead up to your main event. Your CTL will be around 60-70 at the race but your form will be up over 10-20 to have the kick you need in the race and be fresh. You can build up your fitness again midseason with more sweet spot work so you can double peak for a split season. Frank Overton (FasCat Coaching) explains it on his podcast. Been killing it this season after following a structured training plan,thanks for the information on 60 minute test too.👍

Brilliant! The CTL stuff was fascinating. Make this a thing and do it regularly and maybe longer videos. Better yet get Ken a camera for his own channel #coffeewithken :)

50k incoming. We need a special.

Wow excellent info class vlogg

Ive seen guys using cadence and hrm doing zones and never use a power meter with great results. Whilst ppwer is critical power can be misdleading. Think of a sports car race when you see a lower powered car win over another because of factors such as gearing choices, gear selection and vehicle weight. Power to weight ratio is extremely important in cycling but can be a grey area as one person of the same weight as another will have anatomic variance Vo2max to measure max heart rate i think gives you a more accurate ability to set zones rather than the 220-age formula.

Do you guys feel like in zwift you can maintain higher watts in hills? I allways get my bigger numbers on coyrces like alep du zwift

My CTL was low 80s during the summer (off uni) and i decided to start to racing track league this winter but due to uni and work commitments i can only do 60/90 minutes training sessions. My CTL has dropped to low 60s but i feel stronger during the races, however my endurance has suffered due to the specific training.

Girlfriend about coach Ken - "He looks like he's been drawn" as in, illustrated by someone. Not quite "statuesque" but i'd still take it as a compliment! Also cheers for a super interesting video, i'm sure i'll be referring back to this one like i do with BFJ

One thing about CTL is that it get you highly over trained in very hot conditions because Training Peaks can't account for metabolic stress your body experiences dealing with heat. One would be better off using heart rate training stress scores where I live (Houston, TX) about 5 months out of the year.

Boom, Coach Ken's tips. Boom, Francis Cade on a Saturday morning! Boom, my FTP automatically went up just from watch.

Can you do a review on the shimano pd-m530 petals please and thanks for your videos

When will Coach Ken be back ? Nice vids on training so much appreciated

@Cade_Media

4 жыл бұрын

He will!

Firstly, I need that hat, would you happen to know where I can get one? Secondly, being less of a fatty and pedaling harder is an elegant solution to so many questions, especially as you age!

Pretty cool vid - please get a tripod - thanks for all your efforts

Ken knows his stuff Francis, trim beard.. trim mind 😝

I get that HR is effected by other factors such as sleep or caffeine. But isn't it better this way? What I mean is, isn't HR more closely related to biological processes such as metabolic ones (and therefore being a good measure to understand where is your lactate threshold) rather than power, given that in different days one could implying much more effort too get too the same amount of power?

This is gold. Lol...who is this Simoni you speak of ;-)...almost nailed the voice..almost ;-)

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

YEAH

@y2kenb

5 жыл бұрын

Yeahhhhh

I have the same hat as coach Ken

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Good taste

@y2kenb

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent hat choice

Hey Francis, what is the name of that waterproof jacket that someone wore in the shower once?

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Ashmei rain jacket

@HugoMadizon

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cade_Media Thanks man! Weather's kicking my butt!

Whats the difference between normalised power and power avg?

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

NP is a different equation, removing low values (like when you freewheel etc)

@y2kenb

5 жыл бұрын

One is the average and one you have to google 😂

#CoachKenForPm

I love Zwift as a training and bad weather tool. But I have a separate Strava account to record my miles on Zwift as I don’t believe Zwift miles count the same as real road miles ie effect of road surface, wind, sunlight, rain etc. I’ve had mates boasting about number of miles accumulated in so far 2019 mildly irritating, when 60% of those miles are Zwift miles. Am I alone on this?

@glennoc8585

5 жыл бұрын

Zwift 'should' by now be incorporating road friction variables by real world analysis of surfaces and weather statistics could be added off gis or geo data. I believe that swift have a default resistance loading that your smart trainer will always adjust too. Some fixed trainers have a zero liwding and others are set to a pre load to simulate a sealed smooth road by default. Swifts algorithm may detect whether or not a trainers is using a pre determined loading or not.

@dar29670

5 жыл бұрын

Why worry about what everyone else is doing? Are you happy= yes, Are they happy=yes Zwift and outdoor riding can coexist, both are different, but compliment each other. There is already too many unwritten rules in cycling, just do what makes you happy, but above all, just ride!!

Pedal harder and weigh less, that'll make a good shirt

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@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Good effort

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Coach Ken looks like a farmer

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Farming watts all day long

@ianhutchinson970

5 жыл бұрын

While watching this vlog I think farmer Ken has just convinced me to get a power meter. 👍

@Cade_Media

5 жыл бұрын

Infocrank!

Why are there a bunch of pterosaurs having sex in the background?

I find his attitude about 20min tests a bit weird. Obviously a 60 minute one is going to potentially show truer numbers, but I don't think you can just skip the fact that it's also quite probably going to be low since you won't be able to motivate yourself to ride at your actual max for 60 minutes..

@y2kenb

5 жыл бұрын

How do you know you’re at your actual max for a 20min test? The point is ftp is defined as your best 60min effort so if you want to take the guess work out and have accurate training zones then you need to do it. Or, get your true lactate threshold tested in a lab as that makes for much more effective training

@lebowskii98_9

5 жыл бұрын

@@y2kenb Hi Ken! Have you seen these tests before: www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/the-physiology-of-ftp-and-new-testing-protocols/ and what are your thoughts? Looks like a good way to progress onto a 60+ min ftp test for those that don't have much experience at pacing long sustained efforts.

@danielmacdonald4005

5 жыл бұрын

People do the 20 min tests because the number is more flattering at the end. As with everything in cycling theses days, it's all about nurturing the ego.

BLAH BLAH BLAH.... what did he say?? Lol

@y2kenb

5 жыл бұрын

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