FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast

Coach Frank describes how to build your Annual Training Plan (ATP) for 2027, as described in this training tip: 
https://fascatcoaching.com/blogs/training-tips/yt-using-an-annual-cycling-training-plan-atp-all-the-phases-explained/
Key takeaways are: 
Take a two-week post-season break, not six. Six weeks costs you the adaptations you spent all year building.
Three dates anchor the year: when you want to be fast, when base starts, when weights start.
The full plan is 46 of 52 weeks, leaving six weeks of flexibility for travel, illness, and life.
The 10-week weight block is the phase most athletes skip and the one that most reliably separates a breakthrough season from a flat one.
Use the custom plan builder in the CoachCat app to work backwards from your A race

Coach Frank goes live with the brand new CoachCat mobile release v6.3.8 and breaks down the winning power up Mont Ventoux at the Tour de France Femmes. Bring your training questions and get them answered live.
In this episode: NEW MOBILE RELEASE v6.3.8 Frank shares his screen and walks through everything you can do in the app:
The new Recovery tab:
your percent recovered readout, plus Sleep, HRV and OTS with tap to ask conversation starters
The brand new Progress tab: Power PRs, weekly duration and OTS, all answering the one question every athlete has, am I improving
The new Conversations tab: how to ask CoachCat about your own data and get real coaching answers back
The new Power Analysis view: what your ride data is telling you and what to do about it
TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES VENTOUX POWER ANALYSIS We predicted 5.5 watts per kg for the winner on the first ever summit finish atop Mont Ventoux, 15.7 km at 8.8 percent. Frank puts the actual numbers up against the prediction, walks through the physics behind the estimate, and explains what those watts mean for your own climbing.
YOUR QUESTIONS, ANSWERED LIVE Drop your training questions in the chat and Frank answers them in real time.
Sweet Spot, FTP, intervals, recovery, race prep, whatever you are working on.
Try CoachCat free for a week: https://fascatcoaching.com/app
Tour de France watts per kg predictions: https://fascatcoaching.com/pages/tour-de-france-femmes-watts-per-kg/stage-07.html

div]:bg-bg-000/50 [&_pre>div]:border-0.5 [&_pre>div]:border-border-400 [&_.ignore-pre-bg>div]:bg-transparent [&_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [&_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8"> _*]:min-w-0 gap-3 standard-markdown"> Frank "the Big Cat" Overton is back for the Friday livestream with a full walkthrough of the new CoachCat app plus a deep dive into the numbers behind this year's Tour de France.
Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iolohdWoyTQ&t=130s
In this episode:
Getting started in CoachCat. Frank tours the custom training plan builder, the 12 most popular conversation starters, adaptive training, and how to push your workout to your bike computer, Zwift, or Rouvy. He also explains why "follow the plan" beats letting your wearable give you the morning Jedi mind trick, and why a low recovery score does not mean you skip the work.
Tour de France power analysis. Frank breaks down how Pogačar won Stage 10 with an 8.2 watts per kilogram attack, then held 6.8 watts per kilogram up the final climb. He covers the physics behind his stage by stage predictions and what to watch for on the true mountaintop finishes to come.
Cyclocross season timeline. From summer sweet spot base to the six weeks that switch you from base to race, Frank lays out run training, skills practice, Wednesday Worlds, and how to build your own cross course at your local park.
Plus live athlete Q and A on pacing at altitude, recovery weeks, ERG mode off for burst workouts, transitioning from road A races into cross, and more.
New free trials get a 30 minute consultation with a real FasCat coach, a $100 value. Live every Friday at 2 PM Eastern.
FTFP.
Did you like this episode? What would you like to learn about in future episodes? Let us know in the comments 🙏
Until the next episode, you know what to do: work hard, ride fast, have fun and as always: FtFP

Summer Training is here 🚴
This week on Ask a FasCat (#31): durability rides, heat adaptation, race week tapers, and how to survive your local Tuesday night crit.
You may also watch this podcast on our youTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuvdWqk_Dw
Coach Steve joins us for 30 minutes fresh off his win at the Tosa Criterium. He's breaking down what it takes to podium in a crit and how he can help you build your own crit training plan.
Bring your questions. All of them. FTP plateaus, structured workout tweaks, "should I skip this interval because it's 95°F" — we're answering live, no filter.
Plus: we're unveiling new features and tools you can start using in your plan right now. New season, new toys.
📅 Live this week
❓ Bring your questions — we build the show around what YOU want to know
🔥 New features, live demos, real answers

On Ask a FasCat #30, we gave away a Stages Power Meter to the listener who asked the most thoughtful question + an annual CoachCat subscription to analyze all that shiny new power data.
🎥 Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/bnLrNhVL0jk
Here's how it worked: participants dropped their training questions in the comments, and Coach Frank Overton picked the winner live at the end of the show.
Not sure what counts as "most thoughtful"? Go back and binge the previous 29 episodes of Ask a FasCat 😂 Just kidding, it's simply the question that sparks the most interest and helps the greatest number of listeners.