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The Crash. Has it happened. Will it happen!? You and your bike in a situation that you never really thought would happen. You and a car get tangled up. You and another cyclist get tangled up. Listen in as Ann Groninger and Jeff Viscount talk about what...

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5 Chad and Brad Podcast: Le Tour, Crit Nats and more….or less. - TotalCyclist Blog and PodCast

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TotalCyclist Founder Chad Andrews talks about the best way to hire a coach - Should you hire a full time coach? I got asked that! - Google is good and bad. - Frequent contact (Phone, text and the best options) - Ride with your coach? - Nutritional insight - Does the coach "Get you" - Emotional support! - Certifications or not? - What value does experience bring to the coaching? - Vet the coach. Interview them! - Budget and what you get for that money. - Oh...interview the COACH!

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Chad and Brad talk about Criterium racing in the US..joined by Gene Dixon of USACrits and Steven Cullen of Fasturdays. -Scotch and Cigars -Gene Dixon jumps in -Brad discusses how to make crits successful -Shimano cycling team and how crits started -Athens started it…. -The struggle is real. -Worst business model in the world -Brad […]

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-Chocolate Milk – Our past weekend -Line up for start 30 minutes before>? -Mountain Biking! – Coryn Rivera with BIG WIN – We called out a particular “Thing” -Did you really just race face me? No wave -What’s a non wave called? – Bonus system for pro riders -Team versus clubs. What are they? -USA […]

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Jeff Viscount (Weekly Rides) Ann Groninger (Bike Law)talk group rides: - What is a group ride? - What is a "social ride" - A/B/C group rides - What is a ride leader and the no drop rule. - Where should a ride leader position themselves? - Size, skill, terrain - When do you ride single paceline or double? - Should you wave a motorist around your group? - Is it ok to pass cars at a stoplight? - Make a pass safely and stoplights yellow and red - What is CLEAR and its safety issues. - Greenways and it's safety issues. - Electric bikes..oh..no! - What is the concept of the GROUP RIDE!

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Chad Andrews and Brad Sohner talk pro cycling: – Reviewing Podcast #1 Pay to Play. -Not able to watch Strade Bianchi -TV rights to 1 place. -People just need to understand! -Commonwealth Classic goes Kaput -Kickstarter amount for a bike race? MILLIONS. -Festivals are the way to go. -NASCARS Jimmie Johnson gets it? -Disc Brakes […]

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Sports & Orthopedic Massage Therapist, and a Functional Strength & Conditioning Trainer Sam Smith of Greenville health and fitness and Dr Christy Keely (Rocket) discuss the need for stretching for ALL endurance athletes.

-Strong Foundation: Stretching, agility and more -Most don't know how to stretch -Pre-condition the muscles and certain body types for stretching -Strains and tears -Preparation is different for each individual -How do I know what to stretch -Sports specific stretching? -Good hurt: 3-5 minutes for fascia and shorter for other -Neuro implications? - MUSCLE BOUND FREAKS -Muscle fiber damage - We are gonna get "sciencey" on you - 5 stretches -Big toe muscle

About Sam Smith: She graduated from the Greenville Tech Massage Therapy program early in 2011, and completed an additional course in Sports Massage. After practicing massage for 18 months as well as teaching classes and personal training at The Edge Endurance Training Center, she and business partner, Elisa May, opened Greenville Fitness & Rehab in January 2013. In 2015 she began working with the US Paralympic Cycling team, and in 2016 accompanied the team to the Rio Paralympic Games as one of the team's massage therapists. In 2017, she continues to be part of the US Paralympic Cycling support team as massage therapist, and in a new role as strength and conditioning coach.

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Ritter Sports Performance founder Chris Ritter talks about strength training for endurance athletes: -One Plane athletes? -Broad scope of strength training -Success comes from strength training -Recruiting Motor units -whats the first thing you do before starting: homework -Core strength? Posterior strength? -Strength training for multisport -Strength training for runner -Cyclists IT Band? Runners? whats the cause? -Prehab -Assesment/target weakness/balanced program

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Chad Andrews and Brad Sohner talk pro cycling. – Race entry fees and are racers paying enough? -Are racers racing to much -Standard of events are to low -Crit racing versus road racing, what’s the end game? -Funding the big crits, who has the responsibility? -Splitting the road and criterium calendar -The demise of Philly […]