FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
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The official podcast of FasCat Coaching, based in Boulder, CO. Coach Frank "Big Cat" Overton shares his extensive experience as a cycling coach to help you ride faster through training and racing tips, nutrition, and beyond.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Clear, data-aware cycling coaching that connects power, pacing, fueling, and race preparation to decisions riders can make.
Frank Overton treats cycling performance as a series of decisions that can be examined, practiced, and adjusted. FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast moves between direct instruction, group-ride Q&A, and race analysis, keeping the focus on how training feels as well as what the…
ERG mode gets switched off when Frank Overton wants you to remember what hard feels like.
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Frank Overton turns a Sweet Spot Saturday ride into a practical lesson on feel-based training.
Frank Overton turns this Fast Cat Podcast Sweet Spot Saturday ride into a clear coaching lesson. He explains freestyle sweet spot work as a matter of piling up time at the right effort, then easing back to tempo or high zone 2 when the legs start to complain.
A useful Leadville race file, with one early fueling mistake turned into a coaching lesson.
This is a hard, practical race file built around Elliott Barring's 6:52:15 Leadville 100, with the kind of details that matter at 100 miles and 11,000 feet: altitude, a cold start, and a 30th-overall finish well under the nine-hour buckle cutoff.
A blunt gravel pacing lesson: ride hard enough to belong, not so hard you blow up.
Gravel racing is treated less like a suffer-fest and more like a pacing problem with a drafting angle to it. The point is plain: start too hard, ride above FTP in zones 5 and 6, and the bill comes due later when fatigue rises and power slips.
A practical Unbound tune-up that turns race prep into pacing, volume, and rehearsal rules.
Unbound Gravel prep is treated as work, not decoration. The point stays simple: March, April, and May shape what the rider can do on May 30th. That gives the coaching a clear frame, and it reads like a plan with a deadline, not a mood.
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Big Cat and PFT Commenter cover the NFL, March Madness, and NHL for laughs.
Cycling coach Frank Overton explains how to pace gravel races properly by avoiding the common mistake of starting too hard.
This episode of the FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast provides a comprehensive guide to muscle tension (high torque) intervals.
Coach Frank Overton provides a detailed, month-by-month training blueprint for the Unbound Gravel race, emphasizing the development of 'diesel watts' through sweet spot training, long simulation rides, and precise nutrition.
Frank Overton tells the origin story of sweet spot training, from its accidental discovery during his 2004-2005 training to its validation at the Colorado State Time Trial Championship.
Cycling coach Frank Overton presents a detailed, 10-week weightlifting plan designed specifically to increase power output for cyclists.
Frank Overton leads a live Sweet Spot Saturday group ride on Zwift with multiple athletes divided into A and B groups.
Cycling coach Frank Overton explains three fundamental principles for beginners to start structured training: establishing a personal 'why' for motivation, following a sustainable training plan that fits your lifestyle, and tracking progress with data to stay motivated.
FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast follows coach Frank Overton and guest coach Elliott Barring through Elliott’s 6:52:15 Leadville 100 MTB result, which placed him 30th overall and under the nine-hour buckle cutoff.
Frank Overton explains how to properly use heart rate variability (HRV) for recovery monitoring, revealing why single-day HRV readings are misleading and introducing a four-metric framework that includes sleep, training stress, and subjective feel.
Cycling coach Frank Overton explains why nutrition is the most common mistake cyclists make, revealing that 80% of weight loss happens in the kitchen rather than on the bike.