{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ask a FasCat Q&amp;A from our Sweet Spot Saturday Group Ride","description":"What happens when you mix a live Sweet Spot group ride, real-time coaching, fueling advice, tech questions, and unfiltered athlete Q&amp;amp;A? You get a live, no-BS training session led by Coach Frank that covers how cyclists train. Pardon the audio as we recorded from our discord channel that was live during the ride. In this ride &amp;amp; podcast, we dove into a dozen or more topics, including: 1. How to ride Sweet Spot by feel (no rigid intervals required) 2. Why Sweet Spot is \u201cnot too hard, not too easy \u2014 just right\u201d 3. Fueling correctly indoors (70\u201390g carbs\/hr and why it matters) 4. ERG mode: when to use it and when it hurts your training 5. Using time-in-zone instead of chasing perfect watts 6. Heart rate vs power for Sweet Spot Time in Zone Accuracy 7. Training consistency, durability, and long-ride fatigue resistance 8. How to adapt training when life, travel, injuries, or holidays happen 9. Festive 500 strategy for road, gravel, crit, and masters athletes 10. Strength training + endurance: how to blend them without burnout 11. Why most plateaus are caused by doing the same thing too long 12. How CoachCat helps revise plans, answer questions, and guide decisions in real time \ud83c\udfaf Who this ride and podcast is for: Masters cyclists Time-crunched athletes Gravel, road, crit, and fondo riders Athletes training indoors on Zwift Anyone tired of over-complicating training \ud83e\udde0 Key takeaway: Fitness comes from doing slightly more work than yesterday and recovering well enough to do it again tomorrow. Sweet Spot training done right builds durability, raises FTP, and teaches you how to pace long efforts \u2014 without burying yourself. \ud83d\udeb4 Join us live again on January 3rd, 2026 Sweet Spot Saturday is part of a 7-ride progression series: Each ride gets 30 minutes longer Builds durability and confidence Ride #7 culminates in the legendary Uber Pretzel \ud83d\udcc5 Next ride: January 3 \ud83d\udc49 Join the FasCat Coaching Club in the Zwift Companion app \ud83d\udc4d Like \u2022 Subscribe \u2022 Share If this helped your training, hit \ud83d\udc4d, subscribe for science-backed cycling advice, and share with a riding buddy who trains hard but wants to train smarter. Train Smarter. Ride Faster. \u2014 Coach Frank \ud83d\udc3e ","author_name":"FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/fascatcoaching.com\/blogs\/training-tips\/tagged\/podcasts","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39501965\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/196812615"}