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Train like a Monk
Training talk from around the cycling world with professional cyclists and coaches. This series is designed to provide a real insight into how the best athletes are training. No BS. No gimmicks, fads or sexy trends. Just the real deal.
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Train like a MonkShould you track your food as an athlete? | Sports Nutritionist Megan Monk
Enter any race hotel dining room nowadays and you won't have to look far to see a set of food scales. Tracking has come from something that only the hardcore…
Train like a Monk'Normal' nutrition vs. Sports Nutrition. Which is better? | Sports Nutritionist Megan Monk
We're exposed to more nutrition advice than ever thanks to social media, this video included... But when do nutrition rules for the standard population differ…
Train like a MonkFive Fuelling Mistakes and How to Fix Them | Sports Nutritionist Megan Monk
Sports nutrition has come a long way in the past decade and the records show this. The old adage is that the research often lags behind coaches and athletes…
Train like a MonkIs AI replacing cycling coaches? - Data Scientist Paul-Antoine Girard
Data is now being used everywhere in the sporting world, but nowhere more than in pro cycling.With so much data available, how can coaches and athletes decide…
Train like a MonkWhich supplements work best for cyclists? The Doctor's Clinic with Dr. Stephen Lane
There's a lot of supplements being marketed as beneficial to cycling performance, but a much shorter list actually holds up to scientific scrutiny. Even fewer…
Train like a MonkShould you use Critical Power? - The Doctor's Clinic with Doctor Stephen Lane
What is Critical Power? What is W'? How does a mathematical model help solve a physiological problem? We answer these questions, ask some more and consider…
Train like a MonkGiro Reco with Jensen Plowright
'Fresh' off the Giro d'Italia Jensen interrupts his week off the bike with a cruise up Col d'Eze to the local boulangerie.We chat about what goes on inside the…
Train like a MonkWhat goes into the ideal training program? - The Doctor's Clinic with Dr. Stephen Lane
This week we break down the key sessions we're using with Slane and our other athletes. What are the intervals, which systems are they targeting, and where do…
Train like a MonkHow can you increase your VO2max power by 50 watts in two weeks? - The Doctor's Clinic with Dr Stephen Lane
Slane is now two weeks into his training program. The focus has been 'mostly' on strength and endurance however he's already seeing rapid improvements in power…
Train like a MonkWhat’s the best strength training for cyclists? - The Doctor's Clinic with Dr Stephen Lane
Slane gave me a call a few weeks back with a pretty simple assignment: “I want to get fit again, can you write me a program.” After a month off the bike (not…
Train like a MonkTrain Like Olympic Gold Medalist Grace Brown
Australia’s Golden Girl Grace joins the pod to talk about how she trained for Olympic and World Championship Gold in her final year as a pro cyclist.Plenty of…
Train like a MonkTraining Australia's next Tour de France winner with Coach Dylan Lindsey
The Aussie couch peloton are still recovering from a whirlwind Tour de France with the revelation of this year's TdF Femmes, Sarah Gigante. Sarah is an avid…
Train like a MonkTrain Like Giro Stage Winner Chris Harper
One of the most consistent performers in the World Tour. Harps provides great insight into how he has continually improved each year since turning pro, and…
Train like a MonkTrain Like the Fastest Man in China, Luke Mudgway
Mudgey has been a bit of a journeyman of the sport. Riding for Aussie, Irish, Kiwi and now Chinese teams across a 10-year career to date. Last year he had his…
Train like a MonkTraining the Mind with National Champ turned Mindset Coach Shannon Malseed
We put so much time, money, blood, sweet and tears into our training to improve our physiology, but how much do we work on our mindset? And how much does this…
Train like a MonkTrain Like TDU Stage Winner Daniek Hangeveld
Daniek started the year with a solo win at the very first race on the World Tour. Instead of chasing her down during her stint in the Ocre Jersey, I got to sit…
Train like a MonkTrain Like Watt Machine Georgie Howe
Georgie packed a lot into a short stint at the top of the cycling world, but she's not done yet. Hear how Georgie transitioned into cycling from a rowing…
Train like a MonkTrain Like Transition King Jimmy Whelan
From Runner to World Tour Cyclist in less than 4 years. Now from Pro Cyclist to Pro Triathlete in a matter of months. Hear how Jimmy is taking the skills…
Train like a MonkTrain Like Aussie U23 Champ Julian Baudry
Julian has rapidly gone from being a regular listener of the Train Like a Monk podcast to starring on it! Taking home the U23 National RR win in Perth at just…
Train like a MonkTrain Like Dual Kiwi National Champ Kim Cadzow
Keeper of The Fern, Kim Cadzow, has started the season on fire. She played a major role in EF-Education Oatly teammate Noemi Ruegg's TDU win and achieved her…
Train like a MonkSports Director for Australia's Biggest One Day Race
Join Pat, Kerry and I in the team car for Duda Cycling at the Melbourne to Warrnambool. "The Warrnie" is the second oldest bike race in the world. The parcours…
Train like a MonkTrain Like Kiwi Champ Aaron Gate
He's defending his title later this week but it's fair to say, no matter the result, this title will still hold true. Gatey has a ridiculous palmares on both…
Train like a MonkTrain like Aussie Olympian Maeve Plouffe
Maeve has represented Australia at two Olympic Games, won Commonwealth Games gold and countless National Championships. Alongside her exploits on the bike she…
Train like a MonkTrain like Tour Down Under Winner Noemi Rüegg
Noemi had a breakout season in 2024, turning heads at the Olympic Games Road Race and netting herself a National Championship. Those who didn't know her…
Train like a MonkTrain like Mr Green and Gold Bands Luke Plapp
Plappy has made the month of January his own, consistently finding form to start the year. This discussion took place just before his nationals campaign where…
Train like a MonkTrain and Coach like Warrnie Winner Mark O'Brien
Marko is to the Australian Cycling Scene what potato salad is to a Christmas Lunch. Always there, always a crowd favourite but usually not top of the rank…
Train like a MonkTrain like Queen of the Mountains Sarah Gigante
Sarah turned heads across Australia as soon as she left the junior ranks by taking a National Road Championship in her first race as an elite woman. She's…
Train like a MonkCoach like Aussie Super-Coach Nick Owen
Nick has a coaching Palmares any coach would envy: countless world and national champions across multiple disciplines and a healthy number of World Tour pros…
Train like a MonkTrain like Maltese Missile Aidan Buttigieg
Aidan was one of the first athletes I took on board as a coach and it's been incredibly rewarding to help him progress from kicking around at local crits in…
Train like a MonkCoach like Aussie Coaching Legend Dr Stephen Lane PhD
Stephen (or SLane as he's commonly known by those who find two syllables too long for a name...) has helped countless cyclists achieve their goals on the bike…
Train like a MonkTrain like Spanish Time Trial Champion David De La Cruz
David has had a career most cyclists would dream of. Spanning 14 years and counting and riding for some of the top teams in the sport, Quickstep, Team Sky and…
Train like a MonkTrain like former USA Road Race and TT Champ Joey Rosskopf
When I see Joey’s name on the team sheet for a race I’m travelling to, I’m always excited. He is the ultimate teammate both on and off the bike, drawing on his…
Train like a MonkTrain like Top Tier Sprinter Rory Townsend
Rory Patrick Townsend is a former Irish Road Champ and has been the most consistent rider on the Q36.5 Team this season. He excels in sprints at the end of a…
Train like a MonkTrain like Lidl-Trek Latvian Legend Toms Skujins
By now you're probably used to seeing Toms at the pointy end of all the biggest races from the Cobbled Classics to a Strade Bianche podium to the Tour de…
Train like a MonkTrain like TDF Commentator Matthew Keenan
If you've watched any bike race from Australia you've likely had the pleasure of listening to Keeno's commentary. He's become the voice of cycling in Aus and…
Train like a MonkTrain like Classics Young Gun Laurence Pithie
Hard core fans will have noticed Loz putting in some strong rides in the harder one day races in previous years, but 2024 has been a breakthrough season where…
Train like a MonkTrain like Giro Stage Winner Neve Bradbury
Neve made the step into the pro cycling ranks as a teenager through the Zwift academy which she won in 2020. Fast forward four years and she’s consistently…
Train like a MonkTrain like Irish Olympian Megan Armitage
From first jumping on a road bike four years ago, to representing Ireland at the Olympics in Paris 2024, Megan has had a rapid rise through the pro cycling…
Train like a MonkTrain like Multi-Discipline Olympian Shannon McCurley
The Olympics are almost here and it's time to talk training like an Olympian with Shannon McCurley. Shannon represented Ireland in the Keirin in Rio 2016 and…
Train like a MonkCoach like Q36.5 Team Coach Helmut Dollinger
Who's Coaching the Coach? This week I chat with my Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team Coach, Helmut Dollinger. The easy-going Austrian has worked with many top-level…
Train like a MonkTrain like Glasgow Worlds Star Matt Dinham
Matt is an Aussie climber for team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL who turned enough heads in his first year as a pro to be selected for both the Tour de France and World…
Train like a MonkTrain like Canadian Road Champion Nicholas Zukowsky
Zuke is the reigning Canadian National Road Race Champion and a versatile teammate of mine on Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. He is one of those riders capable of…
Train like a MonkTrain like World Tour Sprinter Jensen Plowright
Welcome to the Train like a Monk series where I discuss training with professionals at the top of the sport. To get things rolling I talk to Jensen Plowright…