STRENGTH TRAINING IS WORTH 9 WATTS? | Dialed Health’s Derek Teel | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 598

STRENGTH TRAINING IS WORTH 9 WATTS? | Dialed Health’s Derek Teel | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 598

August 27, 2026 · 1h 33m · Season 1 · Episode 598

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The episode discusses the impact of strength training on cycling performance with insights from Derek Teel of Dialed Health.

🚀 Try TrainerRoad risk-free! 👉 ⁠ www.TrainerRoad.com⁠ // SHARE AND RATE THE PODCAST! iTunes: ⁠https://trainerroad.cc/apple2⁠ Spotify: ⁠ https://trainerroad.cc/spotify2⁠ Google Podcasts: ⁠ https://trainerroad.cc/google⁠ // TOPICS COVERED (00:00:00) Does Strength Training Make You Faster? (00:07:02) How Often Should Cyclists Strength Train? (00:10:43) Why Women May Gain More From Strength Training (00:13:57) Strength Training for Older Cyclists (00:23:28) Year-Round Strength Training Beats Cramming (00:28:44) How to Avoid Strength Training Soreness (00:38:25) Can Mathieu van der Poel Win MTB Worlds? (00:49:10) Do Pull-Ups Help Cyclists Sprint? (00:56:21) Is Tonal Worth It for Cyclists? (01:02:32) Strength Training for a Bigger Sprint (01:16:40) How to Train Around a Broken Wrist In this episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast, presented by TrainerRoad, Coach Jonathan Lee welcomes Derek Teel of Dialed Health to discuss strength training for cyclists. Jonathan shares an observational analysis of a filtered 24-month sample of more than 120,000 athletes, examining how strength-training frequency and year-round consistency correlate with FTP, watts per kilogram, and power across…

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