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Stuck in the Same Zwift Category? TrainerRoad Will Get You to the Next Level

Struggling to upgrade your Zwift race category? No matter how much you ride, getting stuck in the same category can feel frustrating. TrainerRoad’s AI-driven training takes the guesswork out of getting faster, ensuring every workout builds the power and endurance you need to move up. With personalized training plans and adaptive workouts seamlessly integrated into Zwift, you’ll always know exactly what to do to keep progressing. See how smarter training leads to real results—start leveling up today.

TrainerRoad and Zwift finally work together! Meaning if you have a TrainerRoad subscription and a Zwift subscription, you can now easily do your TrainerRoad workouts in Zwift.

How TrainerRoad x Zwift Will Transform Your FTP

Boost Your FTP with TrainerRoad x Zwift Integration

Want to make your Zwift rides count? TrainerRoad’s structured training now seamlessly integrates with Zwift, helping you train smarter and boost your FTP faster. Whether you’re following a structured plan or just riding to improve, TrainerRoad’s AI-powered adaptive training ensures every ride delivers real, measurable gains. Sync your accounts today and start training with purpose in Zwift!

FTP Testing is a Thing of the Past: Introducing AI FTP Detection

Fitness tests are a thing of the past. Whether you train indoors, outside, or a mix of both, AI FTP Detection automatically analyzes every ride to detect your FTP—no tests or all-out efforts required. It’s available now for every TrainerRoad athlete.

Muscle Fiber Composition, Pro Cyclist Data, Crashing and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 316

What muscle fiber type is best for cycling, how do you influence it, and how much of it is genetic? We’ll cover this as well as pro cyclist data and why many athletes don’t share it, how to race in dangerous circumstances and manage crashes and much more in Episode 316 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!

Peak Fitness, All-Out Efforts, Elevation Training and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 311

How to reach and maintain peak fitness for as long as possible, how many all-out efforts does a rider have each year, how to use elevation training and heat training to get faster and much more in Episode 311 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!

Losing Fitness, Raising Power with Nutrition, Aero vs. Power and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 309

Detraining happens any time we decrease training stimulus, but how quickly does it happen, how can you retain as much fitness as possible, and how should you adjust your race strategy as a result? Join us for a deep dive into this and many other topics in Episode 309 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.

Progressive Training for Cyclists

To become a faster cyclist, there’s an optimal, science-backed training process to follow, and it’s more than just one type of workout. Learn how progressive training can help you to reach new levels of fitness.

An athlete trains to maximize their power-to-weight ratio.

Power-to-Weight Ratio for Cyclists: When Watts/kg Matters, and How to Improve It

Power-to-weight ratio is one of the most important metrics in cycling, but it can also be a negative influence driving athletes to obsess over weight. Learn how it can help make you faster if used correctly.

Aggressive Racing, Sprint Power, Over-Unders and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 297

Where should you draw the line with aggressive racing, why your sprint power may be lower than you want and how to improve it, why over-unders are so hard and what you can do to improve with them and much more in Episode 297 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast.

Best Way to Raise FTP, Pro Nutrition, Strava Segments and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 296

Santa Cruz Bicycles’ Keegan Swenson joins us to discuss what type of training best raises FTP, what pro athletes eat on and off the bike, the world’s most aspirational Strava segments and much more in Episode 296 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast!