The Matchbox - A Cycling Podcast

Episode 63 - Over/Under Workouts and How Much High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) You Should Include in Your Week

Hello everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and today we’re talking different ways to structure your over/under workouts and how much high intensity interval training (HIIT) you should include in your weekly program.
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. We here at Ignition swear by the power of Flow Formulas and use it regularly as our training and racing nutrition go-to. If you’re looking to optimize your ride nutrition, head over to flowformulas.com today and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
Oh and there are only a couple spots left at the fall Ignition training camp which will be held in Townsend, TN next month so if you’re interested, head over to Ignitioncoachco.com now to claim your spot.
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

Episode 62 - Gravel Race Training Specificity, Training Volume, and FTP vs LT1/Lower Threshold Power, and Cross is Here!

Hello everyone. Welcome back for another episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and today we’re talking gravel race specificity training, how to plan you weekly training volume, and whether it’s better to focus on FTP or improving your lower threshold power.
 
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. We here at Ignition swear by the power of Flow Formulas and use it regularly as our training and racing nutrition go-to. If you’re looking to optimize your ride nutrition, head over to flowformulas.com today and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
 
One more thing, Ignition will be hosting a 5-day training camp held in Townsend, TN with some of the best riding you can find in the US that time of year. There are only a few spots left so if you’re interested, head over to Ignitioncoachco.com now to claim your spot.
 
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

Episode 61 - How and When to Perform Openers and Race-Day Warmup Routines

Hello everyone. Welcome back for another episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and today we’re talking about when you should plan to perform your pre-race openers and what that workout structure can look like and also giving our takes on race-day warmup routines.
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. We here at Ignition swear by the power of Flow Formulas and use it regularly as our training and racing nutrition go-to. If you’re looking to amplify your ride nutrition, head over to flowformulas.com today and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
One more thing, Ignition just announced that registration for the fall adventure training camp are now open. This will be a 5-day training camp held in Townsend, TN with some of the best road riding you can find in the US that time of year. There are only 10 spots available so if you’re interested, head over to Ignitioncoachco.com now to claim your spot.
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

Episode 60 - Multiple Short vs Single Long Endurance Rides and How Hard Should Your Intervals Be?

Hello everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and this week we’re talking about whether it’s better to rack up endurance miles across multiple shorter rides versus one longer ride and how hard should you be pushing yourself during your interval sessions.
 
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. I had a big race this past weekend at the Dakota Five-O and relied exclusively on Flow Formulas for my nutrition. I took in over 300g of carbohydrates from drink mix and 100g of carbs from their new endurance gel formula. If you’re looking to amplify your on-the-bike nutrition, head over to flowformulas.com today to see what all the hype is about and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
 
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

Episode 59 - Individualized training, how to taper, and bonking

Hello everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and this week we’re talking about how athletes respond differently to training, the what/when/why/how of tapering, and how to recognize when you’re dealing with everyone’s least favorite b word.
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. If you haven’t yet tried their new endurance gel formula head over to flowformulas.com today to see what all the hype is about and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

Episode 58 - In-season Strength Training, Marathon MTB Pacing, and Rapid Fire

Hello everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and we’ve got a lot to get through this week so I’ll keep this intro short. We’re talking in-season strength training, how to pace the start of a marathon mountain bike race, and rapid fire questions including block periodization, compression wear, and more.
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. Im off a new PR at Leadville last weekend and although I still fell short of my stretch goal, I can rest in the fact it wasn’t from my nutrition. I packed in over 100gCHO an hour throughout the 7.5h on course and never had any gut issues, palate fatigue, bonking, or anything else you typically experience with improper nutrition. So if you’re interested in leveling up your race-day fueling, head over to flowformulas.com today to check it out and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/

Episode 57 - Multi-day Racing, Hill Training, Masters Athletes, and More

Hello everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and we’ve got a fun episode for y’all this week. Since Drew and Dylan couldn’t make the recording, we brought in the second half of Ignition Coach Co’s power couple, Blane Maddox. We offer insight on preparing for your first ultra, how to train for high elevation and hilly races without access to either from home, different training approaches for masters athletes, and a couple rapid fire questions from Instagram at the end. 
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. It’s Leadville week and you better believe my race-day fueling strategy is going to have heaps of Flow Formulas included. I’ll personally be relying on over 90gCHO/hr coming from Flow’s high carb drink mixes (both caffeinated and decaffeinated) as well as their new gel mix. If you’re interested in leveling up your race-day fueling, head over to flowformulas.com today to check it out and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

Episode 56 - Building Confidence, Bouncing Back from Injury, and Should You Base Train Year Round?

Hello everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and on this weeks show we’re touching on gaining confidence from successful races, how to bounce back from injury setbacks, and whether you should continue to implement “base training” year round.
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. I’ve been doing a ton of traveling this summer and Flows single serving drink mix tubes have been a staple of my on-the-go kit. They’re easy to pack, conveniently fitting inside an empty water bottle, simple to use, you just pop the top and pour it straight into your bottle, and best of all the tubes are reusable so you can refill them for next time. Head over to flowformulas.com today to check it out and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

RERUN - Episode 13 - Training in the Heat and Power to Weight

The crew was unable to schedule a recording this week so we're re-airing an episode from last year that is perfectly relevant for this mid-summer heat wave everyone is going through! 
 
Welcome to episode 13 of The Matchbox Podcast presented by Ignition Coach Co. Hosts Adam Saban and Andrew Giniat are joined by Ignition co-founders, Dylan Johnson and Drew Dillman. The crew briefly talks about some recent racing and current training before diving straight into some listener-inspired topic conversations. Tune in to hear everyones take on training in the heat and whether you should be focused more on power to weight or raw power for racing.
As always, if you like what you hear, leave us a five-star review and share this show with your friends.
If you want us to cover a specific training-related topic in the future, drop us an email to info@ignitioncoachco.com with email title "The Matchbox Podcast" or send us a DM on the social meds. 
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/ 

Episode 55 - Recovering from overtraining, pacing for rolling terrain, and are those carbon wheel upgrade worth it?

Hello everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of The Matchbox Podcast powered by Ignition Coach Co. I’m your host, Adam Saban, and this week we’ve got listener questions on recovering from sickness and overtraining, the best pacing strategy for covering rolling terrain, and whether upgraded wheels are worth it.
Today’s show is also brought to your by Flow Formulas. I’ve been doing a ton of traveling this summer and Flows single serving drink mix tubes have been a staple of my on-the-go kit. They’re easy to pack, conveniently fitting inside an empty water bottle, simple to use, you just pop the top and pour it straight into your bottle, and best of all the tubes are reusable so you can refill them for next time. Head over to flowformulas.com today to check it out and use the discount code “ignitionpodcast10” for 10% off your first order. 
As always, if you like what you hear please share this with your friends and leave us a five star review and if you have any questions for the show drop us an email at matchboxpod@gmail.com with email title The Matchbox Podcast or head over to ignitioncoachco.com and fill out The Matchbox Podcast listener question form.  Alright, let’s get into it!
 
For more social media content, follow along @ignitioncoachco @adamsaban6 @dizzle_dillman @dylanjawnson @kait.maddox  
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Intro/ Outro music by AlexGrohl - song "King Around Here" - https://pixabay.com/music/id-15045/