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come for the advice, stay for the accent.
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I think Scott is from Scotland… used to live in Aberdeen so I am familiar with this accent! Absolutely love the humor, thanks just subscribed!
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Feel like i could listen for hours. 😂😂😂
Brings the memory back. When I was younger in the 90's (I'm coaches age plus a couple), once a week in the off season I would ride to work (10 miles slight downhill) doing one legged drills. Every city block I switched legs and tried to make them as smooth as possible. Then when I bring them together the bike flew. I credited this work to me beating a lot of racers that were technically stronger than me.
Thanks..I'm 81; consider myself as quite fit and I do 2-3 spin/rpm/hiit cycle classes a week in Melbourne. I have a good instructor who's gives a lot of good information about correct ways to cycle and yours is very good advice I'll use. Cheers, Malcolm
Awesome Malcolm - love it - thanks for sharing
Thank you Coach!!! Learned to think of circles and feel of feathering the pedals! ❤😊
Nice videos with a lot of great ideas and things to think about. Thanks!
Just found your vlogs. They’re great and the way you explain things has really taught me loads. Thanks!
Thanks Matt - channel is small - pretty new to KZhead so not much sharing but I have coached for over 30 years 👍👍👍👍
Wow, just discovered your channel. Congratulations on some wonderful stuff. I had a coach in the early 80's when a 42 x 17 was about our lowest gear (with toe clips as well), who described the motion as "wiping dog shit off your feet". To this day I still remember that every time I ride - just more slowly. Interestingly, I find riding a MTB with flat pedals probably the closest to that feeling. If you get it wrong it's not great on a power front.
Thanks again coach! will be giving this a go. Enjoy the weekend!
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Always a joy
Great video, very informative. I’ll certainly start checking into this channel moving forward.
Watched again on rewind. So good. Train smart. Listen in. He's got gems.
Thank you Steven
Another really helpful set of tips, thanks
dear coach scott i recently started watching your videos, the way you use humor to instil valuable insights is just brilliant, keep up the gud work......XOXO
Thank you 🙏 more fun to come
Thanks for the tips.
Great video Coach! Thank you!
You killed it with this video....keep them coming.
That’s very kind of you 🙏🙏
One of the better simpler easier to understand videos on the internet. Great work coach 👏 👍
Thank you very much 👍
Great explanation! Thanks for the high quality content
My pleasure! Thanks for engaging in my channel.
Thanks for all the knowledge Coach
Lots more to share
I’m new to your Channel coach…but this is the best advice I have come across,absolutely invaluable.keep up the good work..thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
That’s very kind of you - thank you 🙏
DANKE for your valuable recommendations - love and appreciation from Germany
Great video coach !!!! I've been watching a few of your videos and sharing them, outstanding !!!! Thanks coach
Thank you Chevan that is very kind of you 👍
Thanks for this video, Coach Scott! I've only recently switch to road cycling and have always thought my pedal strokes were inefficient. I've watched other videos but the way you break it down is much more meaningful and helpful. Will try this on the trainer and (hopefully soon) outdoors when our vicious Canadian winter subsides. Cheers
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Hello Coach Scott, Thank you so much for your your approach about 02 dead spots: 12 & 06 o'clock that rarely others discussing. I love your saying about everyone has their own cadence and your dancing on the saddle to inform to stay stably when pedaling. Yes, I am practicing your suggestion about mixed difference cadence, this really helps me to understand my muscle parts working. Your content, your voice and facial language really help me to understand your sharing. I love your content.
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Cheers Coach, watched the vid and been out on first ride to try it out on one of my routes (18 miles). Did a mix of your sweeping advice, my normal 1-5 o'clock riding style and at time it was all over the place with a mixture of both - just need to concentrate and practice more. The average speed of my last ride was 16.4mph and today I did 17.3 so really happy with that. Much thanks - Subbed and joined
Awesome Duncan 👍👍👍welcome to the group
Superb clear instruction, thanks Coach 👍🚴♂️
Thanks Chris 👍
No one can explain that as you do! Bravo and thank you Maestro!
Haha thank you. Wish I had some your talents with a camera 👍
@@BulletproofCycling Glad you like it! Thank you!
Really enjoy your videos, entertaining and learn something every watch. Keep em coming.
Thanks, will do!
Wow this has been an incredible help to my pedal strokes. I now go further and faster when I keep this in mind. Its even easier than my old way of peddling.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks for joining the channel 👍
Awesome video coach! This is perfect video for me, i have learned alot. Now its time to apply and practice pedaling.
Thank you 🙏
Brilliant! Discovered you by accident, staying, youre my coach now
Thanks Simon - lots more to share 👍
Great Scott! I Love your Videos and Hints?Tipps?Hacks? Advice?. One seemingly minor Advice got me a real Boost, The Showering and Teethbrushing standing on one foot. Pain is gone, more Power on the pedal. Thanx.
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Excellent video. Just started cycling on a Wattbike after 40yrs out of the saddle. Learning lots 👍
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Great video and helpful with cycling technique and improving efficiency!
Thank you 🙏
This is probably the best advice I've heard on cadence training
Thank you Yen. I have a lot more to share 👍
My success in races really improved when I was doing one legged workouts. Thanks for telling riders about the benefits. In the late '90's as a 50+ I was able to finish 3 rd in a 30+ crit series in Austin, Tx.
But no matter how hard I pedal on the right hand side I get 0 watts and can never seem to improve it
thanks coach your vids are really helpful
Glad you like them! Thanks
I liked your coaching tips. I raced years ago and found road training on a fixed wheel can do similar things for you pedaling style and performance. You need to be switched on all the time you are out riding until it becomes natural all the time. No lazy pedaling.
Spot on like always
Thanks JP 👍
Thank you for sharing your expertise! I keep working on my pedaling efficiency. I’m always chasing something…what?…I have no idea… Thank you!
Awesome tip thank you coach 👍
Thanks Steve 🙏
Thanks coach!
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Just one thing coach, I am actually older than you !!! .love the videos, I'm on the bike tomorrow, your tips and advice always help. Keep em coming.
Thank you Howard
I am a cyclist since the eightees and you just learned me something about training and riding. Thx a lot !!!!!
Thank you Peter 👍
Only just found you on YT. This is a great video, clear and understandable - top job. I'm joining up now.
Awesome, thank you!
Hey Coach, i’m new to your channel (so far I’ve only watched a few videos) and really like what you’re doing. Like many others have said - I’ve always thought of my legs as pistons. Driving downward. Today I went for a ride trying this new-to-me sweep method. What a difference !!
Awesome - thanks for getting involved. I have a new video on the float phase coming out this week 👍
Thx you give a name to a technique I discover recently, now that I understand it more I can evolve faster!
Thanks 🙏
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I'm new to cycling (months), and I somehow discovered this on my own, It was totally by accident, but I was riding some super steep climbs, and I pulled up really hard with my hammies as my quads were dead, and I discovered the "magical float" you're talking about. It's crazy how much it improves your speed, and the "smoothness" of the ride! Since then I've been doing it, never knew it was a thing! haha! right on! Thanks Coach!
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Thanks for the tips, coach. I am going to head out now for a ride before the sunsets to practice this floating technique
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Wtf... this video is one of the best I have seen on YT trainingtips vise for rookies !!! Thank you so much!
Thank you 🙏
Absolutely. I started with this technique last weekend and got immediate improvements in speed and endurance. Didn't expect it to work that fast. So thanks, Scott!
Your the best coach to explain with l need 🤩☺️😊
Great tip on the sweeping action. Will try this on my next coggers ride with my club. 👍
Got another video coming out this week that talks about sweep and float with some drills
thanks coach, i like the sweep analogy -- going to try it tomorrow
Best of luck!
That’s what I m struggling at the moment, thanks mate
My pleasure 👍👍
Loving how Dylan Johnson's video attempting to disprove this is showing as the first recommended video after this. That sweeping motion has always kicked in naturally for me when I go over threshold.
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I this this drill /activation workout on Friday, what a difference it made on Saturday ride! I was able to pedal much faster and cover high&low cadence between rolling hills. I lowered the saddle just bit to feel more of the bottom of the stroke. Thx coach.
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new to channel. i really really love the energy, Coach. I'm heading out to try this technique. thanks.
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Wow, I tried that "sweep the floor" technique and I was amazed how it really change the efficiency of my pedalling,
Awesome 👏 more to share on this topic
Thank you a lot. 😃
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😃👍🏻👍🏻 You are one of the best,and very funny also! Christian from Sweden
thanks a lot coach, lovelots from Philippines ❤️
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Great video! I am always mindful of my pedaling technique. When I do get to that "floating" feeling I can tell I'm riding faster with less effort.
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Nice thanks for the value added info
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Hi Coach, new to your channel, enjoying your content,my daily commuter bike is fixed wheel,it seems like your session embodies a lot traits in riding a fixed wheel especially brakeless riding,I have bikes that freewheel,I am sure riding fixed benefits my efforts on my "normal" bikes
Great tutorial...learned a lot thanks.
Thanks Mark 🙏
Thank you very much.
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Good ideas with the sweeping of the feet and the floating!!
Thank you Paul
Thanks - great tips
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Thanks coach
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This is the best bit of advice I have seen, tried this on my ride to work this morning which is my 5th commute ride since the pandemic, wind in the same direction being a tailwind to work, 10.2 miles total ascent of 120m. Before getting on the bike this morning I felt tired, set off and concentrated hard on the feeling off dragging my foot through the power cycle instead of pushing down. I could see and feel the extra speed I was gaining, at 80 rpm cadence I could feel my foot floating over the top in the pedal cycle as the over one was on the power , I noticed that I was accelerating faster, my legs felt as if the were floating. my previous commuter rides this week have been around 45 mins long this one was just over 40 mins on my 12 kg gravel bike with slicks. Looking forward to getting on my Road rocket. It works! thanks Scott for helping me to pedal more efficiently 🙂.
Thanks for the feedback Patrick. I have more to share on the topic 👍
@@BulletproofCycling My ride home from work has been a headwind last the 4 rides has taken me 48 minutes, tonight I got home in 42 minutes by pedalling more efficiently. 😊😊
Hi Coach ..i m a first timer here..really awesome advice. will practice once i m done with injury recovery. looking forward to learn more. As my grey hair growing pretty darn fast..mid 40s now. Would love to have a 40km/h as for average for 2 hours at least..
Thanks for joining - hope you recovery quickly and get started on that speed journey. I hope I can help 👍
Great tutorial, I’ve been cycling for over 40 years, I’m very conscious of good pedalling stroke, good round pedalling prevents bonce on the saddle, you can feel when your pedalling efficiently with practice. 👌👍
Thank you Anthony 👍
I got more time than that. I'm soon to be 66 and I've ridden bikes since I was 8 yrs old. I don't need no lessons on how to be like a Pro. In fact, I wouldn't want to be a Pro. That lifestyle sucks.
@@wasupwitdat1mofiki94 I’m 68 in August, I should have said been a club cyclist for 40 years, had my first bike at about 8 years old, so cycling for 60 years total, great sport/hobby, I will keep going as long as I can, keep well and keep safe. 👍
@@anthonywatkins2783 If pedaling ever gets to be to hard I will probably get an E-bike at that time. 😁
@@wasupwitdat1mofiki94 Im 89 and, It seems like your life it's the one It got You in a grompy moody way.
Thank you for this tip. I shall put the method to work.
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Your method works well. I tried it this evening and felt a improvement in speed. Thank you, coach, once more for this super tip.
So helpful! Total newb here. Going deep down the road bike rabbit 🐰 🕳! Can’t wait to ride again tomorrow using these tips and more from your channel! Thank you 😊.
Awesome Joal - love your passion
Supergood is a word, well it is now. Putting super in front of anything works in my opinion. Super great video! Thanks
Super thanks Glenn 😂👍👍👍👍
Excellent stuff
Thank you 🙏
I subscribed to this channel not because of the content but because of his accent. I like it a lot 😂
I remember asking you about sweeping a few weeks ago and now here it is. Thanks for breaking it down for us. In certain situations, I feel I am already improving my stroke. Now I have some new stuff to incorporate into my routine. Like I mentioned before, I have started training part of the time with trainers to resist starting too early in the stroke. I'm also ready to move my saddle a little bit forward, because I constantly feel like I need to scoot back on my seat. My bike fitter set me up with my knee over pedal spindle, since she felt that was best for every rider. I'm not sure she really did me the best service. Sure, I'm not experiencing any pain, but I think there are some bio-mechanical advantages I may be missing out on. Keep up the great work with these videos coach.
Your questions are my inspiration Terry 👍👍👍
If you feel the need to scoot backward, isn’t logical that your saddle to be pushed back as well?
@@piarez I had the same idea originally. I feel it has a lot to do with how much resistance (power) my legs have on the pedals and the angle at which I am sitting. If I am too far back, I feel like I am pushing towards the top of the stroke. This, in turn, causes me automatically to scoot backwards. If I on top of the stroke and the power not being pushed, I feel more inclined to stay put. As soon as I let up on the power (think recovery phase), my body changes and wants to sit more on the sit bones. If the seat is too far back, I want to scoot. Now I can just roll my hips into relaxation. At least that is my feeling at the moment. I am constantly experimenting.
@@emailForDye I bought a second hand bike knowing he had slammed the stem but the price was so right for my budget. Alas, I tried to compensate by using a longer stem (120 mm) but 6 degrees as opposed to the original stem 100mm 10 degrees to get some elevation on the stem. Does it makes sense?
@@piarez if you wanted the fit higher and longer, makes sense to me. I also went through the trouble to shoot some video of my position on the bike. That helps me understand what I think I’m feeling.
Wow. Cyclist from the Philippines here. 🇵🇭 I'm learning a lot sir. Thank you very much.
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What taught me the most was going out purposely too far, too hard and not having enough to get home. To eventually get home I had to find/discover what unused muscles still worked enough to keep from hitch hiking! - and then employ them all the time. ( that's how I discovered the 'sweep' )
Excellent story - thank you for sharing
I have to thank Al Go Rhythm for introducing me to your channel. This is the first of your videos that I've seen. Even though it's and oldie, I think it's a goodie. I subscribed and am looking forward to more of your coaching. 😎 I have been teaching folks to pedal squares at first, to link all the muscle groups to the brain. Then after lots of practice, start to blend the movements by "cutting" off the 4 corners of the movements. Then after more practice cutting off the 8 corners of the octagon, and so on. I was teaching, press down,(mashing) smear back and up, (Lemond's smear the mud off of the shoe) flex the hip flexors to help raise the lazy leg, (not "pull up.") then extend over the top, (like kicking a football.) and mash again. Rinse and repeat... I think that I've been overthinking it and certainly making it overly complicated to teach those who are just starting to focus on high speed, smooth cadence work. I like your technique as it seems easier to grasp and is more intuitive. I will focus on what I call smear and flex and see how that goes. I think that its pretty much what you are teaching here. What are your thoughts on the importance of activating the hip flexors and then using the quad extensors to help round out the efforts of the hamstrings and calve muscles for efficient average power to the pedals? I like the clarity of your technique over my complicated technique. Cheers, ct
Awesome. Thank you for sharing and welcome to the channel
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A guy who is like 20 years older than me and stronger than me had the same cadence as me on the group ride I got dropped from last night (93 average cadence for the ride). I tend to do the sweep technique when I'm struggling to make desired power deep into a ride as a way to engage my muscles differently. I've never bothered doing single leg drills like this, though. Might have to try it! You explain it really well. Super good isn't a word; it's two words. ;)
Thank you for the feedback. I have more pedal drills to share 👍
Definitely try the single leg drill. Most people discover a ‘hitch’ in their stroke between 10 and 2 o’clock, usually just before the top dead spot. Try to eliminate that hitch and focus on having the pedal move at constant speed. Switch legs after a minute. When you go back to both legs, it will feel amazing.
Thank you, that was very interesting. I am 69 years old and have just resurrected my hybrid bike from the shed. Your video reminded me of something I read decades ago about pedalling technique and, in It, the author said that you should flex your ankle in such a way that you are constantly turning the pedals and not just pushing down all the time and losing the power at 6’o clock and 12’o clock. So this was constant pressure on the pedals throughout and made some sort of sense at the time. So what you are essentially saying is to develop the power in the sweep at the bottom and backwards, allowing the momentum at the top and forward, in which the leg has a rest stroke, ready to take up the power in the sweep at and from the bottom. All of this is also optimised with developing the cadence. It seems to me that this creates a kind of pulse in the drive of the crank and I am looking forward to trying this. In describing what I read in the past I am not suggesting doubt in what you say, but, but merely checking my understanding of it with you. Thanks for posting this video.
The peak torque angle will generally always fall around 100-120 degrees for most road cyclists. So this will always be greater than the sweep phase but you are always trying to increase the activation of the pedal stroke to generate more effective force. You can have high peak torque but little sweep (eg climbing when standing. Effective for periods but not for all riders.) so the sweep uses that peak torque and spreads it through sweep. Thus better momentum equals (in theory) better efficiency etc. flexing ankle is something I do but it’s hard to explain in video but I am doing new videos so will defo try. Thanks for getting involved in the channel. I have lots to share but never easy to put in a video 👍👍👍
Good tips there coach! Understand the sweep and the float, but although you didnt mention it specifically but in order to increase cadence I presume on each revolution you're actually using quads (on the downstroke?) and hamstrings (on the upstroke?)?
Yes and no - it all relates to the intensity obviously but try and focus on the down phase and sweep but try not to press unless changing intensity quickly - you’ll get the hang of it
Thanks for the simple analogy of how to peddle at the 6 o'clock position.
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@@BulletproofCycling finally got to try out this technique for peddling today, hell fire it made a difference, thank you. My legs will probably feel it tomorrow but hah ho if it improves my cycling.
I am older than you, a 1968 model. You might remember Greg LeMond teaching the exact same pedaling style back when we were teenagers. He said it was like scraping mud off your shoe? GREAT VIDEO. As an American, I love the Scottish accent.
Thank you! So, if I understood well, we can say that it's more about legs do a "faster move" than doing more force and of course it have to be smooth. Therefore we have to think this way and not with the idea that we gonna put more force. One thing that was not 100% clear is if it is better to focus on foot or any other part of the leg. I guessed it's better to focus of each foot. Correct?
“Great tips! “Wiping the mat” is always how I’ve thought of it.
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Thanks, Coach! The click of the pedals is a brilliant tip. The Stevie, Beyoncé and Terminator analogies are hilarious! 👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks Warrick - my daughter has other ideas about my humour 😂😂😂
Coach, I tried this sweeping technique today for the first time. What a difference it made. My pedal cadence increased, (although later I tried to control the cadence tempo) as did my speed, and my effort seemed easier. This seeping technique will take some time to get used too, as it is not a natural stroke for me. I will keep practicing to incorporate as my standard pedal stroke. Thank you.
Awesome - I have more to share on topic using some pedal scan data live screens 👍 Thanks for engaging in my channel
Whenever I lower my cadence (bad habit of grinding gears), I just replay "you have to _FLOOT"_ in my head and I always achieve that smoothness through the legs 😂 Thanks for bringing this treasurable knowledge to everyone ❤
Good Luck!
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You keep energy in the krankkkk, love this accent, best men, excellent video
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I rode mashing on standard pedals for almost 3 years. I transferred over to clipless 2 years ago. My muscle memory has me mashing still and i try to practice this and get out of that old habits. Sweeping helps get more muscles involved.
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I mash with flat pedals too, but you can start to mash more efficient with them too :D If you keep mashing when the crank is already at the lowest point you waste energy. Just stop the mashing a bit earlyer and keep the momentum of the crank.