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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 👌👍
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. 👍
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 ❤
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!
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 🙂.
@@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. 😊😊
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!
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' )
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.
Studies on this subject suggests that there are no performance gains from pedalling with a certain technique other than applying force at the downstroke, even though it might feel as though it does. Dylan Johnson made a great video on this, citing various studies.
I have been involved in many studies and I am always 100% behind research but I can assure you that for every research study that is positive there is another one that is negative. I am fortunate to work with Shimano and have their 3D crank measure device so I can measure effective force through different cleat positions and pedal stroke actions. Everyone is unique of course and I have seen all types of fast and slow twitch fibre type riders. This action will help pedal when in steady state and can smooth out the stroke but my main point is always to improve nervous control, improve ankle stability. Pedalling is a skill and can be improved. I am finding now that RUclips is a snap shot and only really reflective of how good you are at making videos (which I am shit at and appreciate that fact) But I still reckon I am a pretty good coach. Hope this helps - maybe one day I’ll work out better videos 👍👍👍
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.
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.
@@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.
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 for your Video I race Masters Road and Track my age is 71 been riding for over 50 years but always looking ti improve. Mike Pridmore, Brisbane, Australia
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
I have just converted from 172.5mm cranksets to 165 and finding significant improvement in power and endurance but it comes with an increased cadance making me curious on how to optimize pedaling efficiency. I found this very well explained and interested in more focus on power stroke optimization
“Scraping gum off the shoe” is how I learned this in 1983. Very useful when you get spun out late in a sprint/interval. I have a hard time convincing riders (even experienced racers) that there are more than just one pedal stroke. I have about 5 different techniques depending on the situation. This is one of them.
Hi Coach! I'm 66 and rode my first road race in 1970 at age 14. Began riding at 5. Anyway, my question involves riding rollers, which I have done since about the same time as I started racing, as I recall. I found that riding rollers forced me to smooth out my stroke, because rollers had very little resistance, unlike most of those available nowadays. To get a workout, I would ride at about 120 rpm in the 100" gear (52-14 was often the high back then). At that RPM, if you don't "float" you are very uncomfortable. You also quickly discover if your saddle position isn't optimal. It takes a while to find what is right, but you surely know when you haven't found it and it feels amazing when you do. I was a bit older when I built my own set of rollers of wood. Each had 23 3/4-inch-thick slices cut out with a bandsaw and glued up like plywood with the grain at 90 degrees from the previous disk. Then turned them smooth on a lathe and varnished with several thin coats. They worked great and lasted, too. I rode those when the series "Roots" was on network TV, the winter of 1977. I would float during the show, then sprint during commercial breaks--about 5 minutes every 15 minutes or so for that show, if I remember. One hour per episode for half of the episodes and two hours for the other half. I found that when I sprinted, somewhere between 130-135 rpm would be a rough spot, but when I got above that (only took a second or two), it smoothed right out again, and I could keep that 140 or so up for the five minutes. Although I was never very strong at 6' 1" and 150# (a bit over 185 cm and 10 stone 10 or 68 kg), I developed a pretty good road sprint due to my ability to spin up my rpms to a high rate. I could climb very well. I also rode track. I trained on the road with a 67" (42-16) to 81" (42-14) fixed gear, which forced a similar benefit, especially downhill or downwind. Although "fixies" have become a thing in the last couple of decades among the hipsters, I hear very little about training on fixed gear or rollers these days. Trainers are popular, but they don't feel like a bike on the road, and you can have terrible form while riding them without a chance of crashing, so they don't smooth your stroke like rollers. I also find that, although many current serious riders are smooth without using rollers or fixed gears, the majority now are not as smooth as the majority of riders were back then. Any thoughts on why those practices that seemed to work so well back in the day have become passé?
Thanks for great comment. I have several videos about cadence and riding with single gear (drills etc) I also do live workouts using single gear and find varying intensities with cadence. I am a big advocate of pedal drills and working on cadence efficiency 👍👍👍👍
Good old advice! I like to add 'think about big circles.' I used to have a sticker on my stem that read "Big Circles, Relax, Breathe. I believe that riding a fixed gear is the best way to develop a smooth and efficient pedal stroke. Watch track racers.
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.
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.
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.
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
Hi coach, thanks for advice and showing us how to sweep and keeping the posture right. Im a newbie with a days of cycling experience and I did all everything wrong when I joined my homies for a long ride (61km). All I did is just pushing the pedal no sweeping, curve back and the outcome was me being wasted😂
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..
Recently get into this sweeping motion unconsciously, I thought it was wrong cause it's feel so light, mainly use it when I found myself battling with the win
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 😊.
Hey coach, it's JED-eye, not JAY-die!!! Love the video, great advice. I'm not close to my trainer, but will try on a bike path/parking lot. Great videos, appreciate them.
Best thing to develop souplesse: ride fixed gear, especially downhill - that'll help you develop smooth pedalling and, where necessary on a steep slope, to go into a zen zone of total relaxation with control
Pretty much what I've always done! It's much easier to do at lower cadence and heavy loads. I also believe it can be overdone and overwork less efficient muscles. Always there will be room for improvement.
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?
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
come for the advice, stay for the accent.
😂😂😂😂😂
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!
Zazs waszz sos. S.. a a
@@BulletproofCycling assassination
Feel like i could listen for hours. 😂😂😂
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.
One of the better simpler easier to understand videos on the internet. Great work coach 👏 👍
Thank you very much 👍
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.
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 🙏
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 😂👍👍👍👍
Wow.
Cyclist from the Philippines here. 🇵🇭
I'm learning a lot sir.
Thank you very much.
Thank you 🙏 🇵🇭🇵🇭❤️
Watched again on rewind. So good. Train smart. Listen in. He's got gems.
Thank you Steven
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!
“Great tips! “Wiping the mat” is always how I’ve thought of it.
👍👍👍
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
You killed it with this video....keep them coming.
That’s very kind of you 🙏🙏
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.
This is probably the best advice I've heard on cadence training
Thank you Yen. I have a lot more to share 👍
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 ❤
I am a cyclist since the eightees and you just learned me something about training and riding. Thx a lot !!!!!
Thank you Peter 👍
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!
👍👍👍
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
Brilliant! Discovered you by accident, staying, youre my coach now
Thanks Simon - lots more to share 👍
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. 😊😊
Thanks for the tips, coach. I am going to head out now for a ride before the sunsets to practice this floating technique
👍👍👍
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!
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
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.
Awesome, respect coach, from India 🇮🇳
Thank you 🙏
Studies on this subject suggests that there are no performance gains from pedalling with a certain technique other than applying force at the downstroke, even though it might feel as though it does. Dylan Johnson made a great video on this, citing various studies.
I have been involved in many studies and I am always 100% behind research but I can assure you that for every research study that is positive there is another one that is negative. I am fortunate to work with Shimano and have their 3D crank measure device so I can measure effective force through different cleat positions and pedal stroke actions. Everyone is unique of course and I have seen all types of fast and slow twitch fibre type riders. This action will help pedal when in steady state and can smooth out the stroke but my main point is always to improve nervous control, improve ankle stability. Pedalling is a skill and can be improved. I am finding now that RUclips is a snap shot and only really reflective of how good you are at making videos (which I am shit at and appreciate that fact) But I still reckon I am a pretty good coach. Hope this helps - maybe one day I’ll work out better videos 👍👍👍
@@BulletproofCycling Thank you for your reply, and you make great videos!
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.
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.
Thank you 🙏 👍👍👍👍👍👍
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 😂😂😂
Thx you give a name to a technique I discover recently, now that I understand it more I can evolve faster!
Thanks 🙏
Thanks again coach! will be giving this a go. Enjoy the weekend!
Thank you. 👍👍
Thanks for the simple analogy of how to peddle at the 6 o'clock position.
👍👍👍👍
@@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.
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
Excellent video. Just started cycling on a Wattbike after 40yrs out of the saddle. Learning lots 👍
👍👍👍👍👍👏
Thank you for your Video I race Masters Road and Track my age is 71 been riding for over 50 years but always looking ti improve. Mike Pridmore, Brisbane, Australia
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 RUclips so not much sharing but I have coached for over 30 years 👍👍👍👍
Good ideas with the sweeping of the feet and the floating!!
Thank you Paul
Woh'evah he's tohkin abow keeps mey entrteynd. He a gowd coach.
Thank you
Thank you very much.
🙏👍
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
I have just converted from 172.5mm cranksets to 165 and finding significant improvement in power and endurance but it comes with an increased cadance making me curious on how to optimize pedaling efficiency. I found this very well explained and interested in more focus on power stroke optimization
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks for joining the channel 👍
Hi Scott.Once again,just what the doctor ordered !
Thanks Matt 👍
“Scraping gum off the shoe” is how I learned this in 1983. Very useful when you get spun out late in a sprint/interval.
I have a hard time convincing riders (even experienced racers) that there are more than just one pedal stroke. I have about 5 different techniques depending on the situation. This is one of them.
DANKE for your valuable recommendations - love and appreciation from Germany
Hi Coach! I'm 66 and rode my first road race in 1970 at age 14. Began riding at 5.
Anyway, my question involves riding rollers, which I have done since about the same time as I started racing, as I recall. I found that riding rollers forced me to smooth out my stroke, because rollers had very little resistance, unlike most of those available nowadays. To get a workout, I would ride at about 120 rpm in the 100" gear (52-14 was often the high back then). At that RPM, if you don't "float" you are very uncomfortable. You also quickly discover if your saddle position isn't optimal. It takes a while to find what is right, but you surely know when you haven't found it and it feels amazing when you do.
I was a bit older when I built my own set of rollers of wood. Each had 23 3/4-inch-thick slices cut out with a bandsaw and glued up like plywood with the grain at 90 degrees from the previous disk. Then turned them smooth on a lathe and varnished with several thin coats. They worked great and lasted, too. I rode those when the series "Roots" was on network TV, the winter of 1977. I would float during the show, then sprint during commercial breaks--about 5 minutes every 15 minutes or so for that show, if I remember. One hour per episode for half of the episodes and two hours for the other half. I found that when I sprinted, somewhere between 130-135 rpm would be a rough spot, but when I got above that (only took a second or two), it smoothed right out again, and I could keep that 140 or so up for the five minutes.
Although I was never very strong at 6' 1" and 150# (a bit over 185 cm and 10 stone 10 or 68 kg), I developed a pretty good road sprint due to my ability to spin up my rpms to a high rate. I could climb very well. I also rode track. I trained on the road with a 67" (42-16) to 81" (42-14) fixed gear, which forced a similar benefit, especially downhill or downwind. Although "fixies" have become a thing in the last couple of decades among the hipsters, I hear very little about training on fixed gear or rollers these days. Trainers are popular, but they don't feel like a bike on the road, and you can have terrible form while riding them without a chance of crashing, so they don't smooth your stroke like rollers.
I also find that, although many current serious riders are smooth without using rollers or fixed gears, the majority now are not as smooth as the majority of riders were back then.
Any thoughts on why those practices that seemed to work so well back in the day have become passé?
Thanks for great comment.
I have several videos about cadence and riding with single gear (drills etc) I also do live workouts using single gear and find varying intensities with cadence. I am a big advocate of pedal drills and working on cadence efficiency 👍👍👍👍
Good old advice! I like to add 'think about big circles.' I used to have a sticker on my stem that read "Big Circles, Relax, Breathe. I believe that riding a fixed gear is the best way to develop a smooth and efficient pedal stroke. Watch track racers.
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
Always a joy
Thank you Coach!!! Learned to think of circles and feel of feathering the pedals! ❤😊
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.
Keep going, you’ll get there 👍👍👍👍
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.
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!
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
Great info
Thank you 🙏
Spot on like always
Thanks JP 👍
Thanks for all the knowledge Coach
Lots more to share
I can’t wait to put this to action
Keep me posted 👍
Hi coach, thanks for advice and showing us how to sweep and keeping the posture right. Im a newbie with a days of cycling experience and I did all everything wrong when I joined my homies for a long ride (61km). All I did is just pushing the pedal no sweeping, curve back and the outcome was me being wasted😂
Any pedal turn is better than no pedal turn. So don’t worry too much as it will get better 👍👍👍 thanks for sharing
Thanks coach 😊👍😊👍
👍👍👍👍
Great explanation! Thanks for the high quality content
My pleasure! Thanks for engaging in my channel.
Fantastic
👍👍👍👍
Excellent explanation of pedaling!!!!!
Nice coach..
❤️👍
thanks coach your vids are really helpful
Glad you like them! Thanks
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 👍
I subscribed to this channel not because of the content but because of his accent. I like it a lot 😂
Great video and helpful with cycling technique and improving efficiency!
Thank you 🙏
Your the best coach to explain with l need 🤩☺️😊
Thanks!!
Got stuck at, the energy is in the crank. Got it. 😂
A proper fitted saddle werks wonders for pedal strokes by maintaining perpendicular hip bones on each stroke
Recently get into this sweeping motion unconsciously, I thought it was wrong cause it's feel so light, mainly use it when I found myself battling with the win
That’s what I m struggling at the moment, thanks mate
My pleasure 👍👍
Thanks coach!
👍
Really enjoy your videos, entertaining and learn something every watch. Keep em coming.
Thanks, will do!
The toy car analogy only makes sense to us old ( Pre rechargeable battery) guys. LOL Great video!
😂😂👍
Great video, very informative. I’ll certainly start checking into this channel moving forward.
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
Great tips! It felt like lm watching William Wallace from my favorite movie Brave Heart.
😂😂👍 Trust me, my accent is real 😂👍
Hey coach, it's JED-eye, not JAY-die!!! Love the video, great advice. I'm not close to my trainer, but will try on a bike path/parking lot. Great videos, appreciate them.
Best thing to develop souplesse: ride fixed gear, especially downhill - that'll help you develop smooth pedalling and, where necessary on a steep slope, to go into a zen zone of total relaxation with control
👍👍👍
brill vid cheers i will be trying this
Nice background aesthetics > ͜
👍👍👍
Thanks - great tips
👍👍👍
😃👍🏻👍🏻 You are one of the best,and very funny also! Christian from Sweden
Great video.
nice tip and humor
Thank you Ryan 👍👍
Good Luck!
👍
Pretty much what I've always done! It's much easier to do at lower cadence and heavy loads. I also believe it can be overdone and overwork less efficient muscles. Always there will be room for improvement.
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you a lot. 😃
👍👍👍
Thanks Coach...I need as much help as I can get...OAF here !...Peace
❤️👍👍
Another really helpful set of tips, thanks
Stevie and Beyoncé…now I won’t forget. Thanks!!
👍👍👍
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?
3:22 Ahahahah love it
Awesome tip thank you coach 👍
Thanks Steve 🙏
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
6:28 ye, twenty's plenty
👍
Supergood
Superthanks
Thanks for the tips.