Are You Overtraining? Training Secrets From Dr Iñigo San Millán (Tadej Pogačar’s Coach)

Has this made you think twice about hard you are training? Share your thoughts with us below 👇

I used to do 30 minutes of HIIT everyday , my thinking was yeah it’s alright it’s only 30 minutes but I felt so tired everyday. Then I discovered zone 2 training and change my routine to 1 hour or more zone 2 riding everyday and just do 1 HIIT every week. Now I feel good with a lot of energy and got stronger on the bicycle. It was a video that I saw with Peter Attia and Dr. Iñigo that changed everything. This video is very informative in over training. Thank you GCN.

Have a biochemistry degree and I’m 3/4 of the way through my MD, and I still learn stuff from this guy. He doesn’t oversimplify his explanations - he gives just enough background for the layman to get it, and if you have more background in the subject matter you can really place everything he’s talking about in the big picture. This is good stuff.

I used to go all out, trying to beat my personal best every time for 3-4 days a week. At some point, I noticed that my heart rate cant even get into the z4, even though I was out of breath, and my legs are hurting. My performance hit a wall, and even worse, I started to experience heart palpitations before I go to bed, and I thought it was from my coffee drinking habit. Ever since I found Inigo podcast with Peter Attia, I religiously doing minimum of 6 hours a week of Z2 training, and test myself for a 1 hour of high intensity session every 2 weeks. Now my heart rate can go into z4 z5 on high intensity session, palpitation gone, even when my coffee drinking habit remains the same. Inigo truly change the way I approach training.

Dr Iñigo San Millán on this channel means I open a text-window to make notes. the last video on lactate metabolism was so great, I have a much better grip on that now. would buy his book if he wrote one 100 %.

I got a Zwift Hub and over did it. 18 rides in 24 days after long weather related layoff. My Garmin tried to warn me that VO2 was decreased and rest was needed. Thanks for the video, it was right on time for me. I will rest for a while. Thanks GCN!

Along with his wealth of knowledge and experience, I'm most impressed with how approachable and easy to understand his explanations to complex scientific concepts are.

Great interview and info. This has confirmed my thoughts personally and as a coach; not feeling it today, do the warm-up, still not feeling it, then stop and rest/eat.

Thank you for this. There's a lot of information out there on training, but not much on recovery - maybe your next deep dive can be on that topic, so we can avoid the issues mentioned in this video.

Please keep these coming! I did not believed that a 8 to 10 hour training week could get you to a overtrained situation.

❤Love when you interview Dr. San Milan, he’s so insightful!

If anyone is interested in hearing more from him, he some lengthy chats where he gets very technical with Peter Attia on his podcast. (The Drive) It’s geared a bit more towards longevity and functional health than cycling specific, but it’s a great listen.

I know that you've done these previously, but I hope you have a regular, for example, 'GCN Medical' section where physiological and medical issues that come up in cycling can be brought up regularly. As a very active physician, I love these types of discussions. Agree with those who have advanced degrees and still learning. Love it. Great job, Simon.

Around Christmas I noticed at Zwift that my heart rate was too high and very volatile. Also the W/Kg that I normally achieve were not happening and a diagnose from the Doctor confirmed a arrythmia. The cardiologist informed me that this is quite common among cyclists. I think it is caused by intensive training in combination with a Corona Infection that my family (except me – no symptoms) went through in December. Last week I received a Cardioversion. Now slowly getting back again and training at ease in Z1. Will not attack KOM or PR in Zwift for time being. Don’t wanna go through that anymore

Really enjoying these videos with Dr Inigo San Millan. So much great advice with the Doctor putting all that science into easily digestible language. Good lead questions Si. More please!

This is TOP QUALITY Content… More please 👍🏻

Thank you for this series! What I loved about this episode: 1. The reminder to be eating enough. There's a lot of under-eating going on in cycling in the pursuit of staying light. It's a false economy! 2. The shout out, particularly to the UK community, to getting blood work done. It's not that complex and can be incredibly revealing.

I thought I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. My doctor told me I was just lazy. Seriously though, this is great stuff. A lot to think about. I love to ride, and hope to get back to doing century rides this summer. But I’m 71 years old, so I have to listen carefully to what my body, and especially my heart tell me. Thanks! I know I will revisit these videos.

I’m late 50’s, diagnosed with Hypothyroidism, on medication (which has been increasing) and always tired and struggling to recover because I’m trying to get back to TT and endurance riding and some running. This was a brilliant explanation of what is happening. Going down the Zone 2 workout route now and observing Garmin recovery timescales to see what difference it makes instead of smashing myself. More from Inigo San Millan please. Effects on the ageing cyclist?

This was one of the best if not the best interview I have seen ..everything I had as a question you asked ..you let him speak WONDERFUL