Episode 16 - Talking about Overtraining with the GGSC coaches

In this epiosde Elspeth, your host is lucky enough to be joined by Addy Bamberg. Addy is a sports doctor passionate about women practicing and competing in sport throughout their lives. She will be sharing what a sports doctor actually does and common problems that women face as athletes.

Also as a resident of Mallorca and cyclists, she shares why she loves cycling in Mallorca and how she trained through pregnancy. 

As we talked in our last episode with Rachel about a range of cycling events to get you inspired for 2024. In this episode I will be talking with Charlotte, our triathlon coach about multi sporting events, for those that love triathlon we hope to inspire you to take it to the next level in 2024. 

In this episode Elspeth will be joined by Rachel one of our online cycle coaches who has had years of experience with helping women be fully prepared for all types of events. With it being the new year, it’s a great time to plan for great things over the year ahead. In this episode we will be discussing different types of events we can enter and how we can explore and enjoy many disciplines on the bike. 

In this episode Elspeth will be joined by Ioana. Ioana is a chef living in Paris and initially took up cycling as a means of transport and it then transformed into her hobby. Ioana has been coached by Rachel from GGSC for the past 5 months and her goals were build up her fitness to explore her sense of adventure with bike packing. Ioana will be sharing her experience of her first trip to Portugal and how she prepared for her adventure. 

In this episode Elspeth, your host will be joined by Sue Chittock, Sue has been coached by GGSC for the past 3 years and is quite passionate about sweating it out in her garage. I’m sure by this time of many of us in colder climates are well settled into are indoor schedules, figuring out the frustrations of setting up our trainers or simply just enjoying all weather cycling outdoors.

In this episode we will discuss how training can be hugely beneficial be dedicating that time indoors and what can make it sociable more motivating. 

In this episode Elspeth is joined by Márcia. Who in addition to being a very passionate cyclists, she also works as a massage therapist. We will discuss how best to fit in time for recovery and effective techniques to help people who lead busy lives. 

In this episode Elspeth is joined by coached cyclist Kirsten. 

Kirsten really does manage to have it all. She shares her inspiring ethos about getting up early and enjoying doing what she loves... cycling and how she balances this with being a mother and working full time. 

In this episode Elspeth will talk with Sarah King who is the team manager of LDN Academy. 

Sarah will share with us about how she delevoped in road racing and how it has helped shape a team with a really friendly outlook. 

With an ethos of happy head=happy legs Sarah really believes and ensures that if her team are happy then they will grow together. 

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In this episode of the Girls Get Strong Cycling podcast we are joined by Ahlam Al-Zaid, Saudi Arabia's first ever female national champion. 

Ahlam shares with us about how she got into cycling and what it meant for her to be the first female champion in her counry. 

Ahlam talks about how Saudi is giving women more oppertunities and also how women are empowering themselves.