Lisa Klein, Olympic Champion – Fueling the Olympics and maturing as a professional cyclist

The Supersapiens Podcast

Lisa is a professional cyclist with Lidl Trek. She is an Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo 2021 and World record holder in the team pursuit with Germany. She is also a world champion in the mixed relay team time trial, national German time trial champion and multiple medalist at the European championships. She has won the Healthy Ageing Tour as well the Bene Ladies Tour twice and has a love hate relationship with coffee stops.

(00:00) Start

(01:42) Community Shoutouts

(04:50) Update on David and Xylon’s training

(09:40) Episode starts

(10:26) Why does Lisa go running in her offseason?

(12:00) What surgery did Lisa have?

(13:40) Do pro cycling teams have input into when their riders can get surgeries?

(14:32) How has Women’s cycling progressed during Lisa’s 9-year career?

(16:05) How did Lisa start in cycling?

(17:16) How did Lisa get her first professional cycling contract?

(19:44) When did Lisa become more mature and more professional in her approach?

(21:02) When did Lisa realize she could have a successful career as a professional?

(23:07) Where does Lisa’s joy in cycling come from now that she has won an Olympic Gold Medal?

(24:44) What does it take to win an Olympic Gold Medal?

(26:28) What went through Lisa’s mind when she realized she was going to win the Olympic Games?

(27:13) How do professional cyclists balance their personal goals with team goals?

(29:10) What are the training differences to Lisa between track and road cycling?

(29:40) What are the equipment differences between road and track cycling?

(30:39) How much time does Lisa spend on different types of bikes?

(30:54) What does a training week look like for Lisa?

(32:55) What does time between rounds in the Olympics look like?

(33:53) What does nutrition between rounds in the Olympic Games look like?

(34:44) Why does Lisa hate coffee rides?

(41:33) How does Lisa handle performance nutrition in season?

(43:43) What has Lisa seen change in the nutrition culture in the last 9 years of professional cycling?

(44:49) Why did Lisa become interested in Supersapiens?

(45:46) How did Lisa become so health focused whilst cycling?

(47:11) Growing up and maturing in the professional cycling environment.

(49:09) Where does Lisa keep her medals?

(50:05) What does Lisa think now reflecting on her career achievements to this point?

(51:03) Does Lisa or her mother own one of the Lidl-Trek bobble heads?

(52:44) Are the Olympics in Paris the goal for Lisa?

(54:22) What are the improvements Lisa needs to make to be selected in the individual TT for Germany in the Olympics?

(56:44) When did Lisa learn about Supersapiens and why did Lisa become more invested in using Supersapiens?

(57:50) What are some of the learnings Lisa has taken from using Supersapiens?

(58:43) Rush Round

(64:29) Outro

Blog Mentioned on Café Legs-
https://blog.supersapiens.com/beating-cafe-legs/