Fast Talk

<p><strong>The </strong><a href="https://www.fasttalklabs.com/category/fast-talk/"><strong>Fast Talk podcast</strong></a><strong> offers the best guides to cycling performance and endurance sports training from world-class experts.</strong></p><p>Cohosted by cycling coaches and sport scientists Trevor Connor and Rob Pickels, Fast Talk episodes feature fascinating conversations with world-class experts discussing the endurance sports topics they know best: the best ways to train, effective workouts, questions on polarized and interval training, sports nutrition, physiology and recovery, and sport psychology.</p><p><a href="https://www.fasttalklabs.com/about/">Fast Talk guests and regular contributors</a> include <a href="https://www.fasttalklabs.com/byline/dr-stephen-seiler/">Dr. Stephen Seiler</a>, <a href="https://www.fasttalklabs.com/byline/joe-friel/">Joe Friel</a>, Dr. Asker Jeukendrup, Sebastian Weber, Jim Miller, <a href="https://www.fasttalklabs.com/byline/dr-andy-pruitt/">Dr. Andy Pruitt</a>, Dr. Timothy Noakes, and elite professional athletes like Kristin Armstrong, Sepp Kuss, Brent Bookwalter, Kate Courtney, and many more.</p><p>Fast Talk is part of <a href="https://www.fasttalklabs.com/">Fast Talk Laboratories</a>, a new endurance sports knowledgebase for endurance racers and adventurers.</p>

346: The Effect of Virtual Training on Coaches and Athletes, with Robbie Ventura

Training is becoming increasingly virtual. We discuss with Velocity owner Robbie Ventura how to maximize athlete and coach interactions in this new online environment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-21
01:07:57

345: Why Our Gut Microbiome Is Important for Performance and Recovery

We talk with Julie Ann Davey about the bacteria in our gut and how the composition of our microflora affects everything in our bodies, including our performance.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-14
57:17

344: The Role of Nutrition in Optimizing Mental Performance

We shine a light on an oft-overlooked aspect of athletic success: using nutrition for optimal mental performance, especially for endurance athletes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-07
53:46

343: How to Fuel for Health

There’s an important difference between fueling for performance and fueling for health. In today’s episode, Dr. Mikki Williden and Dr. Paul Laursen give us their suggestions on how to fuel for health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-31
01:08:36

342: How to Set Yourself Up for a Successful New Season

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10-24
01:08:35

341: Potluck Discussion: Hobbies as Training, Returning from Injury, and Off-Season Workouts

Our host regulars discuss when an unplanned activity—such as commuting—becomes training, how to adjust for an event when returning from injury, and what training to do in the off season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-17
52:06

340: Norwegian Method or Just Good Holistic Practice? With Dr. Stephen Seiler

Dr. Seiler explains what we can and can’t take from the Ingebrigtsen brothers and from the Norwegian approach to training in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-10
01:07:40

339: How Our Muscles Adapt, with Dr. Brendan Egan

Dr. Brendan Egan joins our hosts to explain what happens in our muscles after a hard training session that causes us to get stronger and faster.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-03
01:07:14

338: Nutrition Needs of Junior Endurance Athletes

Our hosts talk with Jared Berg about the nutrition needs of development athletes and whether they should eat differently from their adult counterparts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-26
01:08:11

337: End-Season Form, CX Race Fueling, and Getting to the Top Too Fast?

We discuss a host of questions, from how to get a little more out of your form in autumn, to fueling needs for short races like cyclocross, and why so many female athletes seem to excel when entering sports later in life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-19
01:04:14

336: How to Train Perceived Exertion and Go Harder

We talk with Dr. Scott Frey and Tour commentator Brent Bookwalter about how our brains perceive effort and ways we can manipulate that perception to go harder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-12
01:12:49

335: Nerd Lab: Dr. Edward Coyle's Defining and Controversial Work on Endurance Athletes

Dr. Edward Coyle was a pioneer in figuring out how endurance athletes adapt and defining what attributes—such as efficiency and fuel utilization—are most important to perform at the highest levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-05
01:17:39

334: How to Measure and Train Zone 2, with Jared Berg

We do the bulk of our training in zones 1 and 2, so this episode will explain how to define them and—more importantly—how to best train them.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-29
01:12:11

333: It's Never Too Late to Start an Endurance Sport—or Change It Up

Many started young, others turned their passion into their profession, and some used it to get healthy. Learn from the experiences of multiple athletes and coaches on how they entered—and stayed in—endurance sports no matter what life threw their way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-22
01:40:31

332: How to Measure Running, with Nell Rojas

In today’s episode, we switch our cycling shoes for running shoes and discuss how runners can accurately measure and pace their training.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-15
01:03:27

331: Potluck Discussion: Race Weight, Not Feeling a Workout, and Big Lessons Learned

In this week’s potluck, we discuss if lighter means you always perform better, how to change things up if you’re not feeling that day’s workout, and what key tips we have to be better coaches or athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-08
57:34

330: How Much Interval Training Do We Really Need? With Dr. Stephen Seiler

Nothing has been researched more than high-intensity interval training. We talk with Dr. Seiler about what the science really says and how to apply it to our own training.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-01
01:30:38

329: Nutrition Approaches for Ultra-Endurance Events

Athlete, coach, and nutritionist Stephanie Howe explains how ultra-athletes can optimize performance through evidence-based nutrition practices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-25
01:10:55

328: Long Workdays, Training Races, and Varying Base Rides

Our hosts bring their questions on working out at the end of a long day, how to manage when training races are too easy, and if base ride intensities should be varied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-18
01:05:33

327: What It Takes to Race the Tour de France, with Alex Howes and Neal Henderson

We’ve all seen on TV how hard the Tour de France is, but what does it take for these riders to push themselves so far day after day?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-11
01:27:01

JASON CROTEAU

maybe 10 years from now Riders will be saying the same thing about these bike Fitters as these bike Fitters have said about the old Italian ways

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