Podcast
Fast Talk
Hosted by Fast Talk Labs · EN
The Fast Talk podcast offers the best guides to cycling performance and endurance sports training from world-class experts.
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.
Fast Talk guests and regular contributors include Dr. Stephen Seiler, Joe Friel, Dr. Asker Jeukendrup, Sebastian Weber, Jim Miller, Dr. Andy Pruitt, Dr. Timothy Noakes, and elite professional athletes like Kristin Armstrong, Sepp Kuss, Brent Bookwalter, Kate Courtney, and many more.
Fast Talk is part of Fast Talk Laboratories, a new endurance sports knowledgebase for endurance racers and adventurers.
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429: The Importance of Having a Healthy “Why”, with Brent Bookwalter
2d ago01:11:45Tap to summarizeUnderstanding the deeper reasons why we train and race can help us develop a stronger sense of motivation, work ethic, and confidence for our sport of choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →428: How to Successfully Race a Gravel Event with Lauren de Crescenzo
1w ago01:13:08Tap to summarizePast Unbound Winner, Lauren de Crescenzo and YouTube journalist Ben Delaney talk with us about the ways of successful gravel racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →427: Potluck Discussion – Midseason Doldrums, Our Best Big Dumb Ride Stories, and Our Favorite Training Books
2w ago00:51:30Tap to summarizeThis week, our hosts get personal with stories of the biggest and dumbest rides they’ve done, the training book that had the biggest impact on their athletic development, and how they deal with the midseason doldrums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →426: The High-Fat vs. High-Carb Debate Rages On
3w ago00:44:45Tap to summarizeFor decades, Dr. Timothy Noakes and Dr. Louise Burke have debated the best diet for performance, from opposite ends of the spectrum. In a series of new articles, the two nutrition pioneers continue the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →425: How to Build Champions (It’s Not the Way You Think!)
May 2800:57:03Tap to summarizeSports psychologist Dr. Kate Bennett joins us to discuss the “Way of Champions” psychological framework that leads to happier, healthier, better-performing athletes and people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →424: “Backed by Science” Doesn’t Mean What You Think, with Dr. Stephen Cheung
May 2101:20:50Tap to summarizeScience isn’t perfect; humans can bring bias and poor design. Today, Dr. Stephen Cheung helps us understand the potential pitfalls of scientific inquiry, and the things we can trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →423: Potluck Discussion – Heat Training, Back Pain, and Grant’s Big Crash
May 1400:51:00Tap to summarizeWe discuss whether a couple of heat training sessions a week has any reward (or risk), why lower back pain seems to be on the rise in cyclists, and Grant details his crash at a local race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →422: The Science of Power Meters, with Stages Cycling’s Pat Warner
May 700:59:50Tap to summarizeYou probably own a power meter, but do you know how it measures power or how these devices have evolved over 20 years? We were joined by Stages Cycling’s head of product development Pat Warner to pull back the curtain on the technology of power measurement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →421: Fast Chats — What Differentiates Cycling’s Greats, and New Research on the Causes of Overtraining Syndrome
Apr 3000:50:17Tap to summarizeWe discuss new research on what it takes to win the biggest races in cycling—and how that can help your own racing—and we analyze a study that looks at the potential causes of overtraining syndrome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →420: Cycling Race Craft and Tactics with Chris Horner
Apr 2301:11:53Tap to summarizeWe sit down with one of the smartest bike racers of his day, and the oldest grand tour winner, to hear stories of what it takes to win bike races and outfox the competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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