
Fast Talk
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...
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171: Environmental Pollution, Health, and Performance, with Dr. Michael Koehle
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170: Q&A on Returning from Injury, Weight Management, and Fast-Twitch Fibers, wi...
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169: Should We Race by Numbers? With Dirk Friel
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168: How Much High-Intensity Training Do You Need?
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167: How to Assess and Modify Training Mid-Season
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166: Effective Two-A-Day Workout Strategies, with Neal Henderson
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165: The Physiology of Race Season, with Dr. Iñigo San Millán
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164: Q&A on Judging Fatigue, Overtraining in Triathletes, and the Crossover Effe...
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163: Training Principles from the 1980s Are (Still) All You Need, with Jeff Wink...
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162: Q&A on Time Trial Pacing and Position, INSCYD, and Tough Love, with Janis M...
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161: How to Effectively Return to the Bike After Injury, with Dr. Andy Pruitt
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160: Favorite Workouts of Fast Talk All-Stars, Part 2
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159: INSCYD and the Power of Testing Analysis, with Sebastian Weber
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158: How to Manage Unwanted Thoughts Through Stoicism, with Dr. Simon Marshall a...
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157: Q&A on Training Grit, Psychological Tricks to Beat Fatigue, and Stage Racin...
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156: How to Effectively Evolve as an Athlete, with Lachlan Morton
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155: Recent Research on Timing Effects on Performance, Interval Type, Health Ben...
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154: The Art and Science of Time Trials, with Kristin Armstrong and Jim Miller
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153: Forget Marginal Gains and Focus on the Fundamentals
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152: How to Effectively Modify Your Training and Racing as You Age, with Rebecca...
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151: Q&A on Heat Acclimatization, Sweat Rates, Altitude Effects, FTP Testing, a...
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150: Are There Benefits to Carbohydrate Manipulation? With Dr. Asker Jeukendrup
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149: Q&A on Junior Athletes, PVCs, Supplements, and Base Rides, with Daniel Math...
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148: The Causes and Effects of Concussions and TBIs, with Dr. Steven Broglio and...
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147: What 2020 Taught Us, and the Exciting Places 2021 Will Take Us
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146: Cardiovascular Drift, with Dr. Ed Coyle
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145: Q&A on Time-Crunched Athletes, Zone 1 Rides, and Unstructured Intervals wit...
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144: The Best of 2020
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143: The Art and Science of Yoga, with Sage Roundtree
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142: Nutrition Myth Busting on Macros, Carbs, Food Allergies, Cramping, and Hydr...
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141: How to create multi-year training plans, with Dr. Stephen Seiler and Sondre...
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140: How to set training and performance goals
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139: A New Coaching Model: Creating Better Athletes Through Our Virtual Performa...
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138: Q&A on Training Without Power, Optimizing Time at Your Desk, “Lunch Ride Sy...
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137: An Introduction to Ultra-Cycling, Bikepacking, and Randonneuring, with Matt...
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136: Q&A on crank length, power imbalance, injuries, and CBD, with Colby Pearce
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135: The Importance of Sleep, Monitoring Devices, and Changing Your Routine with...
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134: Favorite Workouts of Fast Talk All-Stars
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133: Mastering indoor cycling, with Joe Friel, Jim Rutberg, and riders on the eS...
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132: How to set Strava PRs, with The Pro’s Closet
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131: Balancing science and experience in your training, with Cameron Cogburn
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CA 19: How to Pedal a Bike, with Colby Pearce and Chris Case
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130: The science of breathing, with Dr. James Hull
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129: Q&A on weight loss and metabolism, MTB descending, and 5x5 interval types,...
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128: Roundtable on coaching beginner athletes versus veteran athletes
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127: Overreaching, overtraining, and burnout with Dr. Stephen Seiler
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126: Q&A on fatigue, peaking, returning from injury, and nutrition, with guest c...
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125: Put it in the big gear—we explore low-cadence, high-torque training with Ne...
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124: How to map out your season, with Toms Skujins, Kiel Reijnen, Joey Rosskopf,...
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123: Performance gains and adaptations from fasted training, with Dr. Brian Cars...
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