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- 57 minutes 24 seconds365: Potluck Discussion - Athlete Autonomy, Training Different Bikes, and the Importance of Skincare
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss the balance of athlete autonomy versus prescription, how to balance training with multiple types of bikes, and how to avoid being swayed by athlete-marketed skincare trends that may not be worth the hype.
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3 April 2025, 11:00 am - 1 hour 6 minutes364: How to Help Your Body Fit Better on the Bike with John Howard
We talk a lot about fitting your bike to your body, but there’s a lot you can do to keep your body healthy and help it fit in a more powerful position on the bike.
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27 March 2025, 11:00 am - 1 hour 25 minutes363: Why Breathing Frequency May Become Our Best Measure of Training Stress
Dr. Stephen Seiler joins us to talk about his new project developing a breathing frequency measure and why it may match up better with perceived exertion than heart rate or power.
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20 March 2025, 11:00 am - 1 hour 7 minutes362: How to Make Interval Work Motivating
Our team of coaches got together and discussed why we do intervals, how to execute them, and most importantly, how to make them more fun.
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13 March 2025, 11:00 am - 58 minutes 56 seconds361: Examining a Critical Meta-Analysis of Training Distribution Models
Dr. Michael Rosenblat joins us to discuss the largest meta-analysis comparing distribution models that he wrote with Dr. Stephen Seiler.
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6 March 2025, 12:00 pm - 58 minutes 13 seconds360: Potluck Discussion: First Conversation, Doing Cadence Work, and Training with a Group
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss what coaches should look for in their first conversation with an athlete, how to best do cadence work on the bike, and how to take advantage of group training while not losing sight of your plan.
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27 February 2025, 12:00 pm - 58 minutes 39 seconds359: Do Women Athletes Need Zone 2 Training?
Recently, some prominent researchers have suggested that women need far less zone 2 training than previously thought. Physiologists Julie Young and Dr. Dana Lis join us to debate that question.
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20 February 2025, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 10 minutes358: How to Use—and Not Use—HRV in Your Training
We talk with HRV expert, Dr. Brad Lichtenstein, about the value of HRV in training, what it does and doesn’t show, and what to be careful of when you use it.
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13 February 2025, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 9 minutes357: Progressive Overload Is Critical But Does It Have a Limit?
Coach Isaiah Newkirk joins us to talk about why progressive overload is so important to training, and how we can continue to get gains when we can’t add more volume or intensity.
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6 February 2025, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 15 minutes356: The Importance of Maintaining Muscle Mass with Jared Berg
Fast Talk’s head physiologist details why it’s important to maintain muscle mass as an endurance athlete, and how to do it even when trying to lose weight.
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30 January 2025, 12:00 pm - 58 minutes 28 seconds355: Potluck Discussion: Finding the Right Plan, Virtual Base Training, and U.S. Cyclocross
We discuss how to find the right plan for you, using virtual training platforms in the base season, and the state of U.S. Cyclocross.
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