Fast Talk is taking on cyclocross, from training to racing, honing technical skills to riding on nearly flat tires.
Grant Holicky breaks down the best cyclocross skill drills to upgrade your ‘cross racing with the help of some highly qualified riders.
Coach Grant Holicky discusses six ways by which all athletes can forge a better relationship with pain as a part of sport.
Grant Holicky, cyclocross coach, dissects key techniques for an explosive race start, seamless mounting and dismounting, and air-tight cornering.
Coach Grant Holicky and head coach Ryan Kohler teach you how to analyze cyclocross power files in TrainingPeaks.
Every athlete has a personal IZOF. Coach Grant Holicky shares the concept and explores how to determine your IZOF. Then he shares why knowing your IZOF is helpful and how you can recreate your IZOF on demand.
Drawing from the latest in sports psychology, this course gives coaches a structured approach to developing mental skills and resilience with guidance from Dr. Simon Marshall and pro triathlete and world champion Lesley Paterson.
This course from Dr. Brian Butki and coach Grant Holicky shows coaches how to prepare athletes mentally for race day with Race Day Cognitive Plans, visualization drills, and plug-and-play cues to help athletes achieve their IZOF.
We talk with Dr. Jennifer Harris about the critical role that parents play in junior athlete development, and why that role is too often ignored or left undefined.
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss whether there are issues with coming down from altitude, how to do a fatigue week with limited time, and whether or not to use auto-pause.
Cyclocross veteran Adam Myerson shares the essential race-day strategies—covering equipment, course inspection, warm-up, nutrition, and tactics—that can make or break your season.
We talk with Dr. Kristen Dieffenbach about the psychological indicators of overtraining, which can often be the more dynamic signs for athletes and coaches to look for.
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss the value of training fatigued, how to support a pregnant athlete, and what we can learn from parents who are professional athletes.
Leipheimer talks with our team about how a new racing model used at the Levi Fondo may be the future of domestic racing.
We’re joined by neuroscientist Dr. Scott Frey as we explore the effects of mental fatigue and brain endurance training on performance.
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss lessons learned from big events, the difference between over-under’s and true HIIT intervals, and whether all base training is made equal.
Our hosts talk about why we shouldn’t believe that more is always better, how to build a weekly time trial series into your training, and what research we’d like to see conducted.
Explore ways to grow your coaching business by offering athlete services like testing, strength training, and sports nutrition.
This course shows coaches how to develop strong parent partnerships, apply Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) principles, and coach young athletes with a long view in mind.
The TriDoc Jeff Sankoff joins us to talk about how to still apply the principles of supercompensation and progressive overload in a sport as complex as triathlon.
As a coach, knowing how to help athletes define, refine, and achieve the right goal is one of the most powerful tools you can bring to the table.
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.
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.
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.