How to Nail Your Next Taper
How long? How much? How many? Tapering can be a dark art, but we’ve got all your questions answered to help deliver you to your next start line ready to go.
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Workout of the Week: Commuter Training
Turn your commute into valuable training time with these top tips.
Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Increasing Longevity in Endurance Sport—with Katerina Nash
Learn how to maximize your endurance sport for a lifetime.
Getting Through Serious Injury
All athletes fear the injury that takes years to recover from or permanently changes their lives. We talk with several experts on how to manage serious injury and find yourself again.
The Endurance Athlete’s Guide to VO2max and Lactate Tests
Find out all the dos and don’ts of physiological testing as we break down VO2max and lactate/ramp testing.
12 // Coaching Female Athletes
Learn how to help female athletes reach their potential with the latest knowledge from a stellar cast of experts and coaches.
Workout of the Week: Bon Jovi 100s
Swimming can be an essential component of endurance cross-training by improving cardiovascular fitness in multiple ways. More importantly, swim workouts don’t have to be dull and monotonous. These Bon Jovi 100s will bring back all the nostalgia and happy-go-lucky, feel-good endorphins that make us smile.
Coaching the Athlete in Front of You
Lauren Vallee talks about how important it is to take into account an athlete’s background to truly do your best work as a coach.
Women Are Not Small Men—and Here’s the Research to Prove It
In this research digest Dr. Stacy Sims highlights some of the most pertinent female-specific research that every coach needs to know.
Training Through Menopause—with Dr. Stacy Sims
Dr. Stacy Sims gives her advice on how to coach women through all stages of menopause.
How to Coach Mom-Athletes with Empathy and Understanding
Being a mom and an athlete can require world-class juggling and coping skills. As a coach, how can you best support and empower these athletes? We find out from Coach Alison Freeman (who’s also a Mom-Athlete).
A Male Coach’s Guide to Understanding the Unique Needs of Female Athletes
It can be difficult for male coaches to know their role in helping female athletes navigate performance in context of the menstrual cycle and hormones. Coach Bevan McKinnon shares his experience and learning on this topic and some helpful tools.
With Is Greater Than Against
When female athletes are encouraged to work with their competitors—not against them—it raises everyone’s game, as Coach Lauren Vallee knows only too well.
What Gets in the Way for Women
Body image, underfueling, negative self-talk, comparison—these are just some of the things that commonly prevent female athletes achieving their best, yet they don’t have to. One coach shares her way of turning this around.
Favorite Workouts—Race Season Edition!
We hear from Fast Talk all-star guests like Lachlan Morton and Stephen Hyde about their favorite race season HIIT work.
Coaching Resilience, Every Cycle
Lauren Vallee brings a unique perspective to an athlete’s menstrual cycle, viewing it as an opportunity for coach and athlete to build resilience every single month.
How the Menstrual Cycle Can Work to the Athlete’s Advantage
If an athlete is regularly tracking their menstrual cycle, it serves as a key performance indicator for adaptation and performance.
Workout of the Week: Acceleration Intervals
Rev your legs with this versatile bike workout.