Grant Holicky

For our 300th episode, our hosts – both old and new – are interviewed by Dr. Stephen Seiler to discuss where we’ve been and where we’re going.

In the very early days of Fast Talk, our hosts summarized – in only 20 minutes – how to map out your training week. In today’s episode we revisit that summary to see just how good a job we did back then.

Block Periodization is one of the most sophisticated periodization models that’s producing big results for pros. But that doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. Is it right for you?

For this week’s potluck we discuss a host of questions, from getting sick during a target race, training in cold weather, and approaching the off season.

We dive into blood flow restriction, anti-aging supplements, post-activation potentiation, and the potential fringe training benefits you may never have even heard of.

The season is coming to a close and as our hosts help their athletes through these final weeks, there are a few questions that are coming up for both athlete and coach. 

We discuss van der Poel’s crashes, if one-hour normalized power is always a good estimate of FTP, and criticisms of the Worlds course in Scotland.

We discuss an eclectic group of odd, challenging, and humorous training topics in this week’s Potluck.

In this roundtable discussion, we dive into how personal connections between athletes and coaches may be more important than training plans.

We discuss a host of odd, interesting, and humorous training topics in this week’s show.

If Coach Holicky could boil sports psychology down to one concept, it’s being present in everything we do. We explore this concept and how it ties together mental toughness, motivation, and even pain tolerance.

In this week’s episode, our hosts talk about the best work to do leading into the race season, getting meditative during intervals, and preparing for an epic event.

In this week’s show, we talk about how we deal with the stress of competition, whether threshold intervals are old news, and the mental side of dealing with health setbacks.

In this week’s show, we talk about training over the holidays, why discomfort is important to our development, and our goals for 2023.

We all understand the purpose of high-intensity intervals and long endurance rides, but is there a value to kitting up and doing a workout that’s both short and easy?

In this week’s show, we talk about whether gravel racing can save North American racing, if adding a Zwift race to your interval work is still good training, and techniques our hosts use to keep in balance.