Fast Talk Podcast

We are inundated with training data, opinions, and information. But that overwhelm makes it hard to get at what is actually true. Our hosts share their thoughts on cutting through the noise.

Our hosts pick their favorite podcasting moments from 2022 with a variety of fun and informative guests. 

We live in an era of data overload, so knowing how to interpret that data is key. Alan Couzens talks with us about how neural networks might be the answer.

We examine the pros and cons of using chronic training load (CTL) as well as the ways it can take your endurance sports training off track.

Coach Wenzel helps answer questions on travel, final race prep, big gear work on LSD rides, pushing through exhaustion, and training races.

Should you pay attention to the numbers on your head unit while you’re racing? If so, which ones, and when? We dive in with TrainingPeaks co-founder Dirk Friel.

We review four recent studies from the scientific literature, addressing the hypotheses, methods, and conclusions of each to give you a greater understanding of the latest findings in endurance research.

How do you, as an athlete, combine your understanding of sport science and your training and racing experience to most effectively map out your training? That question is the basis for today’s episode, one in which we drift between the philosophical and the practical.

We explore how to use a training philosophy to design your program, then use metrics to guide how much, how often, and how difficult those workouts should be.

While there are many tools to measure training stress, few measure recovery. Today we dive into how to determine where you’re at in the recovery process.