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Guest coach Julie Young answers questions from listeners on fatigue, peaking, returning from injury, and sports nutrition.

We take a close look at big gear work. What does the literature say about performance gains? What have elite coaches discovered through practice?

Colby Pearce talks with mountain biking Olympic athlete and hall of famer Travis Brown on his comeback from a severe leg injury.

Trevor did several great interviews with four top pros—Toms Skujins, Kiel Reijnen, Joey Rosskopf, and Larry Warbasse—for an article he was writing several years ago, and now we want to share their full wisdom.

Colby Pearce talks about his thoughts on wholesome clean eating and the role of nutrition in sports.

We try to decipher if there are any advantages or disadvantages to occasionally exercising in a fasted state.

Jessi Stensland has deeply developed her relationship with her body in the years since competing as a professional triathlete, swimming at the Olympic trials, and winning a bronze medal at XTERRA World Championships. Her ideas about shoes and sleep may be new and unusual to you, but pause and consider her enthusiasm, her agility, and her deep connection to her own body.

How accurate are threshold numbers? And why is it so difficult to find accurate threshold numbers? We discuss several common ways to find your threshold and their pros and cons.

We break down the different ways that prefabricated, semi-custom, and custom orthotics are constructed; analyze the pros and cons of the different methods used to cast feet and determine orthotic support needs; offer practical tips and advice on how to find the best podiatrist, and discuss how to determine the quality of the orthotics you’re considering.

What’s better: a bigger engine or one that’s tuned for a specific goal race? USA Cycling’s performance director Jim Miller shares his training philosophy.

We take a step back, off the bike, to focus on the alignment of your mental state.

Q&A on FTP testing, structuring recovery weeks, and the sustainability of base training, with guest coach Steve Neal

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.

Colby and his former athlete Lydia Tanner discuss her eating disorder and how it affected her training, then her recovery.

There are several questions about your physiology and biomechanics that need to be answered before you can select the ideal shoe for you, and for the purpose of your rides.

In this Q&A episode, guest Grant Holicky discusses sweat rate, polarized training for cyclocross, VLamax, and recovery tools.

Long-time friends, training partners, and competitors, Jonathan Vaughters and Colby Pearce have a deep racing history and relationship. With decades of experience in pro cycling, they share many insights they’ve gained about training, coaching, and the trajectory of the sport.

We hit the art of cornering and descending from many sides with Emile Abraham, a 12-time national champion known for cornering and descending.