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Colby Pearce, who has known Nathan for many years, shared a deep conversation about their longing for nature, made ever more vivid and poignant due to the Australian’s confinement in the medieval Spanish city.

Colby Pearce introduces Cycling in Alignment, a new podcast to help people reach their potential through alignment of both cycling and holistic health.

We bust myths about exercising in the heat and in cold weather. We are joined by Dr. Stephen Cheung, one of the world’s preeminent environmental physiologists.

Whether for overall health, improving performance and fitness, or taking mental break, cross-training is a powerful tool with many benefits.

In this episode we have a classic Coach Connor special. We ask a question not many other physiologists are asking: Is an amateur’s zone 2 ride (in a five-zone model) as physiologically taxing as a pro’s zone 2 ride?

In this episode we do a listener Q&A on altitude training, TSS, and reference some great exercise physiology resources.

Today we’re discussing how to be aggressive, and when to be aggressive, in races. And we’re doing it with national road champion, Ruth Winder.

We bring in Dr. Stephen Seiler, one of the world’s preeminent exercise physiologists, to discuss how to adjust your training now that the world is in a chronic state of disruption.

We provide the psychological tools that will help both with uncertain circumstances in life (like a pandemic) and with addressing the emotional rollercoaster that is bike racing.

In episode 104, we wanted to give you something you’ve come to love about Fast Talk: a discussion on the science of training, and specifically answering your training questions about respiratory exchange rates, effectively using your bike commutes, and how to balance life with training.

A discussion of the origins of Fast Talk with editor-in-chief Fred Dreier and a special episode as we say goodbye to VeloNews.

What is confidence? What is resiliency? What is pressure, and how can we better handle it? These are some of the questions we tackle in today’s episode.

In this episode we look at the big picture when it comes to training in zones, or ranges, versus training a target number. Because what number is best?

In this episode we learn about the inception of the polarized method, and we discuss Dr. Seiler’s current research on the all-important aerobic threshold.

We delve into both the nuances of triathlon and how training for that sport relates to endurance training and cycling generally.

We answer questions on interval training and intensity, training for DK in flat places, and muscle fiber recruitment.

With the help of strength and conditioning coach Menachem Brodie, we delve into the benefits, precautions, and short- and long-term effects of stretching.

We asked Colby Pearce a simple question: Tell us what you know about the pedal stroke. Colby gave us a monologue of gold.