How to Manage Competition Stress
Coach Julie Young explores the science, mental skills, and strategies that help us manage the stress of racing.
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How to Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Coach Julie Young explores ways to develop mental skills to embrace discomfort as fuel for growth and performance.
Six Ways to Deal with Pain
Coach Grant Holicky discusses six ways by which all athletes can forge a better relationship with pain as a part of sport.
How to Manage Race-Day Anxiety
Coach Grant Holicky explains how athletes can better manage anxiety through visualization, routine, and reframing.
Q&A on Time Trial Pacing and Position, INSCYD, and Tough Love, with Janis Musins
Janis Musins helps us answer questions on time trial pacing, TT position, INSCYD testing, and the coach-athlete relationship.
Training Camps for Time-Crunched Athletes
Just because you have limited time doesn’t mean you can’t create a training plan that involves an overload stimulus. We show you how.
The Process of Goal Attainment
Coach Grant Holicky discusses the critical process by which goals are created, and also the method by which they are achieved.
How to Manage Unwanted Thoughts Through Stoicism, with Dr. Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson
We discuss the underlying principles of an athlete’s psychological welfare, and why our thoughts and feelings are simply emergent properties of brain and nervous system physiology.
Q&A on Training Grit, Psychological Tricks to Beat Fatigue, and Stage Racing, with Grant Holicky
We address questions on how to train grit for race situations, if you can safely override the central governor, and training for a five-day stage race.
An Exploration of “Social Training Tools”
We explore whether Strava and other new training apps can make you faster, and how to effectively fit them into a structured training plan.
How to Effectively Evolve as an Athlete, with Lachlan Morton
We explore how athletes can evolve and find more fulfillment from their sport with pro cyclist Lachlan Morton
The North Star: Setting Goals to Give You Direction, with Will Murray
Coach and author Will Murray joins Coach Ryan Kohler for a discussion of what makes a useful set of goals, how to develop them, the psychology of goals, and much more.
Q&A on Goal Setting, Cyclocross Training, Polarized Training as You Age, and Cross Training with Grant Holicky
Head Coach Ryan Kohler and Grant Holicky field questions on goal setting, cyclocross training, polarized training as you age, and cross training.
Training in Alignment
How much training is too much? Where is the drop-off in terms of time spent training and race-day results?
The Causes and Effects of Concussions and TBIs, with Dr. Steven Broglio and Timmy Duggan
Concussions and traumatic brain injuries are far too common in cycling. We define the causes, effects, management, and preventative measures.
What 2020 Taught Us and the Exciting Places 2021 Will Take Us
What lessons did we learn from a challenging 2020? What event or adventure plans do we have in 2021? We dive in.
Q&A: Teleoanticipation and Pacing with Alex Hutchinson
Endurance sports journalist Alex Hutchinson joins Fast Talk Labs to help explain teleoanticipation and pacing.
Shatter the Mental Ceiling on Performance
Physiological improvements are not the only way to maximize performance. Dr. Cheung explores the psychology of feedback, deception, and perception.
How to Set Training and Performance Goals
The offseason is the perfect time to assess our previous season, set goals and strategies for the coming season, and incorporate those into our training plans.