The Fast Talk Podcast focuses on the science of endurance sports in a conversational and informative style. Mixed into the deep discussions, there are tips and takeaways regarding endurance training philosophy, human physiology, workout design, performance nutrition, and sport psychology.
Our hosts Trevor Connor, Chris Case, Grant Holicky, Rob Pickels, and Julie Young explore these topics with world-class, leading experts on endurance sports. These include researchers like Dr. Stephen Seiler, Dr. Bent Ronnestand, Dr. Inigo San Millan, as well as coaches such as Joe Friel, Neal Henderson, Dr. Stacy Sims, and many more.
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There’s an important difference between fueling for performance and fueling for health. In this episode, Dr. Mikki Williden and Dr. Paul Laursen give their suggestions on how to fuel for health.
High-intensity training offers many benefits. It also has limitations. We explore just how much HIT work you need to perform at your best.
In this summary episode we discuss how homeostasis is at the core of almost every function in our bodies, including how we train and stay healthy.
The author of “The Time-Crunched Cyclist” joins Fast Talk to discuss the science, merits, and limitations of the time-crunched training method.
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss what to do when your racing data isn’t what you’d expect based on the numbers you see in training; we define muscle memory and discuss how it pertains to endurance sports; and we detail the many ways that bikes have become more aerodynamic.
For our 400th episode we invited three of the most prominent names in exercise physiology to discuss where we are and where we’re going in endurance sports science.
TrainingPeaks CEO, Lee Gerakos, joins us to discuss the current trends in training software and where he thinks they are going.
The world of AI is changing extraordinarily fast. We spoke with Dr. Paul Laursen about the current challenges and developments of the technology.
Mollie Brewer joins us to discuss how we interact with data – which can say as much about coaches and athletes as the data itself.
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.
Dr. Stephen Seiler joins Trevor, Rob, and Grant as they ask each other spicy questions while eating hot wings.
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.