USA Cycling and Fast Talk Laboratories Launch Two New CEU Courses for Coaches
4-credit courses focus on Coach-Athlete Communication and The Art & Science of Training Plan Creation
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When Is Fast Tech Too Fast?
When does an innovation in speed cross the line of fair competition or safety?
Workout of the Week: Tempo Run
Tempo runs aren’t the most glamorous of hard runs, but they’re critical to helping you run faster and stronger.
Lennard Zinn’s Cycling Gear Essentials
Lennard Zinn shares his decades of experience to help cyclists of all levels navigate what gear they do and don’t need when starting a new cycling discipline.
Improve Your Triathlon Transitions
Transitions are the fourth discipline of triathlon racing that can make or break your results.
Workout of the Week: Start Preparation
Practice gradually tapering your speed for events with fast starts.
Do All Athletes Need Regular Blood Testing?
Blood tests can help tell whether an athlete is overtrained or performing at their best, but is it a good idea for athletes to do regular testing? We discuss with Dr. Lauren Rudolph.
Workout of the Week: Lower-Body Mobility Routine
Prevent injury during race season with a regular lower-body mobility routine.
TrainingPeaks and Fast Talk Laboratories Partner to Offer Free Business of Coaching Courses through TrainingPeaks University
Two free courses show coaches how to start up and scale up their coaching businesses to profitability.
Evolution of the Holistic Athlete with Dirk Friel
We talk with TrainingPeaks founder Dirk Friel about how athletes, coaches, and training software now focus on the whole athlete instead of only training plans.
Continuous Lactate Monitors: Delayed Gratification?
Continuous lactate monitors have the potential to be a game changer in the endurance world, but does the technology measure up to the hype?
Workout of the Week: Structured Open-Water Swim
Swim training at the local pond or beach improves race times, increases confidence, and brings a change of pace to the monotony of endless laps in the pool.
How to Effectively Give and Receive Feedback, with Eric Brunner
We talk with National Cyclocross Champion Eric Brunner about how to best give and receive feedback—not only in sports, but all aspects of life.
Workout of the Week: The Tuesday Taper Run
This run workout is designed specifically for race week, focusing on maintaining small amounts of intensity while allowing ample recovery.
Optimize Your Triathlon Nutrition
Prime yourself for peak performance by knowing when and how much to fuel in your training and racing.
Potluck Discussion: Holding a Wheel, GI Issues While Running, and Training Physiology or Performance
In this potluck we discuss what to do when you’re struggling to hang on to a wheel, what the overall goal of training should be, and how to handle needing to poop during a long running event.
Workout of the Week: Sweet Spot 20s
If you have a lot of races lined up this season, don’t forget to make time for some sweet spot work to maintain your high-end aerobic fitness.
Do Cooldown Sessions Help or Hurt You?
It’s a given that after a race or workout you do a cooldown—but is there any evidence this actually helps? The science may say otherwise.