2024 Olympic Road Race Analysis from Alex Howes
U.S. national road race champion Alex Howes goes over the winning factors for the men’s and women’s Olympic road races in Paris.
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Potluck Discussion: Race Weight, Not Feeling a Workout, and Big Lessons Learned
In this week’s potluck, we discuss if lighter means you always perform better, how to change things up if you’re not feeling that day’s workout, and what key tips we have to be better coaches or athletes.
Workout of the Week: Threshold Hill Repeats
Mimic race conditions on a climb with threshold hill repeats.
How Much Interval Training Do We Really Need? With Dr. Stephen Seiler
Nothing has been researched more than high-intensity interval training. We talk with Dr. Seiler about what the science really says and how to apply it to our own training.
Workout of the Week: Conditioning Swim
Improve your fitness in the pool with a swim workout that gets progressively harder with each set.
Nutrition Approaches for Ultra-Endurance Events
Athlete, coach, and nutritionist Stephanie Howe explains how ultra-athletes can optimize performance through evidence-based nutrition practices.
Workout of the Week: Progressive Short-Course Triple Brick
We’re always racing on tired legs, but overdoing it too often can lead to illness, injury or overtraining.
Potluck: Long Workdays, Training Races, and Varying Base Rides
Our hosts bring their questions on working out at the end of a long day, how to manage when training races are too easy, and if base ride intensities should be varied.
Workout of the Week: 2 × 20 Micro Intervals
This workout focuses on minimal gear shifting between intervals to better maintain speed in a race.
What It Takes to Race The Tour de France, with Alex Howes and Neal Henderson
We’ve all seen on TV how hard the Tour de France is, but what does it take for these riders to push themselves so far day after day?
Workout of the Week: Race Block Neuromuscular Session
Maintain high-end fitness with super short sprints and long recoveries.
Revisiting Episode 8: The Importance of Neuromuscular Training
Originally titled “Stop Your Legs from Fighting (Themselves),” we look back at episode 8 to see how our views—and the science—has changed regarding neuromuscular work.
The Secret to Buying Speed in Triathlon
You don’t need to spend huge amounts of money on gear to see significant gains in your triathlon times.
Workout of the Week: Upper-Body Strength Circuit
These moves can reduce the risk of injury while improving upper-body and core muscular strength and endurance.
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.