Planning Your Week From A Polarized Training Perspective
So you want to give the polarized training approach a go? Here’s how to map out your week using the 80/20 training model.
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How to Get Started with Polarized Training
You might have heard of polarized training, but do you know how to implement it in your training? We’re here to help you get started.
Race Stress, Threshold Work, and Dealing with Health Setbacks
In this week’s show, we talk about how we deal with the stress of competition, whether threshold intervals are old news, and the mental side of dealing with health setbacks.
Recent Research on Junior Athletes
We review some of the key findings in recent research on junior athlete development.
Understanding Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)—with Dr. Emily Kraus
In this episode of Fast Talk Femmes, we learn more about RED-S, its effects on female endurance athletes, and ways to prevent it.
How to Develop Younger Athletes
As head coach of one of the nation’s largest junior cycling teams, Pete Webber shifted his program from selection to athlete development.
Workout of the Week: The Big Stupid Ride
This week’s Workout of the Week is a different one—it’s big, it’s stupid. The adventurers among you will love it.
How to Stay Fit and Fast As You Age
Getting older doesn’t have to equate to getting slower. We chat with two world champion athletes who share their secrets of success when it comes to slowing the aging process.
The House and the Storm—a Metaphor for Training
We max out on metaphors in this week’s Fast Talk podcast as we talk about some of the key principles behind training, recovery, and fueling.
Time at VO2max: An Important Metric You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Time at VO2max is driving the recent research on what makes the most effective intervals, but is it a good metric to use? We find out on this week’s Fast Talk podcast.
Fast Talk Labs Q&A #1
We get asked a lot of great—and nerdy—questions via our Fast Talk Labs Forum. Every month we’ll now be taking the best questions and publishing our answers. This month, our in-house physiologist Rob Pickels tackles the topics of altitude training and the impact of body composition on hypothermia.
Favorite Fast Talk Podcast Moments of 2022
Our hosts pick their favorite podcasting moments from 2022 with a variety of fun and informative guests.
The Craft of Coaching, Live Q&A: How to Calculate TSS for Strength
Should strength sessions be factored into an athlete’s Training Stress Score? Joe Friel explains when and how to score cross-training.
Is There a Value to the One-Hour Easy Ride?
We all understand the purpose of high-intensity intervals and long endurance rides, but is there a value to kitting up and doing a workout that’s both short and easy?
How to Bulletproof Your Legs as You Increase Run Volume
Looking to increase your run mileage and stay injury-free? The work starts in the gym—and we’ve got all you need to know to do it.
Short on Time, but Big on Endurance Goals?
Then we’ve got some news you might like. Research out of Norway shows two shorter workouts can help build endurance in the same way those long workouts can.
Neural Networks: Possibly the Most Important Training Tech You’ve Never Heard of—with Alan Couzens
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.
What Are Neural Networks—and How Can They Help Your Training?
We dive deep into the world of AI to understand how it can be used for optimal training and performance.