Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchYour First Gravel Race: What You Actually Need to Know
Season 6 Episode 325
Free Cycling Training Assessment
Preparing for your first gravel race can quickly become more complicated than it needs to be. What bike do you need…
10 hours ago
Should You Trust Your Recovery Score?
Season 6 Episode 324
Your wearable gives you a recovery score every morning, but how much should that number influence your training?
Adam Pulford breaks down the informat…
1 week ago
Strength Training That Follows Your Cycling Season
Season 6 Episode 323
Strength training has a place in a cyclist’s program year-round, but that doesn’t mean doing the same lifts, loads, and routines for 52 weeks.
Adam Pu…
2 weeks ago
The Five Self-Coached Cycling Mistakes That Keep You Stuck
Season 6 Episode 322
Self-coaching gives you freedom, but it also makes it remarkably easy to reinforce your own biases.
Coach Adam Pulford breaks down five mistakes he re…
3 weeks ago
Twenty Coaching Lessons That Make Athletes Better
Season 6 Episode 321
After 24 years of coaching athletes, Adam Pulford has seen enough training plans, races, breakthroughs, failures, and comebacks to recognize which le…
4 weeks ago
The 100-Mile Ride Playbook
Season 6 Episode 320
A successful 100-mile ride is rarely the result of one thing going exceptionally well. It's what happens when your fitness, fueling, pacing, and exec…
1 month ago
How to Train Torque Without Just Grinding Bigger Gears
Season 6 Episode 319
Torque training has become almost synonymous with low-cadence riding. But simply dropping to 60 RPM doesn't guarantee you're producing more force or …
1 month, 1 week ago
Why Crit Racers Need More FTP Than They Think
Season 6 Episode 318
Does FTP actually matter for criterium racing?
Coach Adam Pulford breaks down why your aerobic engine plays such a big role in an explosive race, how …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Stop Fearing The Recovery Week
Season 6 Episode 317
Recovery isn't the break between training. Recovery IS training.
In this episode, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam Pulford explains how he structures recov…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Behind the Scenes Before the Tour with Alison Jackson
Season 6 Episode 316
Days before the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Coach Adam Pulford caught up with professional cyclist Alison Jackson to talk about the final phase…
2 months ago