Podcast Episodes

Q&A on fatigue, peaking, returning from injury, and nutrition, with guest coach Julie Young

Episode 126

We have another fantastic Q&A episode for you today, with a diverse range of questions. 

Our guest coach this week is Julie Young, who has appeared before on Fast Talk—episode 91, to be exact. Julie i…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Put it in the big gear—we explore low-cadence, high-torque training with Neal Henderson

Episode 125

You’ve heard us talk about so-called “big gear” training on the program before. Many of you probably incorporate it into your riding, and for a variety of reasons.  

What’s surprising is how little re…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

How to map out your season, with Toms Skujins, Kiel Reijnen, Joey Rosskopf, and Larry Warbasse

Episode 124

Hello and welcome to Fast Talk, your source for the science of cycling performance! I'm your host Chris Case. Today, we’re digging into the archive for some season-planning knowledge. Why now when ou…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Performance gains and adaptations from fasted training, with Dr. Brian Carson

Episode 123

Have you ever woken up early in the morning to go for a ride, skipped breakfast, and thought, “I wonder if that was bad for my training? Or maybe it was good?!” In today’s episode, we try to decipher…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Mission impossible: determining your true threshold

Episode 122

Today, Coach Connor and I discuss something that comes up nearly every time we receive an email from one of our devoted listeners, from you. (By the way, please keep sending us questions and voice me…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Should you build the best engine or focus on specificity, with Jim Miller

Episode 121

Hello and welcome to Fast Talk, your source for the science of cycling performance! I'm your host Chris Case.   

I’ll set the stage for today’s episode with an analogy. And apologies to those of you w…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Q&A on FTP testing, structuring recovery weeks, and the sustainability of base training, with guest coach Steve Neal

Episode 120

Hello and welcome to Fast Talk, your source for the science of cycling performance! I'm your host Chris Case, and today Coach Connor and I are joined by Coach Steve Neal of The Cycling Gym, which now…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

BONUS: Anatomy of a Good Cycling Shoe, Cycling in Alignment 08

Which cycling shoes should I buy? This may seem like a straightforward question. But the better thing to ask is: Which shoes are right for my feet? If you’ve been a professional cyclist with extensiv…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

How to use data to make better training decisions, with Tim Cusick

Episode 119

Today we’re taking a good long look at training metrics. We’ve released previous episodes on how to use different numbers, what many of them mean, and how they’re calculated. Today, we tie it togethe…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Q&A on sweat rates, going polarized for ’cross, VLAmax, big gear work, and recovery tools, with guest coach Grant Holicky

Episode 118

In today’s Q&A episode we invited coach and co-owner of Forever Endurance, Grant Holicky, to join us for a lengthy discussion on a myriad of topics.  

First, we converse about sweat rates. Ernest Bosk…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago