Podcast Episodes

How to Fuel for Health

Episode 340

There’s an important difference between fueling for performance and fueling for health. In today’s episode, Dr. Mikki Williden and Dr. Paul Laursen give us their suggestions on how to fuel for health…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

How to Set Yourself Up for a Successful New Season

Episode 338

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Potluck Discussion: Hobbies as Training, Returning from Injury, and Off-Season Workouts

Episode 341

Our host regulars discuss when an unplanned activity—such as commuting—becomes training, how to adjust for an event when returning from injury, and what training to do in the off season.

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Norwegian Method or Just Good Holistic Practice? With Dr. Stephen Seiler

Episode 340

Dr. Seiler explains what we can and can’t take from the Ingebrigtsen brothers and from the Norwegian approach to training in general.

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

How Our Muscles Adapt, with Dr. Brendan Egan

Episode 342

Dr. Brendan Egan joins our hosts to explain what happens in our muscles after a hard training session that causes us to get stronger and faster.  

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Nutrition Needs of Junior Endurance Athletes

Episode 338

Our hosts talk with Jared Berg about the nutrition needs of development athletes and whether they should eat differently from their adult counterparts. 

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Potluck Discussion: End-Season Form, CX Race Fueling, and Getting to the Top Too Fast?

Episode 336

We discuss a host of questions, from how to get a little more out of your form in autumn, to fueling needs for short races like cyclocross, and why so many female athletes seem to excel when entering…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

How to Train Perceived Exertion and Go Harder

Episode 336

We talk with Dr. Scott Frey and Tour commentator Brent Bookwalter about how our brains perceive effort and ways we can manipulate that perception to go harder.

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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Nerd Lab: Dr. Edward Coyle's Defining and Controversial Work on Endurance Athletes

Episode 334

Dr. Edward Coyle was a pioneer in figuring out how endurance athletes adapt and defining what attributes—such as efficiency and fuel utilization—are most important to perform at the highest levels.

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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

How to Measure and Train Zone 2, with Jared Berg

Episode 334

We do the bulk of our training in zones 1 and 2, so this episode will explain how to define them and—more importantly—how to best train them. 

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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago