Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIndoor Cycling: How to Prevent ERG Mode From Ruining Your Workouts (#292)
Season 6 Episode 292
OVERVIEW
ERG Mode, or ergometer mode, is a feature on smart indoor cycling trainers that allows the trainer or connected app to set the resistance you…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How Training VO2 max Also Increases FTP (and vice versa) (#291)
Season 6 Episode 291
OVERVIEW
In Episode 291 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", Coach Adam Pulford answers a listener question about the relationship between FTP and …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
How To Level Up With Volume, Recovery, Strength, And Community (#290)
Season 6 Episode 290
OVERVIEW
Although this is "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", we recognize that not everyone is time-crunched. In particular, we hear from lots of ol…
3 months ago
Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an Annual Strength Training Plan (#289)
Season 6 Episode 289
OVERVIEW
Endurance athletes are accustomed to building Annual Training Plans for the phases of their sport-specific training, but are less familiar wi…
3 months, 1 week ago
Step-by-Step Guide to Building An Annual Training Plan (#288)
Season 6 Episode 288
OVERVIEW
Annual Training Plans are big-picture, long term plans that map out training phases to bring the athlete into key races, events, or time peri…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Down to Earth New Year's Fitness Advice (#287)
Season 5 Episode 287
OVERVIEW
The Holidays are just about over and the New Year is about to begin. If you had a ton of fun over the Holidays and you're feeling a bit soft …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Train Anaerobic Capacity to Go Fast and Win, with Coach Tim Cusick (#286)
Season 5 Episode 286
OVERVIEW
Anaerobic capacity is the work you can do above your lactate threshold. Another term for it is Functional Reserve Capacity (FRC), and it acts…
4 months ago
How Quickly Can VO2 max Increase in Cyclists? with Tim Cusick (#285)
Season 5 Episode 285
OVERVIEW
VO2 max or maximum aerobic capacity is your performance ceiling, but it is trainable and you can not only increase your VO2 max, but also the…
4 months, 1 week ago
How Quickly Can Cyclists Increase Functional Threshold Power (FTP), with Tim Cusick (#284)
Season 5 Episode 284
OVERVIEW
Following their episode on aerobic training, CTS Coach Adam Pulford and Tim Cusick (Head Coach at Basecamp and TrainingPeaks WKO Product Lead…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How Quickly Can Aerobic Training Make You Fast, with Tim Cusick (#283)
Season 5 Episode 283
OVERVIEW
"How long is this going to take?!" Everyone wants to know how long it takes for the training you do today to result in performance improvemen…
4 months, 3 weeks ago