Preparing for a race? Doing at-home lactate tests? Reviewing post-race data?
It’s important to understand how to test, what the numbers mean, and how to change your training based on your data.
From TrainingPeaks to Whoop, sifting through your data and metrics can feel like it requires a master’s degree. Good news: we have those—plus over 30 years of coaching and data analysis experience.
We can help you understand your numbers on any platform.
“As coaches, we must admit where our expertise starts and ends. It’s on us to fill those gaps.” – Fast Talk Labs Head Coach Ryan Kohler
Everyone wins when your athletes feel supported. And your coaching will succeed when you have the support you need, too.
In Module 5 of The Craft of Coaching, Joe Friel and his expert stable of coaches explore how to build a winning roster of athletes and service providers like bike fitters, nutritionists, psychologists, and other professionals.
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In this new Playbook from The Craft of Coaching, Philip Hatzis explores how coaches can grow profits, create opportunities, and reach their growth goals, however big or small.
Head Coach Ryan Kohler shows the right way to do a Tabata Intervals workout, based on the research of Dr. Izumi Tabata, and when to do Tabata workouts during your season.
Is more better? We explore how our bodies adapt to training and why the right amount of stress at the right times is a far better way to train than going hard all the time.
Medical doctor and elite Zwift team manager Jennifer Real talks with us about indoor training and racing, and how to achieve effective recovery including monitoring sleep and taking Vitamin D.
Seeking an “ideal racing weight” is a tactic many endurance athletes use to improve performance. Here’s how to find your fastest race weight—while avoid being too heavy or too light.
The author of The Athlete’s Gut talks with us about digestive issues like bloating, cramps, pain and inflammation, all of which can derail the best event preparation plans.
Recovery is at the heart of training adaptation. Without rest the body can’t rebuild and get stronger. This is why recovery is fundamental to how I coach and a focal point for my athletes.
Coach Steve Neal helps athletes develop their respiratory systems to improve performance. Find out how the testing works, the limiters it exposes, and what you can do to start training your own breathing.
World-leading environmental physiologist Dr. Stephen Cheung shows how to practice heat training in your own home and how to incorporate it into your annual training schedule.
All athletes reach a point where progress depends more on the skills they can build between their ears, more than the strength of their legs or lungs. The very best athletes are as strong mentally as they are physically. Grant Holicky, Dr. Stephen Cheung, Dr. Simon Marshall, Lesley Paterson, Julie Emmerman, and Julie Young help us explore these critical and often overlooked mental skills.
We’re joined by coach and athlete Julie Young who helps us field questions on how to build an annual training plan, coping with race stress, and overcoming body image issues.
Every athlete has a personal IZOF. Coach Grant Holicky shares the concept and explores how to determine your IZOF. Then he shares why knowing your IZOF is helpful and how you can recreate your IZOF on demand.
Author and renowned sports medicine expert Dr. Andy Pruitt answers questions about back pain, knee issues with increased training, numbness and pain where we sit, and how much we can still adapt as we age.
Learn the “ins and outs” of gravel racing as we discuss everything you need to know with pro cyclists (now turned gravel racers), Alex Howes and Kiel Reijnen. From gear to weather to developing a good start and finish strategy, we cover it all.
Our hosts have a “potluck discussion” about athletes’ different needs for carbohydrates, how 2×2-min intervals compare to Tabatas, and why current athletes can come back much quicker from time off.
Heart rate, power, and now breathing: they all have their own languages and tools that are critical to endurance sports, but you might not have known that breathing is also trainable.
