The Cyclocross Episode with Coach Holicky, Katie Compton, Ellen Noble, and Maxx Chance
Fast Talk is taking on cyclocross, from training to racing, honing technical skills to riding on nearly flat tires.
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‘Cross Skills: Effective Training Drills to Do with Your Friends
Grant Holicky breaks down the best cyclocross skill drills to upgrade your 'cross racing with the help of some highly qualified riders.
Six Ways to Deal with Pain
Coach Grant Holicky discusses six ways by which all athletes can forge a better relationship with pain as a part of sport.
‘Cross Skills: Mastering the Fundamentals, with Coach Grant Holicky
Grant Holicky, cyclocross coach, dissects key techniques for an explosive race start, seamless mounting and dismounting, and air-tight cornering.
How to Analyze Cyclocross Power Files
Coach Grant Holicky and head coach Ryan Kohler teach you how to analyze cyclocross power files in TrainingPeaks.
What Is Your Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning?
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.
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Is There a Value to the One-Hour Easy Ride?
We all understand the purpose of high-intensity intervals and long endurance rides, but is there a value to kitting up and doing a workout that’s both short and easy?
Potluck Discussion: Is It the End of the Road for the North American Racing Scene?
In this week’s show, we talk about whether gravel racing can save North American racing, if adding a Zwift race to your interval work is still good training, and techniques our hosts use to keep in balance.
Can Cyclocross Make You a Stronger, Faster Cyclist?
Whether you’re a roadie, a mountain biker or a triathlete, the unique demands of cyclocross mean it can make you better at your preferred discipline. On this week’s show we chat with cyclocross experts Grant Holicky and Stephen Hyde about the many benefits of ‘cross.
Potluck Discussion: Angling Our Hoods, Reconsidering Long Thresholds, and Extreme Measures
We have a wide range of odd and interesting topics for you in this week's show.
Potluck Discussion: The Value of Marginal Gains, Attacking in Training Races, and What to Do in an Emergency
In this week’s show, we talk about marginal gains in the Tour, how best to approach training races, and what to do if you encounter an emergency mid-ride.
Potluck Discussion: Ideal Mental States, Mixing Energy Systems, and Memorable Failures
Our hosts continue their potluck discussion and talk about what’s the ideal mental state for performance, whether we should be consistent with our intervals or not, and why failure is so important for an athlete to experience.
Finding the Balance Between Nutrition and Fueling
We discuss the difference between nutrition and fueling, and why focusing on performance versus health can lead to very different dietary choices.
How Adding Services Leads to Maximal Gains
Coach Grant Holicky describes how athletes are impacted by the additional experts and services that coaches make available to them. In his experience, these changes often lead to maximal gains.
One Team’s Strategy for Dynamic Athlete Services
Forever Endurance provides additional athlete services both by diversifying the coaching talent on their own team and by connecting athletes with experts outside the business. With more ways to deliver individualized training, coaches are well-positioned to reach more athletes.
The Value of Business Services
Many coaches are happy to focus their energy on coaching, not running a business. Some coaches choose to outsource specific tasks like accounting, business management, and marketing. At Forever Endurance, co-owners Cody Moore and Grant Holicky have coaches lean into the services that an MBA and education program can provide.
Potluck Discussion: Ride Nutrition, Two Minute Intervals, and How to Quickly Get Your Form Back
Our hosts have a “potluck discussion” about athletes' different needs for carbohydrates, how 2x2-min intervals compare to Tabatas, and why current athletes can come back much quicker from time off.
Sport Psychology Pathway
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.