Fast Talk Podcast

For decades, weight management has relied on an assumption: that manipulating calorie intake will predict weight gain or loss. But does it actually work?

With the help of CTS coach Renee Eastman, we field questions on injury, the power of consistency, weight vs. power, and fast-twitch fibers.

We sit down with sports nutrition expert Asker Jeukendrup to discuss potential performance gains from modifying carbohydrate load during training.

Coach and endurance mountain bike champ Daniel Matheny helps us field questions on coaching junior athletes, how aerobic capacity is impacted by intensity, PVCs, and much more.

Ryan Kohler and Trevor Connor discuss some of the major myths and misconceptions in endurance sports nutrition.

Guest coach Julie Young answers questions from listeners on fatigue, peaking, returning from injury, and sports nutrition.

Rambleur Rising coach and elite gravel racer Kristen Legan answers your many insightful questions on the art of listening to your body, ketogenic diets, glucose transport, and much more.

Pioneering sports nutritionist Asker Jeukendrup joins us for a discussion on how in-race nutrition is trainable and why you should be training your gut.

We speak with Dr. Stacy Sims, one of the leading researchers on women’s physiology and training and performance.

This Q&A episode we’ll answer questions about diet, the value of short easy rides, sub-threshold work in a polarized training model, and inflammation.

We are discussing research about ketogenic diets and sports performance. Studies have come out concluding contradictory things about the effects, benefits and risks. Researchers have strong opinions on both sides. Will going keto make you faster?

We discuss what we think is healthy and what foods to eat and skip. We take on the topics of wheat, nutrient density, and sugar.

We speak with Dr. John Hawley, one of the leading experts in sports nutrition, about this cutting-edge trend.

In this episode, we are joined by Dan Cavallari and Stacy Sims, founder of Osmo who now works with Nuun, to discuss the difference between food and fuel — what you should be eating on the bike, and off.

We are joined by Dr. Philip Goglia, a nutritionist to the stars (and Phil Gaimon) to discuss safe and effective ways to drop weight, how to best fuel your training, and why paying close attention to your food matters.