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.
Dr. Seiler explains what we can and can’t take from the Ingebrigtsen brothers and from the Norwegian approach to training in general.
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.
Our hosts talk with Jared Berg about the nutrition needs of development athletes and whether they should eat differently from their adult counterparts.
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 sports later in life.
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.
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.
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.
Many started young, others turned their passion into their profession, and some used it to get healthy. Learn from the experiences of multiple athletes and coaches on how they entered—and stayed in—endurance sports no matter what life threw their way.
In today’s episode, we switch our cycling shoes for running shoes and discuss how runners can accurately measure and pace their training.
In this week’s potluck, we discuss if lighter means you always perform better, how to change things up if you’re not feeling that day’s workout, and what key tips we have to be better coaches or athletes.
Nothing has been researched more than high-intensity interval training. We talk with Dr. Seiler about what the science really says and how to apply it to our own training.
Athlete, coach, and nutritionist Stephanie Howe explains how ultra-athletes can optimize performance through evidence-based nutrition practices.
Our hosts bring their questions on working out at the end of a long day, how to manage when training races are too easy, and if base ride intensities should be varied.
We’ve all seen on TV how hard the Tour de France is, but what does it take for these riders to push themselves so far day after day?
Originally titled “Stop Your Legs from Fighting (Themselves),” we look back at episode 8 to see how our views—and the science—has changed regarding neuromuscular work.
When does an innovation in speed cross the line of fair competition or safety?
Lennard Zinn shares his decades of experience to help cyclists of all levels navigate what gear they do and don’t need when starting a new cycling discipline.