What is sports science getting wrong in 2026? In this clip from our 400th Fast Talk episode, Dr. Iñigo Mujika, Dr. Stephen Seiler, and Prof. Louise Burke expose some of the biggest blind spots in sports science.
In this special Fast Talk milestone episode, three of the world’s leading experts in endurance physiology—Dr. Stephen Seiler, Dr. Iñigo Mujika, and Dr. Louise Burke—discuss the breakthroughs, mistakes, and technological shifts that reshaped how athletes train, recover, fuel, and measure performance.
This YouTube-exclusive discussion looks at a new longevity study that asks a big question: Does exercise intensity matter more than volume for living longer and reducing cardiovascular risk?
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss what to do when your racing data isn’t what you’d expect based on the numbers you see in training; we define muscle memory and discuss how it pertains to endurance sports; and we detail the many ways that bikes have become more aerodynamic.
For our 400th episode we invited three of the most prominent names in exercise physiology to discuss where we are and where we’re going in endurance sports science.
TrainingPeaks CEO, Lee Gerakos, joins us to discuss the current trends in training software and where he thinks they are going.
The world of AI is changing extraordinarily fast. We spoke with Dr. Paul Laursen about the current challenges and developments of the technology.
Mollie Brewer joins us to discuss how we interact with data – which can say as much about coaches and athletes as the data itself.
We are inundated with training data, opinions, and information. But that overwhelm makes it hard to get at what is actually true. Our hosts share their thoughts on cutting through the noise.
Dr. Stephen Seiler joins Trevor, Rob, and Grant as they ask each other spicy questions while eating hot wings.
Our hosts pick their favorite podcasting moments from 2022 with a variety of fun and informative guests.
We live in an era of data overload, so knowing how to interpret that data is key. Alan Couzens talks with us about how neural networks might be the answer.
Dr. Stephen Seiler and his daughter, an elite runner and sport science student, analyze bronze medalist Molly Seidel’s Olympic training.
We examine the pros and cons of using chronic training load (CTL) as well as the ways it can take your endurance sports training off track.
Coach Wenzel helps answer questions on travel, final race prep, big gear work on LSD rides, pushing through exhaustion, and training races.
Should you pay attention to the numbers on your head unit while you’re racing? If so, which ones, and when? We dive in with TrainingPeaks co-founder Dirk Friel.
Dr. Stephen Seiler presents on the history and future of endurance sports testing and monitoring.
Dr. Stephen Seiler dives into Mathieu van der Poel’s power data from the 2021 Tour of Flanders to decipher what it takes to excel in a Spring Classic.