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Former XTERRA world champion and coach Melanie McQuaid talks with us about the pros and cons of top athletes becoming coaches.

How do you attract, nurture, and retain talented young riders? We find out in the latest Fast Talk Femmes podcast.

At age 18, Spanish cyclist Juan Ayuso signed with World Tour team UAE Team Emirates. In this podcast, Dr. San Millán discusses Ayuso’s successful move to the pro peloton and the obstacles facing American junior cyclists.

In this week’s show, we talk about how we deal with the stress of competition, whether threshold intervals are old news, and the mental side of dealing with health setbacks.

In this episode of Fast Talk Femmes, we learn more about RED-S, its effects on female endurance athletes, and ways to prevent it.

Dr. Michael Crawley and Andy Kirkland join us to talk about what they’ve learned working and training with top Ethiopian runners.

We max out on metaphors in this week’s Fast Talk podcast as we talk about some of the key principles behind training, recovery, and fueling.

In the latest episode of our female-specific podcast, we chat with the director sportif of one of the most successful women’s WorldTour teams.

Elite cycling coach Dr. Iñigo San Millán explores the goals of training during the early season, base training months and how to best execute that training.

In this special Nerd Lab episode, we focus on three recent studies published by Dr. Bent Ronnestad that are all focused on improving time at VO2max.

We chat with high-performance sports dietitian and researcher Dr. Dana Lis about how female athletes can get the most from their nutrition.

Time at VO2max is driving the recent research on what makes the most effective intervals, but is it a good metric to use? We find out on this week’s Fast Talk podcast.

We all need goals to help us stay on track, but what’s the secret to effective goal setting? Two top coaches share their secrets.

In the first episode of our female-focused podcast, we chat with Jennifer Sygo about all aspects of sports nutrition as it relates to female endurance athletes.

Understanding your sources of motivation can be key to achieving your athletic potential, yet it’s a topic that can also be surprisingly complex. We talk with mental performance expert Sonya Looney on how to find your motivation.

Our hosts pick their favorite podcasting moments from 2022 with a variety of fun and informative guests. 

What does it take to win one of the world’s longest and most grueling endurance events—and how do you do that aged 52? Listen in to find out!

In this week’s show, we talk about training over the holidays, why discomfort is important to our development, and our goals for 2023.