Workshops & Webinars. How-To Videos. Techniques. Workouts.
Library members get access to the Fast Talk Laboratories video library including how-to, training analysis, technique, recorded Q&A sessions, and workout videos from our coaches.
Learn how and why you should select certain intervals, how to integrate them into your training plan, when to do them, and how to properly execute them.
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler review TrainingPeaks metrics such as Acute and Chronic Training Load (ATL/CTL), Training Stress Balance (TSB), and discuss the interactions among the metrics.
Cardiovascular drift is an instability in heart rate and stroke volume over time. We show you how to determine it.
Knowing what energizes you as a coach will cultivate performance. It also creates bandwidth for situations where energy and outcome are not yet dialed.
The lines between life and sport can quickly blur. Difficult issues like weight loss or obsessive behavior can lead to big problems for coaches.
Strength and conditioning coach Erin Carson shares her insights and expertise on building durable, happy, successful athletes—and it’s about more than just lifting weights in the gym.
The options for data and devices are endless and some athletes need their coach to intervene. Coaches Ryan Kohler and Alison Freeman describe the metrics that matter most.
Moving well is the key to consistent training, but what are the key areas of mobility for endurance athletes? We find out in this video interview with strength coach Erin Carson.
The typical endurance athlete is time-crunched, which triggers a number of challenges for coaches around rest and recovery.
A top strength coach shares her insights on how to structure strength training for endurance athletes.
Most coaches have additional expertise to offer their athletes as services, but there’s more than one way to grow your coaching business.
Coaches want to see CTL, or fitness, on the rise. But there are times in the season when CTL will go down. Joe Friel explains why this is critical.
Should strength sessions be factored into an athlete’s Training Stress Score? Joe Friel explains when and how to score cross-training.
We usually take our sports science pretty seriously. Not so much in our holiday special…
What’s the best way to handle an athlete who has a plan of their own? Joe Friel talks about the coach-athlete dynamic and how you can use doubt to strengthen the relationship.
Good intentions can lead many coaches to give away their time for free. It’s a costly mistake that will hurt your coaching business.
How many athletes should a coach take on? Many new coaches try to build their client list quickly, but it’s easy to trade effectiveness in the rush for scale.
Dr. Julie Emmerman joins Emma-Kate Lidbury to talk about the role that self-awareness and emotional intelligence can have in performance psychology.
Load, stress, strain—they’re terms we hear a lot in sports science, but what do they mean? Dr. Stephen Seiler explores how your internal response to external load will change as you become fitter and more durable.
Coach Julie Young describes the performance improvements made when one of her athletes switched to a year-round training program.
The lab simplifies the path forward for the athlete, showing how the body is responding to training and taking us back to the basics.