We sit down with one of the smartest bike racers of his day, and the oldest grand tour winner, to hear stories of what it takes to win bike races and outfox the competition.
Understanding cardiovascular drift can reveal key info about fitness progress and fatigue, especially during key training blocks and times of year. This course from Dr. Ed Coyle and Coach Trevor Connor is a practical guide for coaches on how to use this key training metric.
Dr. Izumi Tabata created one of the original interval workout protocols. See the benefits of Tabata Intervals and exactly how they should be done.
Max your athletes’ aerobic and threshold fitness gains with this deep dive into coaching 4×8 interval workouts.
See how to coach 5×5 interval workouts and their physiology, threshold benefits, intensity targets, data analysis, and pacing.
Intervals.icu is one of the most powerful and low-cost platforms for analyzing workout and race data. See how to use the unique features of this powerful coaching tool.
Registered Dietician Andrea Schwartz talks with us about how she works with athletes in-season to hit their weight goals while not getting themselves off-track.
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.
Functional training expert Dr. Stacey Brickson joins us to explain why no other sport movement is like the pedal stroke and, more importantly, why that requires doing additional strength work.
NICA serves all juniors, from future Olympians to kids borrowing their neighbor’s bike. We talk with two leaders at NICA about how they balance serving riders of all levels.
We distilled decades of experience into the most impactful nutrition concepts for athletes.
The repetitive motion of most endurance sports exposes the body to overuse injuries and imbalances, particularly within the often ignored pelvic floor.
We discuss how to find solutions when you’re dealing with injuries without an obvious cause, then we review new research that demonstrates that changes in progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone do not negatively impact performance in males or females.
A healthy gut and appropriate inflammation are critical to our training, but finding the right balance is challenging. Cardiologist Dr. Fred Chaleff discusses the ways we can all find equilibrium.
Zwift revolutionized indoor training, but they didn’t stop there. We talk with Nick Kalkounis and Ryan Cooper about both the history and future of Zwift’s innovations.
Based on their recent research article, the Seilers discuss the proliferation of training zone systems and compare them to the highly touted Norwegian five-zone model.
Some of the top sports physiologists in the world, led by Dr Louis Burke just wrote the UCI’s position on supplements. Lead author Jamie Whitfield joins us to discuss their recommendations.
Purists say never do efforts on long base rides, but recent research is challenging whether a few efforts really do any harm. More importantly, can doing some neuromuscular work help?