A good training plan can make or break your season, and creating a good training plan starts with your goals and your strategy. Our coaches and experts can show you how to set achievable goals, create a complementary training approach, and design your own training plan that’s adjustable throughout the season.
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This week, our hosts get personal with stories of the biggest and dumbest rides they’ve done, the training book that had the biggest impact on their athletic development, and how they deal with the midseason dull drums.
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss whether there is a true ceiling to our potential, whether there’s a value in “wintering” or taking time off, and what cross training our hosts recommend.
This course from USA Cycling and Fast Talk Labs reveals how eight master coaches craft the most effective training plans in cycling.
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.
In the very early days of Fast Talk, our hosts summarized – in only 20 minutes – how to map out your training week. In today’s episode we revisit that summary to see just how good a job we did back then.
For this week’s potluck we discuss a host of questions, from getting sick during a target race, training in cold weather, and approaching the off season.
We explore what it takes to develop from a recreational triathlete into an IRONMAN World Championship qualifier.
Finding another month or two in the legs may be more about careful management of fatigue and having a little more fun.
If you’re looking to tackle some ultra-endurance events it’s important to take a longer-term approach to your training that extends beyond a single season. We explain how and why.
In this week’s episode, our hosts talk about the best work to do leading into the race season, getting meditative during intervals, and preparing for an epic event.
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.
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.
The goal belongs to the athlete—not the coach. It’s the coach’s job to help the athlete give shape to the final product.
Goals are best evaluated in the rearview mirror. Joe Friel reflects on the goals of three endurance athletes, highlighting lessons learned.
In this week’s show, we talk about training over the holidays, why discomfort is important to our development, and our goals for 2023.
We usually take our sports science pretty seriously. Not so much in our holiday special…
Training at this time of year can be tricky. We’re here to help you with our top 10 tips for success during the off-season.
Get the right mix of intensity at the right time and polarized training pays off. Take a disciplined approach for best results.