There Are Only 3 Rides You Should Do
There are really only three types of rides most cyclists need: endurance rides, high-intensity rides, and easy recovery or preparation rides.
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Potluck Discussion – Midseason Doldrums, Our Best Big Dumb Ride Stories, and Our Favorite Training Books
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 doldrums.
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Should We Rethink Zone 2 Training?
A new study challenges the hype around Zone 2 training, but Trevor and Chris explain why the real answer is more nuanced: intensity matters, Zone 2 still has value, and coaches and researchers need to work together to understand both.
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Cross-Training & Injury Risk — Triathletes vs Runners Explained
We review a new study on the risk of injury in triathletes vs. marathon runners. The results defy conventional wisdom.
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Potluck Discussion – Heat Training, Back Pain, and Grant’s Big Crash
We discuss whether a couple of heat training sessions a week has any reward (or risk), why lower back pain seems to be on the rise in cyclists, and Grant details his crash at a local race.
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Durability Explained
Trevor Connor and Chris Case break down the concept of durability—the ability to maintain performance deep into a race or training session, even after hours of fatigue.
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VO2max vs Durability: What Really Predicts Endurance Performance?
For decades, VO2max and time-to-exhaustion dominated endurance research. But world-leading experts now argue that durability and real-world performance tell a much more complete story.
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The Science of Power Meters, with Stages Cycling’s Pat Warner
You probably own a power meter, but do you know how it measures power or how these devices have evolved over 20 years? We were joined by Stages Cycling’s head of product development Pat Warner to pull back the curtain on the technology of power measurement.
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Endurance Training for Longevity—Why Hard Efforts Beat More Hours
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?
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Fast Chats — What Differentiates Cycling’s Greats, and New Research on the Causes of Overtraining Syndrome
We discuss new research on what it takes to win the biggest races in cycling—and how that can help your own racing—and we analyze a study that looks at the potential causes of overtraining syndrome.
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Potluck Discussion – When Racing Data Doesn’t Match Training, Muscle Memory, and Just How Much Aerodynamics Have Changed Cycling
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.
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Fast Chats — Navigating Complex Injuries, and Evidence that Hormonal Changes Don’t Degrade Performance
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.
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Zwift’s Next Chapter in Training and Racing
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.
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Dissecting Training Zones with Siren Seiler and Dr. Stephen Seiler
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.
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Fast Chats – New Research Challenging Whether We Should Do Efforts on Our Long Base Rides
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?
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Potluck Discussion – The Value of Average Power, Sustaining What Works Season to Season, and Our VO2max Ceiling
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss when and how to best use average power from our rides, whether there’s a ceiling to our VO2max capacity, and how we can replicate success from season to season.
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Training vs. Practice, And Why Both Matter
Understanding the distinction between training fitness and practicing sport can lead to great overall performance gains.
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Top Coaches Share Strategies on Base Training with Limited Time
The truth about base training for time-crunched cyclists—what to cut, what to keep, and what actually moves the needle.
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