Fast Talk
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The Fast Talk podcast offers the best guides to cycling performance and endurance sports training from world-class experts.Cohosted by cycling coaches and sport scientists Trevor Connor and Rob Pickels, Fast Talk episodes feature fascinating conversations with world-class experts discussing the endurance sports topics they know best: the best ways to train, effective workouts, questions on polarized and interval training, sports nutrition, physiology and recovery, and sport psychology.Fast Talk guests and regular contributors include Dr. Stephen Seiler, Joe Friel, Dr. Asker Jeukendrup, Sebastian Weber, Jim Miller, Dr. Andy Pruitt, Dr. Timothy Noakes, and elite professional athletes like Kristin Armstrong, Sepp Kuss, Brent Bookwalter, Kate Courtney, and many more.Fast Talk is part of Fast Talk Laboratories, a new endurance sports knowledgebase for endurance racers and adventurers.
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Nov 1, 2018 • 1h 18min
59: Preventing cycling’s most common injuries, with Dr. Andy Pruitt
In this day and age, most of the common overuse injuries in cycling can be addressed and prevented. It just requires the proper precautions — such as getting regular bike fits and doing off-the-bike strength work. Our primary guest today is Dr. Andy Pruitt. He is a bike fit guru who invented the Body Geometry fit system and continues to design ergonomic products for Specialized. He is the author of “Andy Pruitt’s Complete Medical Guide for Cyclists.” We also speak with Evan Huffman & Colby Pearce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2018 • 33min
58: Inside Colby Pearce’s world record hour attempt
In episode 58, we talked with Colby Pearce about what it takes to make an attempt at the hour record on the track. Not long after, Pearce set the master’s 45-49 world record with a scorching 50.245 kilometer effort. For this special episode, we caught up with him to discuss his successful attempt, the training he did, the difficulties of selecting gears and training on a track that was different from the one where he set the record, and how he managed the pain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 12, 2018 • 1h 17min
57: Trail, rake, and flop — bike design with Lennard Zinn
Today legend of the cycling industry, Lennard Zinn, shares a variety of factors in frame design including: - The concepts of fork rake, head-tube angle & trail - How these factors act together to make the bike more or less stable - The effects of wheel flop and how it impacts your ability to corner - How understanding rake, trail, and flop can have a significant impact on your performance - The evolution of bike design and how it has been influenced by both fashion & performance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 1, 2018 • 1h 31min
56: The Hour with Colby Pearce
THE HOUR. Those two words represent many things to many people. Some believe it to be the ultimate test of man and machine: out there on the track, with nowhere to hide, an athlete must come to terms with what he or she is truly capable of. In this episode, we sat down with Colby Pearce to dive deep into the Hour. It’s something Case knows all too well, since he too made an attempt in 2015. It’s Hour Record week at Fast Talk. Let’s make you fast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 14, 2018 • 1h 17min
55: How to win with mind power
Mindset in cycling is an important and frequently neglected side of our training and racing. In reality, mindset is often all that separates the best from second best and can be the difference between reaching the podium or finishing a race. Our primary guest today is a professor of sports psychology and is a senior teaching professor at Colorado State University, Dr. Brian Butki. We also spoke with Dean Golich, a head coach at Carmichael Training Systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 30, 2018 • 1h 30min
54: Applying the polarized training model, with Dr. Seiler
Our featured guest is, of course, Dr. Stephen Seiler, a professor of sports science in Norway, where he has lived for over 20 years. He sits on the executive board of the well-respected European University College for Sports Science. It was his groundbreaking research that helped define the polarized model. We also hear from Dr. John Hawley, another prominent name in the exercise science world from Australia. He talks with us about one of the important, but lesser-known, gains of long rides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 17, 2018 • 1h 18min
53: From collegiate racing to the WorldTour in three years, with Sepp Kuss
LAST FALL TREVOR AND I CONDUCTED a not-so-controlled study on climbing, and we had the help of a young, talented Colorado rider. His name? Sepp Kuss. At the time of our little experiment, Kuss was about to head to Europe for a training camp with his new WorldTour team, Lotto-NL Jumbo. We’ll also hear from Joe Dombrowski, a leader of the EF Education First-Drapac WorldTour team. Dombrowski was one of Kuss’s chief rivals at the Tour of Utah this year and won the race himself back in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 10, 2018 • 1h 13min
52: Enhancing Your Recovery With Normatec
Today, we’re sitting down with two guests from our sponsor NormaTec to discuss recovery in depth. NormaTec is a medical devices company that also crafts inflatable compression wear for athletes. Are they Space legs? Moon boots? Our primary guests today are two members of the NormaTec team: John Aquadro, NormaTec’s VP of Technology and Operations and Matt Curbeau. Additionally, we’ll hear from Frank Overton, Dr. Andrew Peterson, and Toms Skujins of the Trek-Segafredo WorldTour team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 27, 2018 • 1h 14min
51: Polarizing your training, with Dr. Stephen Seiler
Our featured guest is Dr. Stephen Seiler, a professor of sports science in Norway, where he has lived for 22 years. But no, that’s not a Norwegian accent. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Dr. Seiler is now on the executive board of the well-respected European University College for Sports Science. We're also joined by Grant Holicky, Andrew Randall, Steve Neal, and Larry Warbasse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 23, 2018 • 1h 13min
50: Unpacking the gospel of Joe Friel’s new ‘Training Bible’
This spring Joe Friel released his 5th edition of the "Cyclist's Training Bible." Trevor and I had a chance to talk with Joe about the newest edition. We came to the interview with a list of questions that we felt only touched on the key parts of the book and by the hour mark we were barely a quarter of the way through our list. In addition to Joe Friel, our guests include: Frank Overton, the owner of FastCat coaching here in Boulder, CO; as well as LottoNL-Jumbo rider Sepp Kuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
