Fast Talk

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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189: Bike Fit Methodology, with Dr. Andy Pruitt...
65 min
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188: Nerd Lab: FTP, VO2max, and Sprints within LSD
61 min
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187: Bike Fit Philosophy, with Dr. Andy Pruitt,...
56 min
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186: Q&A on Intensity within LSD Rides, Finding...
36 min
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185: Comparing Training Methods Across Enduranc...
113 min
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184: Q&A on Triathlon, Running, GI Distress, an...
65 min
232
183: Developing Youth Athletes, with USA Cyclin...
82 min
233
182: Q&A on Polarized Training, Ramping Down Yo...
47 min
234
181: Riding the Edge in Cyclocross, with Steph...
96 min
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180: Transformative Endurance Challenges
59 min
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179: Do You Need a Mentor? With Coach Connor’s ...
88 min
237
178: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Chronic...
88 min
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177: Exploring Heat Stress and Heat Stroke, wit...
79 min
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176: Q&A on Training Zones, Cyclocross, Weekly ...
46 min
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175: Lessons on Race Targeting, Goal Setting, a...
91 min
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174: Q&A on Travel and Training, CTL, Race Prep...
36 min
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173: Is Weight Management as Simple as Calories...
86 min
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172 :Sprinting, Overtraining Your Cells, Durabi...
76 min
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171: Environmental Pollution, Health, and Perfo...
71 min
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170: Q&A on Returning from Injury, Weight Manag...
56 min
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169: Should We Race by Numbers? With Dirk Friel
82 min
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168: How Much High-Intensity Training Do You Need?
89 min
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167: How to Assess and Modify Training Mid-Season
43 min
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166: Effective Two-A-Day Workout Strategies, wi...
68 min
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165: The Physiology of Race Season, with Dr. Iñ...
81 min