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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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...
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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
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164: Q&A on Judging Fatigue, Overtraining in Tr...
57 min
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163: Training Principles from the 1980s Are (St...
91 min
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162: Q&A on Time Trial Pacing and Position, INS...
58 min
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161: How to Effectively Return to the Bike Afte...
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160: Favorite Workouts of Fast Talk All-Stars, ...
33 min
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159: INSCYD and the Power of Testing Analysis, ...
81 min
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158: How to Manage Unwanted Thoughts Through St...
87 min
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157: Q&A on Training Grit, Psychological Tricks...
57 min
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156: How to Effectively Evolve as an Athlete, w...
80 min
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155: Recent Research on Timing Effects on Perfo...
27 min
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154: The Art and Science of Time Trials, with K...
108 min
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153: Forget Marginal Gains and Focus on the Fun...
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152: How to Effectively Modify Your Training an...
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151: Q&A on Heat Acclimatization, Sweat Rates,...
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