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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106: Dr. Stephen Seiler on adjusting your train...
As promised, today in episode 106, we bring in Dr. Stephen Seiler, one of the world’s preeminent exercise physiologists, to discuss how to adjust your training now that the world is in a chronic state of disruption. Obviously, this is new territory...
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105: Psychological tools to deal with disappoin...
It goes without saying that we are living in a time defined by disruption—loss, disappointment, confusion, and far too much uncertainty. I think it’s safe to assume those emotions are universal; each of us has been impacted by the current pandemic...
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104: Bonus Q and A on respiratory exchange, usi...
Why new music now? Well, as mentioned in our last episode, we no longer co-release Fast Talk through the VeloNews channel. We are exclusively publishing through the Fast Talk channel, so tell all your friends, teammates, riding buddies, and coaches to...
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103: Fast Talk's origins and future - a special...
These are special times, challenging times, and this is a special edition of Fast Talk. And I say that not because we discuss COVID-19 in this episode, but because this is the last episode of Fast Talk to be co-released on the VeloNews channel. For...
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102: Performance Psychology with Julie Emmerman...
As the world’s attention is fixated on the spread of COVID-19, many of us are feeling various amounts of stress and anxiety. We want to acknowledge that fact; these are challenging times. By coincidence, we recorded and planned to release today an...
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101: Zones are a range, not a specific number, ...
We’re incredibly lucky here at Fast Labs to be able to talk with some of the most intelligent physiologists, coaches, and athletes about training, and sport science generally, on a weekly basis. We glean so much insightful...
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100: Dr. Stephen Seiler: The Past, Present, and...
Welcome to episode 100 with Dr. Stephen Seiler! We are so proud to have now brought 100 episodes of our passion for the bike to you! Thanks to all of you for coming along with us as we’ve interviewed some of the best physiologists, nutritionists,...
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99: Training Triathlon as One Sport with Three ...
Swim, bike, run. I can do two of these things well. The third could cause my death. For our guests today, however, putting these disciplines together represents a good day's work. Of course, I'm talking about triathlon. And while Fast Talk has always...
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OC 03: #BestRetirementEver with Meredith Miller...
Fast Talk Listeners, this is the final episode of Off Course that we will be uploading to this channel. Subscribe to Off Course on your favorite podcast app in order to keep listening to interviews like this. Today, my guest is Meredith Miller. She...
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98: Bonus Q and A on Interval Intensity, Dirty ...
We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it: Thank you for sending us questions. We are here for you and your training. Nothing is more fulfilling than knowing that the hours of research, study, and production of...
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02 Chris Case: The Brain, The Body and the Love...
Part of the reason I created this podcast is to share the strong camaraderie and friendship that we enjoy as cyclists, swimmers, and runners, with you! This episode is a great glimpse into my relationship with Chris Case. Chris is the co-founder of...
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97: Are You Stretching Too Much? Analysis with ...
Are you stretching? Are you stretching too much? The core of episode 97 delves into the short and long term effects of stretching, differentiates between the athletes in various disciplines that should be stretching more, and who should be stretching...
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96: Bonus Analysis on Pedaling Dynamics with Co...
Today we're pulling from the Fast Labs vault to hear from one of our favorite guests, Colby Pearce. We recently asked Colby a very simple question: Tell us what you know about the pedal stroke. We anticipated an intelligent, albeit relatively short...
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95: Lennard Zinn and the Art of Tire Pressure
Welcome to Fast Talk! Today in episode 95 we talk in-depth about the humble tire. Often neglected, frequently misunderstood, the lowly tire is a much more complicated piece of equipment than many people know. Today, with the help...
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94: Bonus Q and A on Fasted Training, Goal Sett...
Take a guess, which one of our all-knowing hosts is an expert on Baby Yoda, and who hadn’t even heard of him until this recording? Or, more importantly, what is a palindrome? Welcome to our second bonus episode of Fast Talk...
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93: Balancing sport and life, with Brent Bookwa...
Hello and welcome to Fast Talk! I'm your host Chris Case. Today we have a great episode in store for you, with someone you’ve heard from many times before on Fast Talk. Today, we’re finally joined by Brent Bookwalter of...
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92: Bonus Q and A on intensity vs. volume, over...
Hello and welcome to this bonus episode of Fast Talk. These new episodes, which we’ll publish every other week to supplement our flagship shows, will typically run a little shorter than our regular episodes, and they’ll also be more geared...
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91: Beyond the Data: Training is not only About...
Happy New Year’s, Fast Talk friends! We are excited to be speeding into 2020 with our new company, Fast Labs. For starters, and due to popular demand, Fast Talk will now...
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90: Innovative approaches to base training, wit...
Base training has traditionally been all about long, slow rides. But that's tough if you live in the northern hemisphere and you hate the cold, or lack the necessary equipment to ride safely outdoors when road conditions might be perilous and light is...
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89: The Value of Physiological Testing with the...
Riding on the gold standard Velotron in a lab and breathing into an uncomfortable facemask while a physiologist like our guest Jared Berg pokes your ear might not sound like a good time at all. Which is probably why Coach Connor can't get enough. But...
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88: Season Planning for the Limited Racer, with...
We all understand that to race or ride our best, we need to periodize our season. That’s obvious and essential for a pro who’s racing upwards of 80 races in a season. Simply put, they wouldn’t survive if they went hard all the time: They need a...
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87: Preventing injuries through strength and co...
Typically, when we hear the words “strength training,” we think of going into the gym, slapping some plates on a bar, and seeing what we can lift. The more, the better. But there’s a lot more to strength training than that, especially for those...
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86: Listener Questions On Inflammation, Cardiac...
We’ve received so many intriguing questions from our listeners, it was time to devote an entire episode to answering them. We appreciate the feedback, and generate many future podcast topics from your questions, so please keep them coming. You can...
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85: Learning to trust the science with Dr. Jim ...
Here on Fast Talk, we’ve been known to periodically quote a study or two. While in the past, athletes mostly figured out their training by trial and error or what felt right, nowadays, in this era of marginal gains, no coach or serious athlete can...
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84: Pro training tips with George Bennett
A few episodes back, Trevor and I interviewed George Bennett of Jumbo-Visma, who at one point was sitting fourth at this year’s Tour de France. At the time, we talked with George about the importance of recovery and adaptation. In the course of that...
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