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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368: Are Shorter Cranks Faster?
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367: Podcast Swap — Body Composition, Performan...
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366: Balancing the Principles of Training with ...
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365: Potluck Discussion - Athlete Autonomy, Tra...
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364: How to Help Your Body Fit Better on the Bi...
66 min
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363: Why Breathing Frequency May Become Our Bes...
85 min
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362: How to Make Interval Work Motivating
67 min
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361: Examining a Critical Meta-Analysis of Trai...
58 min
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360: Potluck Discussion: First Conversation, Do...
58 min
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359: Do Women Athletes Need Zone 2 Training?
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358: How to Use—and Not Use—HRV in Your Training
70 min
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357: Progressive Overload Is Critical But Does ...
69 min
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356: The Importance of Maintaining Muscle Mass ...
75 min
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355: Potluck Discussion: Finding the Right Plan...
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354: How Homeostasis Explains Everything
63 min
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353: The Power of Motivational Interviewing, wi...
60 min
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352: The Four Fitness Foundations of Mobility, ...
77 min
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351: Drawing Ethical Boundaries in the Coach-At...
60 min
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350: How to Set Strava Records on the Most Famo...
68 min
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349: Potluck Discussion: Sacrifices, Initial Se...
54 min
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348: How to Find Your Motivation in the Early S...
63 min
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347: Favorite Workouts—Off-the-Bike Edition!
38 min
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346: The Effect of Virtual Training on Coaches ...
67 min
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345: Why Our Gut Microbiome Is Important for Pe...
57 min
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344: The Role of Nutrition in Optimizing Mental...
53 min