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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382: Can We Resurrect the American Road Race Sc...
67 min
2
381: The Synergistic Power of Training Your Bra...
64 min
3
380: Durability: The Fourth Pillar of Aerobic F...
65 min
4
379: Why Researchers, Coaches, and Athletes Nee...
63 min
5
378: Potluck Discussion - Lessons Learned, Comp...
56 min
6
377: When Is Our Interval Work Too Much?
70 min
7
376: Too Little Protein? Too Much Sodium?
35 min
8
375: Comparing the Top Nutrition Apps for Endur...
63 min
9
374: The Impact of AI on Training Prescription,...
59 min
10
373: The Revolutionary Work of Dr. Hans Selye
67 min
11
372: Coffee, Gels, and the Jitters: Using Caffe...
60 min
12
371: Potluck Discussion - Is More Better, Train...
59 min
13
370: Our Deep Dive on the Norwegian Method
84 min
14
369: How Coaches and Athletes Interact with Data
71 min
15
368: Are Shorter Cranks Faster?
63 min
16
367: Podcast Swap — Body Composition, Performan...
64 min
17
366: Balancing the Principles of Training with ...
70 min
18
365: Potluck Discussion - Athlete Autonomy, Tra...
57 min
19
364: How to Help Your Body Fit Better on the Bi...
66 min
20
363: Why Breathing Frequency May Become Our Bes...
85 min
21
362: How to Make Interval Work Motivating
67 min
22
361: Examining a Critical Meta-Analysis of Trai...
58 min
23
360: Potluck Discussion: First Conversation, Do...
58 min
24
359: Do Women Athletes Need Zone 2 Training?
58 min
25
358: How to Use—and Not Use—HRV in Your Training
70 min