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FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast — 365 episodes
Ask a FasCat #31 , LIVE Q&A + your Summer Training
Ask A FasCat #30
The 8-Minute Workout That Increases Your VO2 Max
Build a Custom Training Plan from these 5 Questions
Full Gas Zone 4, 5 & 6 Intervals
5 Training Rules for Masters Cyclists (What Bicycling Magazine Left Out)
Unbound Gravel Training: Developing Your Diesel Watts
Gravel Pacing: the Right and the Wrong Way
Winter Workouts that bridge the gap between Base and Race
How to Use Your Coach, When You Get Sick or Injured
The #1 Nutrition Mistake Cyclists Make
Base Training Advice is broken, and How to Make it Right with 4–8 Hours a Week
Ask a FasCat Q&A from our Sweet Spot Saturday Group Ride
How Sweet Spot Training Was Developed
High Torque, Muscle Tension Intervals
My Plan to Live to 100
Using HRV the Right Way
Why the Off Season is Really the "On-Season" 🚀
How to Perform Muscle Tension Intervals on Zwift
Weight Lifting for Cycling
Why Masters Cyclists Get Slower (and How to Fix it ‼️)
Masters Intervals: Train like a Pro, Recover like Your Age
The AmEX Workout: All Zones, No Intervals
Don't Go Insane from Your Training
Sub 7 hour & 30th Place Leadville 100 MTB Race Analysis with Coach Elliott
You're Riding Zone 2 TOO Hard
Start Training by these 3 Fundamentals
How to Taper and Peak, the Right WAY
How Much Sweet Spot You Should Do (to do it RIGHT)
Lose Weight like a Ferrari
Setting Up Your Power-Based Zones & Training Guide
Training Year-Round without Burning Out: using our 365 ATP
The Right and Wrong Way to do Intervals
your DIY 🇫🇷 Tour de France Plan
Steamboat Gravel, Blue Course Advice for the First 22.5 miles
Sauna & Heat Training for an 8% Increase in Power Output & VO2 Max
Leadville 100 MTB Nutrition Plan with Coach Elliott
Fix Your Fade! Training Your Durability
USPRO Nationals Power Data: Inside the Numbers of Coach Ricky Arnopol's Top-10 Finish
Using Sweet Spot and Polarized Training together to achieve even higher FTPs, Durability and TTE
Five Recovery Metrics Every Cyclist Should Know
Gravel Training for Beginners & Intermediates: The 4 Pillars + a new Gravel Plan Sneak Peek
Training for Master Cyclists
Sweet Spot and Zone 2 - Using both together
Why Sweet Spot is Better Than Zone 2
Understand your fatigue to train smarter and more effectively
Gravel Practice Makes Perfect: The Simulation Ride
Nutrition Q&A with Neversecond CEO Bill Armstrong
Phil Gaimon is going to win the Tour de France!
Ask a FasCat #28: Your Questions Answered!
Training load and FTP: the relationship and how they work and don't work together
Why the 20min field test rules supreme, and how to do it
Overtraining, under-fueling, stuck in a rut? Lose the weight and get your mojo back!
Too Many Hours Too Soon? Don't Be The Group Ride Hero
How the pros are training now & what YOU should do
Strength training for cycling - what the latest research says
Come Sweet Spot with us on Zwift! Saturday group rides!
The Remco Effect: Junior development is completely different now
Train better by measuring with OTS: Optimized Training Stress
How to Plan the Perfect Race Calendar
You CAN have it all: Fun, flexible AND effective training
Strength training for cycling - what the latest research says
What the latest nutrition research means for cyclists, with performance dietitian Alex Winnicki
3 things that make Tadej Pogacar fast - including 1 you can do
Level up your cycling with this 30wk training plan
Gravel gossip with Ben Delaney: hot races, big changes, and training prioritization
Build your own custom training plan with CoachCat
The Three Things Good Coaches Do For Athletes
Weight Lifting for Cyclists
The 'No Training Plan' training solution
Annual Training for your best year yet (in '25) starts now: Four coaches explain the process
How to Plan for Next Season
Your training questions answered! By FasCat Founder *and* CoachCat AI
What the best coaches tell athletes ahead of their 'A' race
Altitude Training: What, why and how - including if you don't live in the mountains!
What's the best power meter? We've reviewed files from them all!
Live! Special edition podcast with your training questions answered
Six Aspects of Gravel Training to Implement Now
Get faster all summer with our heat acclimation protocol
Dad Watts! How to train as a busy parent + shout outs to our dads
Inside Unbound Gravel with Lauren De Crescenzo + her coach & 100mi winner Elliott Baring
A new way to train: think different about how you improve on the bike
Science-based, practical fueling for your big training rides and races
Trick our AI Coaching? CoachCat answers FasCat Athlete submitted training questions
Your gravel training is wrong. Here's what you should be doing
Lactate Truthers, FTP, Zone 2 & ERG Mode: Myth Busting
Achieve your best results with consistency. Here's how
Will AI replace human coaches in endurance sports?
How to ace your first gravel race (of the season, or even ever!)
5 must-know cycling nutrition strategies
How I won The Mid South-The Lauren De Crescenzo interview
Your best race yet? Try a multi-day event
5 ways to race at your best
Understanding race variables and other top tips from Coach Maddy Ward
New CoachCat AI technology delivers instant, interactive workout analysis & guidance
How to test and build cycling durability
5 Ways To Be A Better Cyclist: Justin Bowes
3 Ways to Maximize Your Zwift Training & Racing
Best Cycling Habits Under 10 Minutes
Rack Up Training Load with the OTS Workout: Sweet Spot Series 5 of 8
The 3 Steps to Achieving Your Cycling Goals
How to Sweet Spot on the Group Ride (4 of 8 in the SST series)
40 Hot Races in 2024: road, gravel, MTB, fondo and more!
Cyclists' 6 Bad Habits - and how to avoid them
Sweet Spot Series 3 of 8: When TO and When NOT TO Sweet Spot
Holiday Gear Guide: Clothing, Tech, Power Meters and More
Sweet Spot Series 2 of 8: How much sweet spot should you do?
Sweet Spot Series 1 of 8: What the heck is Sweet Spot?!
A different kind of intervals - but one that's still backed by science
Custom Training Plan Builder
Want to ride 1,200km? FasCat Lisa Charlebois did
Coach Elliott's Top 5 Tips: More... carbs, self awareness, fun, flexibility & learning
Go fast, stay warm: Clothing tips with Castelli's Alvin Nordell
Ask a FasCat #26: maintaining strength as we age, balancing fitness gains with losing weight, and more
Ask a FasCat #25: lifting weights, losing weight, boosting FTP & the Boogeyman
Alternative Weightlifting Options for Cyclists
Lift weights to get faster on the bike
Having fun and staying fit in the off-season
Off-Season Training Starts Now
How to take a season break properly
14 ways to review your 2023 season
How to finish strong: End-of-season training techniques
How to reset goals: reading the signs and making adjustments
7 watts per kilo! The Tour, the Women's Tour, and xPower...
5 things I wish I knew earlier: Coach Zach Gregg
2x US champ Travis McCabe on hard-earned lessons & rewards
Ask a FasCat #24: the best power meters, improving sprinting power, riding the Tour de France route, and more
SBT GRVL training, preparation and special FasCat arrangements
High altitude training: Leadville 100 MTB
Power alone won't cut it; build your skills!
Effective self-coaching with data
Zone-based training is dead! ...half of the time.
How to fuel for training and racing
FasCat 20th Anniversary Celebration, Part Two
Celebrating 20 years of FasCat Coaching
How to climb faster with Coach Jake Rytlewski
5 things I wish I knew when I started racing: Coach Suzie Snyder
Gravel racing tips & tricks
The Most Important Cycling Workouts
How and when to peak for top performance
5 things I wish I knew when I was a pro: Coach Christian Parrett
Apple Watch Optimize integration is here!
Inside the coach/athlete relationship: A live coaching call
Optimized Coaching delivers personalized training advice and unlimited plans
Six reasons to do group rides
Ted King on racing with Peter Sagan, bikepacking, and more
Which training numbers matter? A special episode from FasCat Camp
Wintertime training mistakes to avoid - Don't be the group ride hero!
Ask a FasCat #23
Inside WorldTour Success with Joanne Kiesanowski
How to do a DIY training camp with tips from the pros
The Five Fundamentals of Faster
How to train for gravel and other long endurance events
How to prioritize events for optimal training and enjoyment
How to plan your 2023 season
9 ways to recover better and get faster with improved HRV
Winter outdoor training tips and tricks - have fun and stay warm!
How and why FasCat created the Optimize training platform
Grateful FasCats - The Thanksgiving Edition
Zwift tips and tricks for training and gear
Walking the walk: FasCat coaches go UCI pro for 2023
How to reinvigorate your training & have more fun
Whoop vs Oura: The FasCat test + academic studies
World Cups, World Champ tattoos & fighting cancer: Sunny Gilbert interview
Strength & Conditioning for Road, MTB, Gravel & Tri
Busted! 8 Sweet Spot Myths Debunked
23 hot gravel events for 2023, with Betsy Welch
Which wearables are best? Expert tech reviewer Des Yap of DesFit explains
Ask a FasCat #22: HRV, post-event blues, balancing work and training, and more
How to Use Power Data to Review Your Season
The Five Pillars of Off-Season Training
How to improve your cycling through good sleep.
Euro Road vs US Gravel with Coach Ricky Arnopol
3 U.S. champion FasCats explain how they trained for and achieved their titles
TdF Femmes W/KG, fatigue, and recovery with Nina Buijsman of Human Powered Health
Four Key Cyclocross Skills to Master
How Elite Pros and Everyday Athletes Use RPE to Guide Racing and Training
5 Tips to Get Faster Using Accountability in Your Training
Coaches Roundtable: How To Train/Race in this Summer Heat
Coach Andrew Giniat: 5 Simple Steps for Overcoming a Plateau
Ask a FasCat #21
Five In-Season Training Mistakes to Avoid
Coaches Round Table: How to Proceed After an Epic Event
Marisa Boaz: Unbound Gravel 100 Women's Champion
Are You Coachable?! (The Do's and Don'ts for Getting the Most Out of Your Coaching)
How to Properly Taper for Peak Performance
Upcoming Podcasts: Being Coachable, Tapering, and Resuming Training Post Epic Event
Step-By-Step Guide to Anaerobic Intervals + Why Everyone Needs to Do Them
Alexey Vermeulen: Recap of Winning the 2022 Belgian Waffle Ride
How to Measure Your FTP without Performing FTP Tests
How to Have More Fun While Training + The Benefits of Unstructured Training
Phil Skiba: Optimized Training Stress and Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes
Dr. Lauren Costantini, PHD: Nutrition Mistakes, Hacks, Strategies, and Recipes for Optimizing Your Success
Strategies for Riding More to Increase Power Output
Part 3: How to Prepare Mentally and Physically for Stage Racing
Part 2: How to Prepare Mentally and Physically for Stage Racing
Part 1: How to Prepare Mentally and Physically for Stage Racing
Using Data Science with the Professional Human Powered Health Team
Coach Christian: Comparing Arguments on Polarized vs. Pyramidal Training for Optimal Results
How to Perform VO2 Max Intervals Properly with a Power Meter
Dr. Lauren Costantini, PHD: How to Balance Racing Bikes with a Successful Career
Ricky Arnopol: Long Training Rides, The Best Way to Progress, and Rapid Fire Questions
Zack Gregg: Riding Advice from U.S. Time Trial Champion
6 Physiological Benefits of Sweet Spot Training
Jake Rytlewski on All Things Zwift: Group Rides, Drafting, and Using it for Training
Off Season Training: Building a Big Base with Sweet Spot
8 Training Habits for Going Big in 2022
Erin Huck: Navigating Pregnancy Without Skipping a Beat on the Bike
A Simple Guide to Understanding and Utilizing Training Zones (+ Sample Workouts!)
3 Wintertime Training Habits to Stay On Top of Your Game (+ Bonus Tip at the End!)
FasCat's Thanksgiving Gratitude Podcast
Timing is Everything: Part 2
Alex Dowsett on his Hour Record Attempt
Dr. Louis Passfield
Ask a FasCat #20
Balancing Training and Life Stress
Stages Cycling's Olympic & Masters Nationals Ben Sharp and Pat Warner: Part 2
Stages Cycling's Olympic & Masters Nationals Ben Sharp and Pat Warner: Part 1
New 30 Week Off Season Training Plan for Cyclists
Is Pyramidal Sweet Spot Training Better than Polarized?
FasCat's Training Tips for August
Ask a FasCat #19 Bonus Episode
Ask a Fascat #19
Riding Faster After 50
How to Ride Faster
The Art of Warming Up
Ask a FasCat #18
Ian Boswell — 2021 Unbound Gravel Champion
How Frank Invented Sweet Spot Training
Training Load for Masters Cyclists
Ask a FasCat #17
Beginner's Guide to Start Training with Power
What Makes a Good Coach
Switching from Base to Race Part 2
Long Rides, Coaches v Scientists, Sweet Spot AND Polarized
Gravel Skills and Tips
The Relationship Podcast
Ask a FasCat #16
Motivational Tips and Tricks
Winning in the Kitchen Recipe Variations
Wintertime Intensity
What's Ahead on the Podcast in 2021 + FTP Testing
Transform your Cycling with a Next Level Approach
Ask a FasCat #15
The Performance Manager Chart
Build a Big Base with Sweet Spot Training
22 Weeks of Training this Winter
Thanksgiving Gratitude Podcast from the FasCat Team
Should You Be Doing Specificity Training Year Round? with Coach Isaiah
Using Zwift to FtFP
Ask a FasCat #14
Frank's Four Favorite and Fun Indoor Cycling Workouts
Introducing Our Winning in the Kitchen Weight Loss Meal Plan!
Optimize Your At Home Weight Lifting This Offseason!
Weight Lifting for Cycling
Winning In The Kitchen FAQ w/ Jackson and Lacey
Timing is Everything: The What, When, and How of Annual Training
Ask FasCat #12 — at-home strength setups, carbohydrates, and training in the smoke
What to do during your 2 week post-season break
When to Hire a Coach or Follow a Training Plan w/ Coaches Frank, Jake, and Isaiah
FTFP and Developing Good Training Habits
Reviewing Your Season to Be Faster Next Year
Off Season Training for Cyclists
#secrettraining: How to have a Cyclocross Race Season
Motivational Tips to Help You to Follow the Plan
Ask FasCat #11 — Race Prep, New to Cycling, Gas Station Bonking
Winning in The Kitchen Meal Plans are HERE!
How to Simulate Group Rides | 3 Diabolical Workouts
COVID Summertime Coaching
Jackson's Guided Meditation for Cyclists
Meditation for Cyclists
Master's Recovery
Ask FasCat #10 — Coachable Traits, TSS, and Recovery
Sweet Spot Polarized Training
Strava Racing Using Routes and Created Segments
The 2 Year Anniversary Episode!
A 20 Minute Power-Based Field Test
How to Measure FTP Improvement with Normalized Power
Winning in the Kitchen: Snacks
Using Strava Live Segments to Perform "Strava-Vals"
Coaching USA's Elite and Embracing Failure with Jim Miller
Zwift as a Training Tool
Sweet Spot Training with Dr. Andy Coggan, Ph.D
Ask FasCat #9 — FTP Indoors vs. Outdoors, Corona Nutrition, and Timing is Everything
Setting Intermediate Training Goals using Virtual Communities
COVID-19 Training
What to Do When Your Race is Cancelled
Announcing the FasCat Coaching Gravel Team
Frank and Jackson Talk Dirty Kanza and How to Go Plant-Based
The Big Cat's 3 Go-To Interval Workouts
Amity Rockwell
#FtFP Meets Winning In The Kitchen: Recipes!
Peter Stetina on Dirty Kanza Power Data, Nutrition Philosophies, and Spirit Animals
Ask FasCat #8 — Dirty Kanza Training, Polarized vs. Sweet Spot, and More!
Inside Coach Isaiah's Mind: Takeaways from USAC Level 1 Coaches Education
Off Season Gravel Training
FasCat Holiday Buyer's Guide LIVE from Excel Sports
Thanksgiving Gratitude & Black Friday Show
Coach Isaiah Newkirk on the Transition from Pro Road to Pro Gravel and How to Train
A Conversation with Steamboat Gravel Founder, Mark Satkiewicz
Coach Allie Legg : Life in the Pro Peloton, Gravel Racing, and Offseason Training
Grab Bag: Gamechangers, Zwifting, Principles, and Morning Routines
How Much Sweet Spot Should You Do?
Ask FasCat #7 – the Cyclocross Edition
Winning in the Grocery Store | Nutrition for Cyclists
Weight Lifting for Cyclists Training Plan
Training for the Iceman Cometh MTB Race
Everything Phil's Cookie Fondo with Phil Gaimon
Dirk Friel, Co-Founder of TrainingPeaks
SBT GRVL Recap, Offseason Talk, and the Future of USA Cycling
Ask FasCat #6!
Rebecca's Private Idaho Race Analysis
Six Weeks till Cyclocross – how to train for cyclocross
Steamboat Gravel (SBTGRVL) Pre-Race Course Recon, Training, and Equipment Tips
Time Trial Training & Racing w/ Coach Isaiah
Summertime Nutrition for Cyclists
Cycling Coach's Buyer Guide!
Summer Cyclocross #secrettraining w/ Coach Brandon Dwight
Ask FasCat #5!
Haute Route Asheville Preview Show!
How to Travel to Races Like a PRO
Fatigue Dependent Training Plan Design
The 4 Key Factors for Gravel Racing Success
Ask FasCat #4!
What to Eat on the Bike During Training and Racing
How to Leave Post-Activity Comments For Your Coach and Be "Coachable"
Plant-Based Nutrition for Cyclists
Ask FasCat #3 — Q&A!
Intervals 101
Switching From Base to Race Podcast
Ask FasCat #2 – Q&A!
How to Design Your Own Personal Training Camp
Everything You Need to Know About the Haute Route with Colby Pearce
Ask FasCat #1 – Q&A Podcast!
How To Pair and Sequence Our Training Plans
Collegiate Cycling: Perspective From Alums & former Coach
New Year's Show! What's Next for the FasCat Podcast
Phil Gaimon (FasCat Athlete): State of the Cycling Union
Sunny Gilbert: Cyclocross Success on a Different Path
How I Invented Sweet Spot Training
Steamboat Gravel Podcast
Thanksgiving Special!
Making the End of Cyclocross Season Count with Coach Brandon Dwight
Winning in the Kitchen Challenge, Coaching Pitfalls, and Field Testing | FasCat Grab Bag Pod
How to Make Indoor Cycling More Fun and Productive
Top 4 Ways to Use Your Powermeter
How to Plan Your Races For 2019
Weight Loss for Cyclists
Tour of Utah Review + Offseason Tips with Coach Isaiah Newkirk
Post-Season Break and Figuring Out Goals for Next Season
Cyclocross Cornering to Carry Your Momentum and Save Your Energy
How to Train with WHOOP — the Power Meter for Recovery
Ep. 13: Breaking Down the Crusher in the Tushar Experience
Ep. 12: The Nike Breaking2 Project with Robby Ketchell and Brett Kirby
Ep. 11: Coach Isaiah on Racing Tour of Utah!
Ep. 10: Race Tactics – TdF Rest Day Show!
Ep. 9: Tour de France Rest Day Show with Coach Robby!
How to CRUSH the Crusher in the Tushar
Ep. 7: Tour de France Preview Show with Coach Robby Ketchell!
Ep. 6: Follow a Cycling Training Plan to Go Faster!
Ep. 5: How to Perform Intervals for Your Races and Rides
Ep. 4: Recovery Tips for Cyclists
Ep. 3: Gravel Training and Racing
Ep. 2: Winning in the Kitchen
Ep. 1: FasCat's 15 Year History