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267: Are Your Interval Workouts Effective?—with Dr. Stephen Seiler

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266: Is the Rise of Wearable Devices Helping or Hindering Our Training?

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Dr. Julie Emmerman on Maximizing Your Mental Game

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265: Are Training Zones Dead?

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264: The Importance of Staying Present in Training and Racing

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: USA Cycling's Brendan Quirk on Elevating Women's Cycling

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263: Nerd Lab- Geeking Out on Dr. Paul Laursen's HIIT Research

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262: Is Social Media Impacting Your Training and Racing?

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: The Importance of Strength Training for the Female Endurance Athlete

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261: Diving Deep into the Pain Cave

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260: Are You Ready for Race Season?

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Training During Pregnancy—with Catherine Cram

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259: Carbohydrates: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly—with Dr. Asker Jeukendrup

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258: Do Top Athletes Make Top Coaches? - With Melanie McQuaid

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Developing the Next Generation—with Julia Violich

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257: Dr. Iñigo San Millán Special: Developing Young Talent in the Pro Peloton

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256: Race Stress, Threshold Work, and Dealing with Health Setbacks

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Understanding Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport—with Dr. Emily Kraus

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255: Learning About the Biopsychosocial Approach to Training

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254: The House and the Storm - A Metaphor for Training

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Inside the Pro Peloton—with Carmen Small

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253: The Physiology of Base Season—with Dr. Iñigo San Millán

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252: Nerd Lab: Variable-Paced Intervals and Vibration Plates

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Fueling for Performance—with Dr. Dana Lis

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251: Time at VO2max: An Important Metric You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

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250: Why Setting Goals This Season is Important—and How to Do It with Joe Friel and Neal Henderson

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Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: Should Endurance Athletes Train to Their Menstrual Cycles?

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Introducing the Fast Talk Femmes Podcast—with Julie Young and Dede Barry

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249: Finding True Motivation—with Sonya Looney

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248: Favorite Fast Talk Podcast Moments of 2022

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247: Going Long, Very Long—with Dede Griesbauer

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246: Getting Comfortable being Uncomfortable

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245: Is There a Value to the One-Hour Easy Ride?

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244: Episode Three of The Stephen Seiler Podcast: Inside a Top European Cycling Team

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243: What Happens When We Stop Training? - with Dr. Iñigo Mujika

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242: Welcoming Fast Talk's Great Brit—with Emma-Kate Lidbury

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241: Neural Networks: Possibly the Best Training Tech You’ve Never Heard of—with Alan Couzens

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240: Should Cyclists Run and Should Runners Cycle? - with Lauren Vallee

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239: When Good Intervals Go Bad, the Best Way to Train VO2max, and More—with Jon Tarkington

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238: Potluck Discussion - Is It the End of the Road for the North American Racing Scene?

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237: Was That the Greatest Ironman World Championship Ever?

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236: Episode Two of the Stephen Seiler Podcast - A Brief History of Exercise Physiology

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235: Can Cyclocross Make You a Stronger, Faster Cyclist?

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234: Nerd Lab - Are All High-Intensity Intervals Created Equal?

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233: How Your Brain Can Make or Break Your Performance

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232: Potluck Discussion: Angling Our Hoods, Reconsidering Long Thresholds, and Extreme Measures

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231: Maximizing the Physiology and Performance of the Female Athlete - with Dr. Stacy Sims

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230: Episode One of The Stephen Seiler Podcast: Dr. Seiler and the Heart

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229: Doing It All — Pro Triathlete Rach McBride on How to Race and Thrive at Triathlon, Gravel, and Mountain Biking

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228: Potluck Discussion: The Value of Marginal Gains, Attacking in Training Races, and What to Do in an Emergency

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227: How to Make VO2 Max and Threshold Workouts Work for You - with Hunter Allen

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226: What Will Coach Education Look Like in the Future?

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225: Is There a Benefit to Altitude Training? - with Dr. Peter Hackett and Jon Jonis

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224: Is Virtual Racing the Future? - with Ben Delaney

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223: Potluck Discussion - Ideal Mental States, Mixing Energy Systems, and Memorable Failures

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222: Finding the Balance Between Nutrition and Fueling

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221: Addressing Sweat and Electrolyte Loss with Dr. Robert Kenefick

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220: Q&A on Burning, Tingling Nether Regions! Exploding Back Pain! + Knee Health and Fitness After 40 with Dr. Andy Pruitt

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219: The Best Strategies for Gravel Racing with Alex Howes and Kiel Reijnen

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218: Potluck Discussion: Ride Nutrition, Two Minute Intervals, and How to Quickly Get Your Form Back

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217: Understanding and Training Your Breathing with Dr. Stephen Cheung and Steve Neal

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216: Favorite Workouts of Fast Talk All-Stars, Part 4

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215: The Most Important Cycling Innovations of the Past 40 Years with Lennard Zinn

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214: Why Balance and Timing, Not More-Is-Better, Are the Secrets to Peak Performance

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213: T-Minus Four Days: prep for Race Day Success with Neal Henderson

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212: Q&A on Indoor Training, Effective Sleep, Recovery Needs for Women, and Vitamin D with Jennifer Real

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211: Does Strength Training Hurt or Help Endurance Sports with Dr. Bent Rønnestad

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210: Nerd Lab: Eccentric Damage and a Heated Polarized Debate

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209: The Balance of Race Experience, Scientific Knowledge, and Coaching with Julie Young

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208: Q&A on Pacing for a Gran Fondo, Juniors Training, Two Minute Climbs, and 5x5 Minute Intervals with Houshang Amiri

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207: Addressing Endurance Athlete Gut Issues with Dr. Patrick Wilson

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206: Dr, Stephen Seiler on Breathing, Beer, and Heart Rate

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205: The Physiology and Biomarkers of Recovery with Dr. Iñigo San Millán

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204: Fast Talk Bids Our Heart-Felt Farewell to Chris Case

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203: Q&A on Cardiac Arrhythmias, Ultra Endurance Training, Cramping in Juniors, Low Cadence Effects, and Workout Analysis Tools.

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202: A Brief History of Endurance Sports Coaching with Joe Friel

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201: Exploring Recent Training Tools with Toms Skujins

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200: The Future of Endurance Sports! With Dr. Andy Pruitt, Kristen Legan, Rob Pickels, and Dr. Stephen Seiler

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199: Training as a Time-Crunched Athlete, with Chris Carmichael

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198: Favorite Workouts of Fast Talk All-Stars, Part 3

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197: Cardiac Remodeling in Endurance Athletes, with Dr. Brad Petek and Dr. Tim Churchill

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196: Q&A on Annual Training Plans, Race Stress, and Body Image, with Julie Young

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195: Favorite Moments of 2021

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194: Q&A with Adam Saint Pierre

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193: How Much Speed Can Be Bought? With Ben Delaney

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192: The Evolution of the Perception of Supplements, with Dr. Louise Burke

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191: Q&A on Thanksgiving Mind Games, Jan Ullrich Effect, and Food as Medicine

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190: Is Perceived Exertion the Most Important Metric?

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189: Bike Fit Methodology, with Dr. Andy Pruitt, Colby Pearce, and Todd Carver

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188: Nerd Lab: FTP, VO2max, and Sprints within LSD

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187: Bike Fit Philosophy, with Dr. Andy Pruitt, Colby Pearce, and Todd Carver

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186: Q&A on Intensity within LSD Rides, Finding a Coach, and Coach as Teacher, with Rab Wardell

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185: Comparing Training Methods Across Endurance Sports, with Dr. Stephen Seiler

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184: Q&A on Triathlon, Running, GI Distress, and Knee Warmers, with Joe Gambles

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183: Developing Youth Athletes, with USA Cycling’s Alec Pasqualina

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182: Q&A on Polarized Training, Ramping Down Your Season, and Ruining Workouts, with Rebecca Gross

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181: Riding the Edge in Cyclocross, with Stephen Hyde

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180: Transformative Endurance Challenges

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179: Do You Need a Mentor? With Coach Connor’s Mentor, Glenn Swan

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178: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Chronic Training Load (CTL)