Empirical Cycling Podcast

The podcast's first deep dive into muscle physiology, we look at a study on weight lifting while endurance training vs just endurance training, with a surprising result. From here we talk about the si...

28 Jun 201949min

MIT cycling team members Liam Fenlon, Berk Ozturk, and multiple time individual national champion Emma Edwards talk about collegiate nationals 2019, a 35 rider pileup, and how to put the "team" into t...

13 Jun 201944min

FTP and Critical Power in theory measure the highest power output before significant fatigue occurs. We look at whether this is true, and the pros and cons of using FTP and CP.

4 Jun 201934min

Does going slow make you slow? Do you need to go slow to make you fast? We look into the reasoning behind two opposite training philosophies, then figure out what aerobic base really is, what's effect...

24 Mai 201936min

We check out some old research to find the origins of common lactate myths like its role in fatigue, its acidity, the "anaerobic threshold," and whether it's a metabolic dead end. Then we correct the ...

7 Mai 201950min

Kolie and Kyle sit down with The Fastest Pursuiter in the World, Ashton Lambie, and talk about gravel racing and training for the track, his world record individual pursuit, his time with Huub-Wattbik...

27 Apr 201945min

This episode begins with the mind-muscle connection of neural drive before diving into research on doing strength and endurance training concurrently, and how they interfere with each other. We then l...

21 Apr 201939min

What do high intensity intervals, the original Tabata protocol, and a calcium leak have in common? Kolie and Kyle take a look at three scientific papers, what they might mean for you, and how to apply...

12 Apr 201937min