Watts Doc #54: Glycogen's Effects On AMPK
This is a dive into research showing increased AMPK activation with low glycogen stores. We break down a paper discerning how AMPK does this, subsequent changes to AMPK's activity levels, and then com...
7 Jul 20251h 23min
Ten Minute Tips #59: Considerations For Cramps
Our coaches Will and Giancarlo join the podcast to talk through their experience with cramps, and what's been done to attenuate them. We briefly discuss predictors of exercise associated muscle cramps...
30 Jun 20251h 19min
Ten Minute Tips #58: Why Rest Can Be So Scary
Taking enough rest can be intimidating if it's unfamiliar territory. Our resident philosophers of rest Rory and Maeghan join to take a deep dive into the most common reasons we see people being scared...
16 Jun 20251h 15min
Ten Minute Tips #57: Our Coaches Answer Your Training Questions
Six of our Empirical Cycling coaches put their heads together to answer your questions on whether mid season breaks will set your fitness back to the dark ages, managing burnout and disappointment, if...
9 Jun 20251h 22min
Ten Minute Tips #56: Resetting Goals And Motivation
Today we use Rory's recent post event slump to discuss strategies for refocusing and finding motivation again. This is mostly through the lens of goal setting and how to incorporate season planning, ...
19 Mai 20251h 40min
Perspectives #39: An Unexpected Balance, with James McKay
Our very own coach James Mckay sits down to talk about the road to achieving his cycling career goal, a victory at the Lincoln Grand Prix. As this was his last race being coached by Kolie, they take a...
15 Mai 20251h 31min
Ten Minute Tips #55: When To Take A Rest Week, Trusting Subjective Metrics
After walking through the general structure and purpose of rest weeks, we break down the decision trees we use to plan rest weeks ahead of time, or what we look for to add them reactively. We also dis...
5 Mai 20252h 5min
Watts Doc #53: The Origins Of Newbie Gains
We go deep into a couple papers that measure the relative contributions to early VO2max improvements, and the evidence about whether they're more are muscular or cardiac in nature, and what physiologi...
28 Apr 20251h 19min
