Ten Minute Tips #48: Avoiding Over-Optimization
Our Empirical Cycling coaches have a roundtable discussion on the most under appreciated and impactful big-picture training habits you can make. We discuss progress expectations, goal setting, all or ...
19 Jan 20252h 1min
Ten Minute Tips #47: Strength Training With Limited Equipment
Finally tackling one of our most requested topics, we discuss the options available for cyclists doing strength training at home with limited or no equipment, and suggestions for cost effective equipm...
12 Jan 20252h 3min
Ten Minute Tips #46: Pitfalls Of Science Interpretation And Communication
Kolie, Kyle, and Rory go deep into why "the science says" may not be what the science actually says. We discuss the difficulty of the task, the statistical and group-average nature of most results, th...
8 Des 20242h
Perspectives #37: Practical Performance Psychology, with Billy Ryan
Billy Ryan of Aware Performance joins to discuss performance psychology. He gives practical guidelines and skills for training and racing, while uncovering their underlying methodology. We cover negat...
2 Des 20241h 57min
Perspectives #36: The Consequences Of Chronic Underfueling, with Traci Carson
Dr. Traci Carson joints to discuss low energy availability and relative energy deficiency in sport, or LEA and RED-S. We consider their origin in the female athlete triad, some differences in female a...
24 Nov 20241h 36min
Ten Minute Tips #45: The Simplest Training Plan Thought Experiment
This episode plays out one of Kolie's coaching thought experiments: what's the simplest training plan possible that would probably be effective for the largest number of people? We each present our pl...
17 Nov 20241h 22min
Ten Minute Tips #44: What's So Sweet About Sweetspot
We discuss everything sweetspot. How do we define it, what kind of training is it, what's the nature of progression, how much is too much, upsides and downsides including time efficiency, fueling, ove...
11 Nov 20241h 20min
Watts Doc #51: The Complicated Relationship Between Performance and Phenotype
A study knocking out HIF1alpha in mice reveals a counterintuitive relationship between markers of phenotype like fat oxidation, mitochondria markers, capillary density, and fiber type, and not having ...
3 Nov 202457min
