Perspectives #31: Race Specific Intensity and Tapering, with Alex Carmona
After you've built up your aerobic engine, what does it mean to get ready to race? Empirical Cycling coach Alex Carmona brings his wealth of coaching and racing experience when discussing transitionin...
12 Dec 20232h 4min
Watts Doc #47: The Redox Role In Adaptation, Recovery, and Nutrition
After some background information on what redox state means for exercise and your mitochondria, we look at some experiments linking various intensities of exercise to adaptations. Then we look at wher...
4 Dec 20232h 14min
Ten Minute Tips #31: How To Take A Rest Day (And How To Avoid Screwing It Up)
This episode looks at all the ways people tend to mess up their rest and recovery days so they're not nearly as restorative as they could be, including such things as riding too hard, lifting weights,...
26 Nov 20232h
Perspectives #30: Being Faster Than Your Watts, with Giancarlo Bianchi
In this episode, 20+ year bike racing veteran Giancarlo Bianchi discusses the tactics of bike racing, and the process of honing racecraft and why people thought his FTP was significantly higher than i...
7 Nov 20232h 8min
Ten Minute Tips #30: Strength Training Mistakes Every Cyclist Makes
Kyle makes it back from the desert in time to discuss common mistakes cyclists tend to make when they incorporate strength training. We discuss things like tracking load and fatigue, impact on the bik...
22 Okt 20232h
Watts Doc #46: Why Low Glycogen Training Probably Doesn't Work
When it comes to glycogen, does "train low" actually work? Rory joints to co-host as we examine and dissect the existing literature, and explore the limits of knowledge on p38 MAPK signaling as it rel...
15 Okt 20231h 46min
Perspectives #29: Managing Fitness And Rest During Race Season, with Taylor Warren
Pro cyclist and coach Taylor Warren joins for a wide ranging discussion, including how he still finds fitness improvements after a decade of training and racing, balancing rest and workouts mid season...
1 Okt 20231h 55min
Perspectives #28: Training Takes and Season Retrospective, with Maeghan Easler
This is a wide ranging conversation with professional cyclist and Empirical Cycling coach Maeghan Easler. We discuss her successful race season domestically and with the national team, American vs Eur...
22 Sep 20231h 30min
