Ten Minute Tips #17: Sweetspot vs Polarized Is Kayfabe
In another wide ranging discussion, we discuss where the sweetspot vs polarized dichotomy may have come from as a stepping off point to consider if you should use such rules decide your training inten...
20 Jan 20221h 4min
Perspectives #7: How To Design A Workout For A Million People, with Shayne Gaffney
Zwift training content manager and Never Going Pro podcast host Shayne Gaffney joins the podcast to discuss his role at Zwift, and what it's like building workouts and training plans for large numbers...
10 Jan 20221h 13min
Ten Minute Tips #16: Can Functional Training Get Too Functional?
This conversation explores functional exercises as a continuum from your standard fare squats to the functional variations you might see on Instagram. We discuss if they're viable alternatives to norm...
5 Jan 202255min
Watts Doc #35: Fatmax Fallacies
In this episode we look at what fatmax is, where the promise lies, and what validity there is. Do you get better at burning fat by burning more fat? Do you lose more weight by burning more fat? How do...
15 Dec 20211h 2min
Perspectives #6: 2021 Season Review and 2022 Planning, with Ingvar Ómarsson
This episode was recorded not to be a traditional podcast, it's a call between Kolie and his client Ingvar Ómarsson who is professionally racing mountain bikes. The 2021 season was our first working t...
9 Dec 20211h 39min
Perspectives #5: Coaching the Process, with Cory Lockwood
Kolie and new Empirical Cycling coach Cory sit down for a discussion on previous coaching relationships, cultivating new ones, training and racing experience, and coaching red flags. They also get int...
30 Nov 20211h 18min
Ten Minute Tips #15: Periodizing Strength Training for Cycling Performance
This episode takes a bird's eye view on periodizing strength training in your season including adaptation, hypertrophy, strength, maintenance if needed, and even more specific periodization suggestion...
25 Nov 20211h 17min
200k: The Best And Worst Workouts
Podcast listeners voted on our topic to celebrate 200k listens! In this purely editorial episode, we list our top 5 best and worst workouts, discuss what makes them good or bad, and how one might fix ...
22 Nov 20211h 8min
