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 Dec 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
Ten Minute Tips #43: Off Season Breaks and Massive Listener Q&A
This episode, seven Empirical Cycling coaches discuss their professional and personal experience with off season breaks. Balancing downtime and rest with fun and unstructured riding, plus some rules o...
28 Okt 20242h 5min
Ten Minute Tips #42: The Training Implications Of Strength As A Skill
Kyle returns to the podcast with balloon stories, but skip to 28:00 for the main topic of strength being a skill, and the training implications that this has. We discuss defining strength, goal settin...
16 Okt 20241h 46min
Perspectives #35: Continuously Realizing Potential, with Cole Tamburri
This episode we discuss Cole's evolution as a cyclist and our relationship between coach and athlete. From making lifelong friends in collegiate cycling, gaining over 100w of FTP, winning a national c...
23 Sep 20241h 26min
