Season 6 Ep 6 — Determining Recovery Protocols With Bora-hansgrohe Coach John Wakefield
In this episode, we sit down with John Wakefield, the managing director of Science to Sport and performance coach with the Bora-hansgrohe World Tour cycling team. John, from Cape Town, South Africa, s...
19 Juni 202444min
Season 6 Ep 5 — Applying Elite Training Science to All Athletes With HYCYS Coach Björn Geesmann
Björn Geesman is a German-based sports scientist and coach. He is also the CEO of HYCYS coaching company and co-founder of power & pace. He works with pro triathletes Patrick Lange and Kat Matthews, a...
15 Maj 202454min
Season 6 Ep 4 — How to Utilize Running Power Metrics With Dr. Will O'Connor
Dr. Will O'Connor takes us through the nuances of using running power in training. Will and Dirk get into the scientific side of power meters, discuss the accuracy and data consistency from devices li...
17 Apr 20241h 6min
Season 6 Ep 3 — Olympic Champion Kristin Armstrong: Navigating an Era of Wearables, Data & Social Platforms
Kristin Armstrong talks coaching strategies in a data-driven world filled with wearables and social platforms. With the advancement of technology and platforms, there is a growing tension between posi...
20 Mars 202458min
Season 6 Ep 2 — Exploring Joe Friel's 40-Year Coaching Evolution
In this episode, we have none other than Joe Friel, a legendary figure in the world of endurance coaching. As the co-founder of TrainingPeaks and author of several seminal books on athletic training, ...
21 Feb 20241h 8min
Season 6 Ep 1 — How Sociology of Sport Impacts Coaching With Brian Gearity
In this episode, Dr. Brian Gearity, professor and director of the Master of Arts Sport Coaching program at the University of Denver, talks with Dirk Friel about the intersection of sociology and coach...
17 Jan 20241h 1min
Season 5 Ep 12 — Building Strength and Durability in Endurance Athletes With Chris Lee
Dirk Friel digs into Chris' approach to strength training. His philosophy is underpinned by thorough body movement assessments, identifying and targeting an athlete's limiters, and a belief in the vit...
13 Dec 202350min
Season 5 Ep 11 — Youth Development and Age-Appropriate Progression With Lance Watson
In this episode, Lance and Dirk discuss the importance of cultivating a multidimensional sports foundation for young athletes before zeroing in on a particular sport. Hear about the upsides of a mixed...
15 Nov 202350min
