Fast Talk

Fast Talk

The Fast Talk podcast offers the best guides to cycling performance and endurance sports training from world-class experts. Cohosted by cycling coaches and sport scientists Trevor Connor and Rob Pickels, Fast Talk episodes feature fascinating conversations with world-class experts discussing the endurance sports topics they know best: the best ways to train, effective workouts, questions on polarized and interval training, sports nutrition, physiology and recovery, and sport psychology. Fast Talk guests and regular contributors include Dr. Stephen Seiler, Joe Friel, Dr. Asker Jeukendrup, Sebastian Weber, Jim Miller, Dr. Andy Pruitt, Dr. Timothy Noakes, and elite professional athletes like Kristin Armstrong, Sepp Kuss, Brent Bookwalter, Kate Courtney, and many more. Fast Talk is part of Fast Talk Laboratories, a new endurance sports knowledgebase for endurance racers and adventurers.

Episodes

September 10, 2026 45 mins
First, we delve into a new study that points to several types of remodeling as potential causation of AFib. Then we look at elite Norwegian coaching practices around strength and speed training.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Being a great racer is about more than just doing race-specific intervals. Freddie Rodriguez and Mike Norton join us to explain the concept of Total Cycling Race Dynamics and how it could be the most important thing you do to become a great racer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sports psychologist and author Jeff Troesch discusses his new mental skills guide, One Day Better, which helps athletes cultivate the method and discipline to improve every single day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss what we feel is the best time of day to workout, what we should focus on for the optimal pedal stroke, and the best way to return to form after forced time off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Physiologist Mac Cassin and the team at Wahoo are developing ways for athletes to better understand their strengths, weaknesses, and biggest areas for improvement with their Dimensional Training Load ecosystem.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First, Coach Trevor gives an update on his low sodium challenge while Jared talks about how recent research has impacted his recommendations. Then, we’ll talk about whether we have gone overboard with fitness trackers and biohacks to maximize health.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Elite Coach Adam Mills has helped his athletes win countless national championships. He shares his secrets for how to achieve that exceptional performance.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We speak with Bear National Team co-founder and Trek Factory Racing’s Riley Amos to understand the proliferation of American talent at the World Cup level.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Tymewear’s co-founder and lead engineer, Arnar Larusson, discusses how his collaboration with Dr. Stephen Seiler and coach Espen Aareskjold has led to the continuing evolution of breathing measurement technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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While elite professional athletes continue to raise the ceiling on carbohydrate intake, we detail the research that says it isn’t appropriate, or healthy, for most athletes to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We break down the foundational physiology of sodium alongside a groundbreaking paradigm shift in athlete hydration science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Understanding the deeper reasons why we train and race can help us develop a stronger sense of motivation, work ethic, and confidence for our sport of choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Past Unbound Winner, Lauren de Crescenzo and YouTube journalist Ben Delaney talk with us about the ways of successful gravel racing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This week, our hosts get personal with stories of the biggest and dumbest rides they’ve done, the training book that had the biggest impact on their athletic development, and how they deal with the midseason doldrums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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For decades, Dr. Timothy Noakes and Dr. Louise Burke have debated the best diet for performance, from opposite ends of the spectrum. In a series of new articles, the two nutrition pioneers continue the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sports psychologist Dr. Kate Bennett joins us to discuss the “Way of Champions” psychological framework that leads to happier, healthier, better-performing athletes and people.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Science isn’t perfect; humans can bring bias and poor design. Today, Dr. Stephen Cheung helps us understand the potential pitfalls of scientific inquiry, and the things we can trust.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We discuss whether a couple of heat training sessions a week has any reward (or risk), why lower back pain seems to be on the rise in cyclists, and Grant details his crash at a local race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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You probably own a power meter, but do you know how it measures power or how these devices have evolved over 20 years? We were joined by Stages Cycling’s head of product development Pat Warner to pull back the curtain on the technology of power measurement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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We discuss new research on what it takes to win the biggest races in cycling—and how that can help your own racing—and we analyze a study that looks at the potential causes of overtraining syndrome.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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