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Perspectives #21: Behind The New American 40km ITT Record, with Cory Lockwood

12/20/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #21: Behind The New American 40km ITT Record, with Cory Lockwood
Kolie sits down with Cory Lockwood to discuss breaking the U.S. 40km ITT record, going under 45 minutes. Cory also talks about what's different working with Kolie from previous training he's done, along with observations about rest, FTP and VO2max training, training during race season, and reflections on what it means to be both an athlete and coach.

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USA Cycling National Records
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Perspectives #20: The Reality of Data In Training and Coaching, with Tim Cusick

11/14/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #20: The Reality of Data In Training and Coaching, with Tim Cusick
Master coach and WKO5 product leader Tim Cusick joins the podcast to get his brain thoroughly picked. Training topics include the biggest differences between average cyclists and the top pros, the usual periodization schemes vs Olympic cycles, the evolutionary process of a training plan, expertise vs mastery, and of course, resting.

Data topics include whether we'll ever get the AI coach in our lifetimes and what it might do when it's here, what WKO5 is and isn't, the secrets of the PD model and mFTP, the PMC, TSS, training impact score, and the value of lab testing.

Tim also answers listener questions about how he prescribes training targets, low cadence training, youth development, and advice to get the most out of a coaching relationship.

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​[email protected]
Tim Cusick's CV
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Perspectives #19: Adaptation, Signaling, and Performance, with Andy Coggan

9/29/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #19: Adaptation, Signaling, and Performance, with Andy Coggan
Andy Coggan joins the podcast again to discuss everything we didn't get to in the previous episode. We get back stories behind the adaptations by training zones chart and the category and w/kg chart. We also go in depth with nitrate supplementation, vo2max training. if burning fat makes you burn more fat, if signaling studies translate to performance, and the nature of adaptation itself. There are plenty of pithy proverbs along the way.
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Perspectives #18: Overcoming Historical Inertia, with Andy Coggan

9/16/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #18: Overcoming Historical Inertia, with Andy Coggan
In this episode, Andy Coggan discusses FTP and its context among various threshold definitions, the infamous "hour of power", and the legacy of Training And Racing With A Power Meter. We also discuss Andy's lack of social media presence, the chapters he's written on the history of exercise physiology, and delve into some topics in exercise metabolism including VLamax, substrate use at FTP, methods and interpretations of the lactate shuttle, and more.
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Muscle contraction paper
Mitochondrial potassium paper
Andrew Coggan at IUPUI
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Perspectives #17: Evolution vs Revolution, with Mikael Eriksson

9/5/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #17: Evolution vs Revolution, with Mikael Eriksson
The interviewer becomes the interviewed as the host of That Triathlon Show joins Kolie. Mikael talks about what he takes from all the interviews he does and how they change his approach, multisport training and periodization, podcasting, pacing, and what Mikael's favorite meme is. He also answers your listener questions.​

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That Triathlon Show
Mikael's Instagram
Scientific Triathlon Instagram
Article: Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds

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Perspectives #16: Experiment vs Experience, with Marinus Petersen

7/21/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #16: Experiment vs Experience, with Marinus Petersen
Marinus Petersen of Kilowatt Coaching and graduate of Loughborough University joins us in this episode to discuss a recent paper on bias in research, but it of course evolves into much more. We discuss the line between scientific research and real world experience and the usual suspects in a conversation between coaches including lactate, critical power, warmups, and more.

Show Notes
Kilowatt Coaching's Instagram
Marinus Petersen's Instagram
The Bias for Statistical Significance in Sport and Exercise Medicine
Over 55 years of critical power: Fact or artifact?

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Perspectives #15: A Discussion on Strength Training, with RJ Boergers and Angelo Gingerelli

6/22/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #15: A Discussion on Strength Training, with RJ Boergers and Angelo Gingerelli
RJ Boergers and Angelo Gingerelli join for a discussion of strength training for endurance cyclists, their book "Finish Strong" as well. The episode is full of practical takeaways and in depth discussion of strength training principles.

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IG: @Finish_Strong_Book  
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Finish Strong on Amazon
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Perspectives #14: Kitchen Sink Conversation, with Matt DesRoches

5/24/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #14: Kitchen Sink Conversation, with Matt DesRoches
Multidiscipline coach and former MMA fighter Matt DesRoches of Resilience Health & Performance Consulting joins Kolie for a wide ranging conversation on training, measurement and metrics, cutting weight, the physiology of cycling vs team sports, recovery and adaptation, pacing, interpreting scientific papers, noob gains, and much more.
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https://www.resiliencehpc.ca/
Resilience HPC Instagram
Resilience HPC youtube channel

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Perspectives #13: Overtraining Sucks, with Katie Aman

5/10/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #13: Overtraining Sucks, with Katie Aman
Coach Katie goes in depth with her overtraining history in both cycling and swimming. We discuss the various causes like intensity, nutrition, and sleep, and the associated symptoms, along with her recovery each time, and how this experience helps in her coaching. The episode concludes with some tips to help recognize and avoid overtraining, along with listener questions.​

Show Notes
Ruth Winder’s National Championships Win Almost Didn’t Happen
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Perspectives #12: A Deep Dive Into Ride Food, with Namrita Brooke

4/27/2022

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Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #12: A Deep Dive Into Ride Food, with Namrita Brooke
 This discussion with Namrita (PhD, RDN) centers on ride food questions like how much, when, how to adjust for early rides, races, and if protein and fat is necessary. Additional side quests include the glucose-fructose ratio, how important ride food is in the context of the day, gastric emptying rate, the effects of caffeine, solid vs liquid food, and many others.

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[email protected]
Namrita's Instagram
Inside Sports Nutrition

Caffeine Ingestion With or Without Low-Dose Carbohydrate Improves Exercise Tolerance in Sedentary Adults
13C-glucose-fructose labelling reveals comparable exogenous CHO oxidation during exercise when consuming 120 g/h in fluid, gel, jelly chew or co-ingestion
Feeding Tolerance, Glucose Availability, and Whole-Body Total Carbohydrate and Fat Oxidation in Male Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Runners in Response to Prolonged Exercise, Consuming a Habitual Mixed Macronutrient Diet and Carbohydrate Feeding During Exercise
Effects of supplementing with an 18% carbohydrate-hydrogel drink versus a placebo during whole-body exercise in −5 °C with elite cross-country ski athletes: a crossover study

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