Podcast Training Tips

Cycling Nutrition: How Much to Eat Before and During Your Gravel, Fondo and Training Rides

In this podcast, we cover what, when and how much you need to eat, before and during your long gravel, fondo, and cycling training rides. Try the FasCat app,

AI will Replace Cycling Coaches (the FasCat podcast)

Will AI replace cycling coaches? The short answer is YES. The long answer is No. AI will 100% change how cycling coaches, coach. Or at least the Coaches who

Lauren de Crescenzo: Mid-South Power Podcast

FasCat sponsored athlete and gravel privateer, Lauren De Crescenzo won The Mid South with a new course record, beating her own record by 7 minutes on an slower...

Mid South Gravel - How Lauren De Crescenzo Won with the help of her Coach Elliott Baring, Podcast

Lauren De Crescenzo won her third Mid South Gravel Race this past weekend (2024) in dominant fashion, setting a course record! She is coached by Elliott Baring

Gravel Training

There are 4 parts to gravel training that I will describe in this training tip. Base Training Long Rides Riding a LOT Nutrition Many athletes will be relieved...

Best Training Gear: Holiday Gift Guide podcast

Training is more fun and effective when you’re comfortable and stoked on your gear. Sure, you could train like Rocky in cotton sweats in the freezing cold of a...

How Much Sweet Spot Training Should You Do?

How much Sweet Spot should your Sweet Spot workouts have? Sweet Spot training is a balanced amount of intensity and volume that increases an athlete’s...

Ask a FasCat #26: maintaining strength, balancing fitness gains with weight loss, & more

You've got training questions; we've got answers! In fact, you had so many questions last week that we extended Ask A FasCat into a two-pod series. On this...

Ask a FasCat #25: The FasCat Podcast

Alternative Weightlifting Movements for Cyclists: The FasCat Podcast

While the squat, leg press and leg curl are The Big Three exercises for cyclists in the off-season, we also have some other good options in the gym and at home

Ask a FasCat #25: Lifting weights, losing weight, boosting FTP and the Boogeyman

Our ever-popular series rolls on this month with 50 listener questions on a wide array of subjects, from when and how much VO2 Max work to do, how to keep leg...

How to lift weights to get faster on the bike: The FasCat Podcast

The off-season is a great time to do a cycling-focused weightlifting regiment in order to be stronger and faster next year. Why should cyclists lift weights? H

Off-Season Training Starts Now: The FasCat Podcast

If you want to be faster or fitter next year, what should you be doing in the off-season? That is exactly what this podcast is about. Frank Overton and Ben Del

How to take a season break to improve your cycling

This is the fourth podcast in an eight-pod how-to series. Last episode we talked about how to map out your 2024 season for maximum results and fun, and on this...

7 watts per kilo! The power-to-weight podcast

Seven watts per kilo. That is the number being thrown around as the new absolute best standard, courtesy Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard battling in this...

Ask a FasCat #24: best power meters, improved sprinting, riding the Tour de France

How can I break up big rides into chunks? What power meter do you recommend for gravel? How can I follow a training plan when traveling for work? These and...

SBT GRVL 2023 tips and tricks podcast

Steamboat Gravel is one of the biggest and best gravel races in the world, and we at FasCat are lucky enough to have this virtually in our backyard. This year,...

How to Train and Race in the Heat

5 strategies to improve your performance when it’s roasting outside You can control your training, your bike maintenance and your nutrition, but you can’t...