Training Tips - Podcasts
Expert training tips, nutrition advice, podcasts, and more from FasCat's coaching team.
How to Simulate Group Rides | 3 Diabolical Workouts
As we continue to navigate the weirdest cycling season in history, one of the greatest training tools out there, the group ride, has also been affected. With...
Cycling Coach's Buyer Guide!
We are asked constantly about different pieces of gear, what's the best bang for your buck, what kind of cycling computer to buy, which tires to use for X...
COVID Summertime Coaching
What do you do when the whole season is cancelled because of a global pandemic? Keep calm and FtFP on, duh, because bike riding ain't cancelled! Coach Frank...
Jackson's Guided Meditation for Cyclists
Join Jackson for a short, 10 minute guided meditation to use while on a ride to cultivate more awareness, mindfulness, and concentration. For more of Jackson's...
Meditation for Cyclists
Meditation has become a buzzword in the mainstream, and you've probably heard about elite athletes like LeBron James, Kate Courtney, and others espousing its...
Ask FasCat #10 — Coachable Traits, TSS, and Recovery
Welcome to another periodized Q&A session of the FasCat Podcast, where we field listener questions from our forum, website, and social media to help you get...
Sweet Spot Polarized Training
Now that you've been building a big base, summer is here, and you're wanting to "sharpen the sword", we've designed a brand new addition to the Sweet Spot...
Strava Racing Using Routes and Created Segments
Strava Racing: Using the technology of Strava routes and segments + their live segments feature you can create and simulate race courses. And best of all, use...
The 2 Year Anniversary Episode!
It's our 2 year anniversary! Hard to believe, but we've officially been podcasting for over 2 years. Almost 100 episodes, equaling around 100 hours of audio...
Using Strava Live Segments to Perform "Strava-Vals"
Check out this article where Strava interviewed Coach frank on this topic! This week, we discuss how Strava live segments can "hack" your interval performance...
Coaching USA's Elite and Embracing Failure with Jim Miller
This week we sit down with Jim Miller, USA Cycling's Chief of Sports Performance and coach to many of USA's greats such as Tejay van Garderen, Kate Courtney,...
Sweet Spot Training with Dr. Andy Coggan, Ph.D
We are honored to talk about sweet spot training with Dr. Andy Coggan, Ph.D on this podcast. Dr. Coggan is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at Indiana...
Ask FasCat #9 — FTP Indoors vs. Outdoors, Corona Nutrition, and Timing is Everything
The podcast this week is another installment of our Ask FasCat series, where we answer listener questions! Thank you to everyone who submitted questions via...
Sunny Gilbert: Cyclocross Success on a Different Path
photo: Snowy Mountain Photography FasCat Athlete Sunny Gilbert recently had the ride of her life at the 2018 USA Cyclocross National Championships, netting...
Ask FasCat #8 — Dirty Kanza Training, Polarized vs. Sweet Spot, and More!
We're back with our 8th edition of Ask FasCat, where we field listener questions to help you become a faster cyclist. This time, Coach Isaiah is in the house...
Inside Coach Isaiah's Mind: Takeaways from USAC Level 1 Coaches Education
This week on the pod, Coach Isaiah returns to share his takeaways and lessons learned from his recent USA Cycling Coaches Level 1 Education Course, and how it...
FasCat Holiday Buyer's Guide LIVE from Excel Sports
We're back at our favorite local bike shop, Excel Sports for a LIVE podcast sharing FasCat's picks for the holidays if you or someone you know is a cyclist!...
Grab Bag: Gamechangers, Zwifting, Principles, and Morning Routines
This week we are talking about the new Netflix documentary The Gamechangers, plant-based Frank, Zwifting, the Excel Sports discount, Ray Dalio's book,...
Ask FasCat #7 - the Cyclocross Edition
We're back with another installment of our Ask FasCat series, where we take listener questions submitted via our forum and add our take to help make you...
Winning in the Grocery Store | Nutrition for Cyclists
We're back with another #WinningInTheKitchen special, serving up a conversation about where this all begins: the grocery store. It doesn't matter how dialed...
