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Every episode of the FasCat Podcast, Ask a FasCat and more.

What To Eat During Stage Racing? | FasCat Podcast

What To Eat During Stage Racing? | FasCat Podcast

February 4, 2022
What are the benefits of Altitude Training in Cycling? | FasCat Podcast

What are the benefits of Altitude Training in Cycling? | FasCat Podcast

In the last years, a lot of professional cyclist go yearly on a altitude training camp. But what are the benefits of altitude training? We'll provide you an ans

January 29, 2022
What to Eat on the Bike During Training and Racing

What to Eat on the Bike During Training and Racing

A big area of consideration and confusion for many cyclists is on the bike nutrition. We've talked at length about Winning in the Kitchen, but it's an entirely...

January 29, 2022
Build a Big Base with Sweet Spot Training

Build a Big Base with Sweet Spot Training

It's December, which means next year is upon us and thoughts are quickly shifting towards the race season. What are you doing to ensure an improvement over...

December 12, 2021
2021 Thanksgiving Gratitude Podcast

2021 Thanksgiving Gratitude Podcast

In this week's podcast, the FasCat team continues with our annual Thanksgiving tradition of sharing short messages of gratitude to our loyal podcast listeners...

November 19, 2021
How to Make Indoor Cycling more Fun and Productive

How to Make Indoor Cycling more Fun and Productive

Make indoor Cycling more fun and productive with these 5 training tips from Coach Jake: 1.  Set up a dedicated indoor trainer space with a fan! 2. Select fun,...

November 07, 2021
Alex Dowsett on his Hour Record Attempt

Alex Dowsett on his Hour Record Attempt

On today’s podcast Coach Frank speaks with Alex Dowsett, a Pro World Tour Rider who is attempting to break the Track World Hour Record on November 3rd. Alex is...

October 29, 2021
Zwift as a Training Tool

Zwift as a Training Tool

In this Podcast Coach Frank talks about the 3 ways he advises athletes to use Zwift as a Training Tool. They include: #1 Using Alpe Du Zwift, #2 ERG Mode and...

October 25, 2021
Off Season Gravel Training

Off Season Gravel Training

Fall and Winter is the time gravel cyclists can take their training and performance to the next level. For big long grueling races like Unbound, BWR, Mid...

October 24, 2021
Dr. Louis Passfield: Sports Scientist

Dr. Louis Passfield: Sports Scientist

In this episode, the Big Cat talks to Dr. Louis Passfield, a Sports Scientist from the UK. Dr. Passfield is a leader in the scientific community, especially in...

October 15, 2021
Ask a Fascat #20

Ask a Fascat #20

Welcome to the 20th edition of our “Ask a FasCat” podcast series, where we gather athletes' questions from our forum, email, and social media to help you ride...

October 08, 2021
Training and Life Stress

Training and Life Stress

In this weeks podcast the Big Cat deep dives into a discussion about stress including: training stress, life stress, why it can be good, when it isn't good and...

September 23, 2021
The Performance Manager Chart in WKO and TrainingPeaks

The Performance Manager Chart in WKO and TrainingPeaks

In the Fall of 2004, I attended USA Cycling's Coaches Summit where I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Andy Coggan, Ph.D present on training with power. I had...

September 15, 2021
Stages Cycling's Ben Sharp & Pat Warner: Part 2

Stages Cycling's Ben Sharp & Pat Warner: Part 2

The BigCat speaks with Pat Warner and Ben Sharp, the dynamic Coach-Athlete duo from Stages Cycling. Ben is an Olympic Gold Medalist Coach who also happens to...

September 10, 2021
Stages Cycling Olympic and Masters Nationals Champs, Ben Sharp and Pat Warner

Stages Cycling Olympic and Masters Nationals Champs, Ben Sharp and Pat Warner

BigCat speaks with Pat Warner and Ben Sharp, the dynamic Coach-Athlete duo from Stages Cycling. Ben is an Olympic Gold Medalist Coach who also happens to coach...

September 03, 2021
What to do during your 2 week post-season break

What to do during your 2 week post-season break

Today on the podcast is a continuation of our 2018 episode about the post-season break where we talked about the 3 core tenets of a good offseason break:...

August 29, 2021
Off Season Training Plan for Cyclists

Off Season Training Plan for Cyclists

In this podcast, Coach Frank discusses FasCat's 4 new off season training plans for the 2021-2022 season! Specifically, he breaks down the 30 week off season...

August 27, 2021
Is Pyramidal Sweet Spot Training Better than Polarized?

Is Pyramidal Sweet Spot Training Better than Polarized?

Coach Christian Parrett discusses pyramidal training: what it is, research studies from world tour athletes that support its use, real-world examples of how...

August 23, 2021