Podcast Training Tips

How to Train with WHOOP — the Power Meter for Recovery

The WHOOP is wearable wristband for athletes to measures their sleep, strain, heart rate variability and resting heart rate. The Whoop's algorithm combines ...

FasCat's Training Tips for August

In this episode, the Big Cat talks about 4 training topics for the month of August including fueling for long events, Steamboat Gravel tire choice, 4...

Ask a FasCat 19: Bonus Episode - Stage Race Nutrition, Optimal Cadence, Mid-season Setbacks & More!

In this episode, we bring in FasCat Coaches Allie, Jake, Lacey, and Christian to help answer 30 more athlete submitted questions! Topics covered include stage r

Ask a FasCat #19: Adjusting FTP at Altitude, Blood Tests, Balancing Weight Loss and Training & more!

Ask a FasCat #19 Bonus Episode

In this episode, we bring in FasCat Coaches Allie, Jake, Lacey, and Christian to help answer 30 more athlete submitted questions! Topics covered include stage...

Ask a FasCat #19

Welcome to the 19th edition of our "Ask a FasCat" podcast series, where we gather questions from our forum, website, and social media to help you ride faster!...

How to Ride Faster: 8 Fundamentals

Are you a new cyclist or a season veteran looking for ways to start riding faster? Well here is your how to guide! In this episode Coach Frank goes over his...

Steamboat Gravel Course, Training, and Equipment

Coach Frank shares his Steamboat Gravel riding, racing, and training experience. From pacing and training to equipment and course conditions, this training tip...

A 20 Minute Power-Based Field Test

A 20 minute field test answers a key question we ask ourselves as coaches at FasCat, is if the athlete is responding to the training we have prescribed? Aka,...

Ask a FasCat # 18

Welcome back to another installment of our Q&A series, Ask a FasCat! Here we take listener questions from our audience and do our best to answer them. In this...

Ask a FasCat #18

Unbound Gravel with Ian Boswell, 2021 Champion

Coach Frank sat down with Ian Boswell fresh off his Unbound Gravel Victory to talk about his win.  They discuss how the race was won, what he ate & drank, the...

Summertime Nutrition for Cyclists

Summer is here, which means training and racing on the bike is being ramped up, goals are being achieved, and we can finally be outside more. However, it's...

How I Invented Sweet Spot Training

Coach Frank describes and tells the story of how he "invented" Sweet Spot Training and how he integrates it into his coaching philosophy. Here is the training...

Ask A Fascat #17

Welcome back to another installment of our Q&A series, Ask a FasCat! Here we take listener questions from our audience and do our best to answer them. In this...

Should You Be Doing Specificity Training Year Round? with Coach Isaiah

Coach Isaiah comes on the podcast today to explain whether or not you should be doing specificity training year round. Isaiah defines 'specificity' in terms of...

Switching from Base to Race Part 2

Switching from Base to Race Part 2: a continuation from our 2019 podcast on moving onto an interval phase of training after building a sweet spot base Gravel...

What Makes a Good Coach

What makes a good Coach? Coaches come in all different sizes and shapes but what are the core values that makes a great one? In this podcast, Coach Frank...