Empirical Cycling Podcast

In this highly anticipated episode, a scientific paper and some metabolic logic show us a simple, effective way to make ... Read more

This episode begins with the mind-muscle connection of neural drive before diving into research on doing strength and en... Read more

Whether we should pace endurance rides by heart rate or power is a training question where the usual answers lack suffic... Read more

Kolie and Kyle look at how duration and intensity play a role in FTP training and the significance of the canonical 2x20... Read more

What do high intensity intervals, the original Tabata protocol, and a calcium leak have in common? Kolie and Kyle take a... Read more

The podcast's first deep dive into muscle physiology, we look at a study on weight lifting while endurance training vs j... Read more

Are your friends using bro science? Do you know someone with a magic solution, who thinks they put together the whole pu... Read more

Oxygen is corrosive, but we need it for life and exercise. This episode looks at how free radicals are made in the body,... Read more

We asked for questions, and we got them. Kolie and Kyle answer eleven excellent questions on FTP training.

Does going slow make you slow? Do you need to go slow to make you fast? We look into the reasoning behind two opposite t... Read more

This episode takes a look at things like power output and when we might find differences in training response. Most ener... Read more

Kolie and Kyle look at the relationship between FTP and VO2max. We use data from a classic paper that calls into questio... Read more

One of the theorized benefits of low carb or ketogenic diets for cyclists is that it spares glycogen so it can be used w... Read more

The episode starts off with a primer on parts of muscle needed for contraction and how these relate to different methods... Read more

FTP and Critical Power in theory measure the highest power output before significant fatigue occurs. We look at whether ... Read more

The last month before your cyclocross season is a crucial one. In the new Ten Minute Tips series, Kolie looks at the ele... Read more

Kolie and Kyle sit down with The Fastest Pursuiter in the World, Ashton Lambie, and talk about gravel racing and trainin... Read more

MIT cycling team members Liam Fenlon, Berk Ozturk, and multiple time individual national champion Emma Edwards talk abou... Read more

We talk to Empirical Cycling athlete Emma Edwards for an in-depth race report about the 2019 Cascade Classic, where she ... Read more

Today Dr. Helson runs the numbers on how much rotating weight matters when accelerating. The answer may (or may not) sur... Read more