The Cycling Performance Club

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Welcome to The Cycling Performance Club Podcast! The podcast where a panel of scientists, pro-cyclists, and cutting-edge coaches discuss topics in training, performance, science, and all things cycling! Our mission is to provide the best in cycling performance knowledge and practical advice for you and the greater cycling community. You can support the podcast by becoming a member of The Club.

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Roundtable #7 - How prevalent is doping in the pro peloton?

Mar 30 2023 90 mins  
In this episode Cyrus and Jason discuss their thoughts on doping in cycling, anti-doping measures, and how prevalent they think doping is in the pro peloton. They also discuss the arguments for and against the legalization of performance enhancing drugs in cycling- and why they are pretty happy with the current ban in the sport. Episode References:Debate: Should we accept performan

Roundtable #6 - Performance tips: Consistency, social riding, braking, cold weather riding, and much more!

Jan 13 2023 54 mins  
Contrary to our typical episodes where we tackle just one topic, in this episode Damian and Jason discuss tidbits of sage advice and recommendations they have provided cyclists over the years. In addition, not satisfied with just listening to ourselves talk, we’ve reached out to a few other experts to offer their own advice. Listen in to hear valuable advice from HIIT expert Prof

Roundtable #5 - Performance tips: Developing race strategy, carrying momentum, setting goals, stress & recovery, and more

Nov 29 2022 55 mins  
Contrary to our typical episodes where we tackle just one topic, in this episode Damian and Jason discuss tidbits of sage advice and recommendations they have provided cyclists over the years. In addition, not satisfied with just listening to ourselves talk, we’ve reached out to a few other experts to offer their own advice. Listen in to hear valuable advice from former UCI Track

Prof. Jerome Dempsey - Some much needed real talk about altitude training and endurance athletes

Oct 26 2022 62 mins  
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at what might be one of cycling’s most sacred cows- altitude training. If you believe that altitude training is basically compulsory for elite cyclists, we invite you to have an open mind and embrace a skeptical mindset as we take a closer look at this common intervention. Our aim here is to highlight some of the lesser known detrimen

Roundtable #4 - Two scientists focus on preparation for a hot peak race

Oct 11 2022 67 mins  
In this Roundtable episode Jason has a conversation with his athlete, Tony, about his preparation for this year’s U.S. Masters Road Nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, this conversation is significantly different from a typical discussion about preparing a rider for their peak event. First, Albuquerque at the time Masters Nationals was scheduled is known to be exceptio

Dr. Peter Leo - Advancements and best practice for power profiling cyclists - Part 2 of 2

Sep 21 2022 37 mins  
This is part 2 of 2 in our series discussing advancements in power profiling with Dr. Peter Leo- endurance training scientist at AusCycling, and first author of a recent scientific review outlining the topic for coaches and cyclists. In this episode we get practical and highlight Dr. Leo’s recommendations for honing your power profiling technique. We also discuss where power prof

Dr. Peter Leo - Advancements and best practice for power profiling cyclists - Part 1 of 2

Sep 14 2022 72 mins  
Power profiling is a unique and massively important practice because it can answer so many fundamental questions related to an individual cyclist’s performance and training. For many, the term ‘power profile’ conjures images of Excel tables or bar graphs of mean maximal power data. However, these are just a couple of the many methods one could use to power profile a cyclist.

Roundtable #3 - This is a major conflict of interest in cycling performance

Aug 28 2022 31 mins  
In this Roundtable episode Jason presents his thoughts around two stakeholders in the cycling performance world with potentially conflicting interests: athletes, coaches, & performance staff who want to improve cycling performance vs. companies selling and marketing performance products and services. In a perfect world these entities could work together harmoniously to benefit each

Dr. Georgios Mavropalias - Can eccentric cycling’s backward approach improve your performance on the bike?

Aug 21 2022 76 mins  
Compared to other interventions used in training cyclists (e.g. HIIT, heat acclimation, altitude training) eccentric cycling doesn’t have a lot of notoriety. In fact, this might be the first time you’ve ever heard of it. But just because eccentric cycling isn’t popular, doesn’t mean it can’t potentially benefit the performance of cyclists. In this episode we talk with ecc

Roundtable #2 - Tour de France post hoc analysis and hypotheses

Aug 16 2022 37 mins  
In this Roundtable episode Cyrus presents us his hypothesis for how the outcome of the latest Tour de France could mean a big change for the type of rider winning it in the future. Join us as we discuss the race winning move, carbohydrate metabolism & ingestion, and whether we’ll see more riders like Jonas Vingegaard wearing yellow in future Tour de Frances. Don’t forget, TCPCP