Consummate Athlete Podcast

Jan 28 2025 527 ep. 51 mins 65
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Tune in weekly for expert insights on endurance training, cross-training, and performance, tailored specifically for masters-aged cyclists and runners. Hosted by coach Peter Glassford and author Molly Hurford, who each bring 20+ years of experience to help you enhance your performance and overall health.

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Can You Maintain Or Improve Your Cycling Performance As You Age?

Jan 28 2025 42 mins  
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we answer listener questions about whether we can still make progress as we age. Can we perform as well or better? and what is the difference between health, fitness and performance? We also discuss what it means if you can't finish a workout and whether to reduce your threshold setting for cycling workouts. This Episode is Brou

Winning at UnboundXL and Ultra Gravel Distances - Kristen Legan

Jan 21 2025 61 mins  
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we chat with 2023 Unbound XL winner and gravel coach Kristen Legan. She answers listener questions about training for ultra-long gravel events, covering topics like fueling, rest stops, training hours, and key workouts. Grab your notepad—this is an info-packed interview you won’t want to miss! This Episode is Brought

How to, Why to, When to Set Max Heart Rate

Jan 14 2025 39 mins  
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we answer a listener question about setting your max heart rate so that you can train by zones set by maximal heart rate. We also discuss variations on setting zones for those who do not have past data from hard efforts or who might not want to do maximal efforts. We Also discuss an analogy for new and sometimes random metrics that

Common Cycling Metrics For the New Year

Jan 07 2025 58 mins  
Many Cyclists and Runners got new cycling gadgets over the holidays. You might have purchased or been gifted a new device or software to kick of your training for the cycling season. With these new devices come a host of metrics that can be useful (or not). Today we go through a few of the common cycling metrics and try to simplify them. This episode gives you some direction on wha

Your Diet Sucks with Kylee Van Horn and Zoë Rom

Dec 31 2024 63 mins  
Kylee Van Horn is a Registered Dietitian specializing in sports nutrition and Zoë Rom is a journalist and together they created a podcast called 'Your Diet Sucks' looking at diet culture and also what we can do to improve our relationship to food (or 'how to unf*ck your relationship to food', as they put it!) This Episode is Brought to You By: PAYABLE APP

Should You Do the Festive 500 and What is Zone 2 for a Masters Cyclist?

Dec 24 2024 35 mins  
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter Glassford and Molly Hurford discuss a listener questiona about what Zone 2 is for a masters aged cyclist who wants to keep it simple. The other question discussed is about the Festive 500 challenge. We discuss the origins of the challenge, some of the variations, and when it makes sense for an adult cyclist over the holidays.

Cold Weather Training and Performance Strategies for Cyclists - Dr. Stephen Cheung

Dec 17 2024 54 mins  
Dr. Cheung returns to the podcast to dive into the science of training and racing in cold weather for cycling and running. He breaks down the key differences between heat and cold adaptation, sharing insights into how the body responds and what that means for your training and performance. We also discuss trending interventions like cold plunges—can they actually improve perform

Season Review & Goal Setting for Adult Athletes

Dec 10 2024 48 mins  
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we explore practical approaches to goal setting and share a framework you can use, whether you have a specific goal in mind or are looking for direction. We discuss how setting short-term process goals can help you progress toward larger annual goals, like achieving a fitness milestone or preparing for an event. Additionally, we hi

Life Skills Through Bike Skills - Gabrielle Rossi

Dec 03 2024 41 mins  
In this episode, we chat with Gabrielle Rossi, PhD, the Executive Director of Girls in Gear, a confidence-building initiative for young cyclists that develops "life skills through bike skills." We explore the empowerment of youth through cycling, the cultivation of resilience, and Gabrielle’s passion for fostering connections through biking. She shares how bicycles can inspire pe

Respiratory Training for Masters, Altitude & 24 Hour Racing - Luke Way

Nov 26 2024 42 mins  
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, Luke Way of Isocapnic returns to talk about respiratory training and how it applies for masters, how it could help altitude training, some details about Corey Wallace's 24-hour solo world championship win and some specific workouts for those using Iscopanic already! This Episode is Brought to You By: The Payable Add-on for Google