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The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
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280 episodes
3 days ago
OVERVIEW Creatine is one of the most researched supplements available, it's safe to consume, and it has been receiving renewed interest in endurance cycling. Although it's not incredibly useful for improving low-intensity aerobic performance, it can be beneficial for high-intensity efforts in training and competition, may have cognitive benefits and some recovery benefits. In "Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" style, Coach Adam Pulford provides the need-to-know information about creatine for end...
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OVERVIEW Creatine is one of the most researched supplements available, it's safe to consume, and it has been receiving renewed interest in endurance cycling. Although it's not incredibly useful for improving low-intensity aerobic performance, it can be beneficial for high-intensity efforts in training and competition, may have cognitive benefits and some recovery benefits. In "Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" style, Coach Adam Pulford provides the need-to-know information about creatine for end...
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Episodes (20/280)
The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Creatine: What Cyclists Need To Know To Benefit From Creatine Supplementation
OVERVIEW Creatine is one of the most researched supplements available, it's safe to consume, and it has been receiving renewed interest in endurance cycling. Although it's not incredibly useful for improving low-intensity aerobic performance, it can be beneficial for high-intensity efforts in training and competition, may have cognitive benefits and some recovery benefits. In "Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" style, Coach Adam Pulford provides the need-to-know information about creatine for end...
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1 week ago
18 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Before They Were Champions: Revisiting An Early Interview With A Young Christopher Blevins
In 2025, Christopher Blevins won 9 UCI World Cup races and was the first American Male to earn the UCI Men’s World Cup Overall Championship in 34 years. He raced for Team USA at the 2020 (held in 2021) and 2024 Olympic Games and won the inaugural UCI Short Track MTB World Championship in 2021. Before any of those accomplishments, in the summer of 2021, Blevins was an early guest on this podcast. We're revisiting that conversation in Episode 278 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" to showca...
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2 weeks ago
47 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Do What AI Can't: How To Adjust Your Workout In Real Time (#277)
OVERVIEW Can AI optimize your training by determining if you should do more or fewer intervals than prescribed today? Artificial Intelligence can do a lot of things, but it's not great (yet) at advising changes to your workouts in real time. Coach Adam Pulford details the factors he considers when deciding to scale up, maintain, or scale down an athlete's daily training. More important, he teaches you how to evaluate your workout in real time. TOPICS COVERED What makes up a good training plan...
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3 weeks ago
15 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Training, Strategy, and Demands of Timed-Segment Racing vs. Traditional Racing
OVERVIEW Timed-segment racing might be your new favorite competition format! Coach Adam Pulford and CTS Athlete Camilo Lopez discuss their experiences at Gran Fondo Maryland, which featured five timed-segments rather than a start-to-finish competition format. They reveal the key differences in effort level, physical demands, strategies, cycling skills, and even nutrition and pacing between timed-segment racing and start-to-finish racing. NOTE: The 2026 Gran Fondo National Series Calenda...
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1 month ago
1 hour 6 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
How To Leverage Late-Season Fitness For Big Gains
OVERVIEW The end of the summer cycling season is the best time to leverage a season's worth of fitness and training without the pressure of upcoming goals. It's the time when you can go have epic adventures, work on performance limiters, go hunting for Strava PRs and KOM/QOMs, complete end-of-season performance tests, and much more. Coach Adam Pulford helps you decide whether to take a break (some people need it, others don't), and how to make the most of the days when the weather is still wa...
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1 month ago
13 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Scribble Outside the Lines: How Imperfect Training Makes Faster Cyclists (#274)
OVERVIEW Following a training plan is better than training haphazardly, but how closely do you need to follow the letter of the plan? In Episode 274 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", Coach Adam Pulford discusses the benefits and necessity of not following the plan to a T, when that’s ok, when it’s not, and how to adjust daily training sessions based on how you're feeling while still sticking to the vision and progression of a bigger plan. TOPICS COVERED What flexibility means in enduran...
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1 month ago
14 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Smart Strength Training for Cyclists, with Sarah Scozzaro MS, NSCA-CPT, NASM-PES
OVERVIEW 95% of the cyclists and runners coached by Sarah Scozzaro and Adam Pulford incorporate strength training. Scozzaro is one of our top strength and conditioning coaches and in Episode 273 she and Coach Adam discuss how cyclists should blend strength and endurance training throughout the year. Topics Covered In This Episode: How different endurance athletes leverage strength trainingHow strength training changes throughout the yearWhen to back off strength training volume during event/r...
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1 month ago
33 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Can Rucking With A Weighted Vest Make You A Stronger Cyclist?
OVERVIEW Almost anywhere you go these days, you're likely to see someone walking, running, or climbing stairs wearing a weighted vest. Popularized by Crossfit boxes, mixed martial arts gyms, and boot camp-style exercise programs, “rucking” is a new name for the old concept of an “overloaded training intervention”. The question we get is whether training with a weighted vest (off the bike) will improve cycling performance. CTS Pro Coach Sarah Scozzaro, one of our top strength and conditioning ...
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1 month ago
29 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Is A.I. Coaching Ready for Prime Time? Hear What TrainingPeaks Says!
OVERVIEW Cody Stephenson, the Education Program Manager at TrainingPeaks, is back on the podcast to talk about the current state of artificial intelligence in cycling coaching and how TrainingPeaks' developers are using models to improve the accuracy and usability of athletes' training data. TOPICS COVERED A.I.'s current and future role in cycling coachingHow auto-updates of FTP work and when to pay attention to themAbout TrainingPeaks' Fueling Insights ToolTrainingPeaks Virtual: Ultimate Ind...
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2 months ago
33 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Is FTP Dead? Is Critical Power the Cyclist's Next Great Training Metric? (#270)
OVERVIEW Cody Stephenson is the Education Program Manager at TrainingPeaks, meaning he teaches coaches how to properly utilize training data to improve performance. He's the perfect sports scientist to discuss the similarities and differences between Functional Threshold Power (FTP) and Critical Power (CP), Functional Reserve Capacity (FRC) and W Prime, and how all these training metrics and methodologies relate to each other. Best of all, he and Coach Adam Pulford are pragmatists, so they ex...
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2 months ago
33 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Are "Recovery Scores" Accurate? Does Recovery Slow With Age? Find out from Christie Aschwanden (#269)
OVERVIEW Christie Aschwanden is an award-winning science journalist and author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery. In Part 2 of her appearance on the "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" we take a look at the evidence behind recovery scores from wearable fitness trackers. Christie also weighs in on the whether science supports the idea that older athletes need more recovery time. TOPICS COVERED Is data from wearable sensors reall...
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2 months ago
20 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Science of Recovery with Christie Aschwanden: Do tart cherry juice, ketones, and ice plunges work? (#268)
OVERVIEW Christie Aschwanden is an award-winning science journalist and author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery. With all the hype and marketing dollars being thrown at recovery modalities like tart cherry juice, ketone supplements, ice plunges, and the timing of post-recovery meals, we brought Christie back to "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" to take a look at the evidence behind the claims. Which recovery products work? How ...
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2 months ago
33 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Carbs, Climbs, and Descents: Coach Adam Pulford Answers Listener Questions (#258)
OVERVIEW We receive a lot of listener questions, so we're batching a few of them together into one episode. In Episode 258 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", Coach Adam Pulford and co-author of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist" book, Coach Jim Rutberg, rip through questions about the fear of descending, how to increase carbohydrate intake, preparing for big mountain days, and making the best of events when you're under-prepared. TOPICS COVERED Question 1: How do I get over my fear of going dow...
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3 months ago
40 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Tour de France Femmes Stage 9 Recap and Final Analysis From The Entire Race
Welcome to the Tour de France Femmes Podcast, from the producers of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" CTS publishes daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They recap the stages, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage. STAGE 9 PODCAST OVERVIEW Stage 9 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was the finale of the entire race, and Coaches Ren...
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3 months ago
40 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Descents, Periods, and Power: Tour de France Femmes Stage 8 Podcast
Welcome to the Tour de France Femmes Podcast, from the producers of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" CTS publishes daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They recap the stages, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage. STAGE 8 PODCAST OVERVIEW Stage 8 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was the Queen Stage, meaning the hardest of them a...
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3 months ago
39 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
TDF Femmes Podcast - Stage 7 & Physical Demands at the Front vs. the Grupetto
Welcome to the Tour de France Femmes Podcast, from the producers of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" CTS publishes daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They recap the stages, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage. STAGE 7 PODCAST OVERVIEW Stage 7 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was another significant climbing day, meaning ther...
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3 months ago
41 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
TDFF Stage 6 Recap, Bike Fit for Female Cyclists, and The Science Behind "Mom Watts"
Welcome to the Tour de France Femmes Podcast, from the producers of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" CTS publishes daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They recap the stages, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage. STAGE 6 PODCAST OVERVIEW Stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift featured a fantastic solo win by an emerging talent. Co...
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3 months ago
39 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
TDF Femmes Podcast - Stage 5 & Alison Tetrick's Insights on Rider Salaries, Opportunities, and More
Welcome to the Tour de France Femmes Podcast, from the producers of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" CTS publishes daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They recap the stages, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage. STAGE 5 PODCAST OVERVIEW Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift saw a major shakeup in the General Classification,...
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3 months ago
28 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Tour de France Femmes Podcast - Stage 4 & Inside Look at EF Education Oatly's Nutrition Strategies
Welcome to the Tour de France Femmes Podcast, from the producers of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" CTS publishes daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They recap the stages, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage. STAGE 4 PODCAST OVERVIEW Stage 4 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was another sprint finish, but the mountains are c...
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3 months ago
40 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
Tour de France Femmes Podcast - Stage 3 & Inside Look at Alison Jackson's Training
Welcome to the Tour de France Femmes Podcast, from the producers of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" CTS will publish daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They'll recap the stage, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage. STAGE 3 PODCAST OVERVIEW Stage 3 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was dominated by a 4-rider breakaway co...
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3 months ago
29 minutes

The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
OVERVIEW Creatine is one of the most researched supplements available, it's safe to consume, and it has been receiving renewed interest in endurance cycling. Although it's not incredibly useful for improving low-intensity aerobic performance, it can be beneficial for high-intensity efforts in training and competition, may have cognitive benefits and some recovery benefits. In "Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" style, Coach Adam Pulford provides the need-to-know information about creatine for end...