Faster - Podcast By Flo

Pedaling— it’s something most of us learn at a young age and we don’t give it much thought. Our legs seem to know how to do it. The perfect pedal stroke is often debated in cycling- crank arm length, optimal cadence, and much more. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jim Martin from the University of Utah. Jim’s career has focused on pedaling and he dispels some of the age old rumors floating around the cycling community. Pedaling is something we are wired to do and giving it too much thought actually causes us to slow down. Listen to this episode and learn about pedaling efficiency, metabolic cost, and what role our joints play in powering our pedals, so you can become faster.Watt Points: 0-60

Bio-Neurofeedback is one of the most fascinating topics I’ve heard of in recent years. To be completely honest, until I researched and understood the work it was difficult to believe. The human brain is a complex organ that produces five frequencies of brain waves produced from the electrical pulses between neurons. What scientists are learning, is that we can control what frequencies our brains produce and from a sport performance perspective, optimize our brain waves to compete and win at the highest level. Today, on FASTER, we speak with Dr. Penny Werther from the University of Calgary about her work on bio-neurofeedback with the Canadian Olympic team that has led to numerous gold medals. Listen to this episode to learn how to calm your mind and narrow you focus so you can become faster.Watt Points: Not Enough Research To Know

Chiropractic care is often thought of as bone popping and joint manipulation. If you’re like me, a bad first experience may have turned you off of the idea of chiropractic care as an effective treatment. Today on faster we talk with Dr. Kyle Buth who’s convinced me that chiropractic care is incredibly valuable, and his neurological approach to medicine has changed my life along with many others. If you’re looking to stay healthy and at the top of your game, listen to this episode to learn about how the body perceives and manages pain, and the ways it can be treated so you can become faster.Watt Points: 0-300

Light Therapy, when I first heard of it a year ago I thought it was a crazy idea. However, my opinion has changed. Today on Faster, we discuss light therapy with Wes Pfiffner of Joovv. We cover light fundamentals, and how red, IR, and NIR light are improving performance, recovery, and lowering inflammation by increasing ATP production in our cells. Our modern lives leave us indoors 93% of time which gives us an abundance of blue light and lack of red, IR, and NIR light. Listen to this episode to learn how light can improve your overall health and make you faster.  Watt Points: 15-20

Over the history of this podcast we’ve discussed things like FTP, FatMax, Lactate Threshold and more. As an athlete it can be difficult to understand each, measure each, and then create a training program that focuses on improving them. Today on Faster Sebastian Weber the founder of Inscyd joins us to discuss their amazing software. Inscyd measures seven key characteristics and links them together to allow a certified coach to predict the impact on your performance by tweaking each one. This is a must hear episode for those wanting to learn more about getting faster by incorporating a complete view of your fitness.Watt Points: 30

Roughly half of our aging population are women, which means 50% of go through menopause. Historically, menopause has been a topic that doesn’t get discussed openly, but Selene Yeager from the Hit Play Not Pause podcast is trying to change the conversation around menopause for female athletes. Even as a male athlete or a coach who coaches women, this podcast delivers a wealth of knowledge you can share with the women you know. Selene as an author has penned some of the spaces leading books on women and sports like Roar who she wrote with Stacy Sims and Rusch to Glory who she wrote with Rebecca Rusch. She’s also a phenomenal athlete who’s transitioned through menopause and is still winning events. If you or someone you know if approaching menopause, part-way through it or post menopause, listen to this episode to get faster through the change and if you’ve stopped competing learn how to get back to what you love. Watt Points: 30Check Out Selenes's Books - https://seleneyeager.contently.com/Check Out Hit Pl

TriRig turned a review site into a product company nearly 10 years ago. What started as a brake company has become a leading manufacturer in aerobars. Nick Salazar the founder of TriRig joins us on FASTER to discuss how they made their transition to aerobars, have designed one of the most customizable front end systems on the market, the components of a great fit, how comfort is one of the most important elements of fit, and the future of aerobars. Listen to this episode to learn how to optimize your front end so you can become faster.Watt Points: 40

The health of your relationship with your significant other plays a large role in your athletic performance as an endurance athlete. Each time you train for your event, your body produces cortisol. Too much cortisol leads to overtraining. A relationship with unhealthy conflict and continual stress also produces cortisol. Your body does not know the difference between the type of stress that produces the cortisol, it only knows how much it can manage. Today, on FASTER, we speak with Sarah Thompson who uses Gottman Method Couples Therapy with her clients and is also a triathlete. The Gottman Method was developed by John Gottman, who is one of the worlds leading relationship experts and has studied how stress in a relationship affects the body. Listen to this episode to learn how to create a loving home, how to have your partner understand your goal as an endurance athlete, and how to compromise so you also understand their needs, so lower your cortisol levels and become faster.Watt Points: 15-30

Dr. Jeff Spencer - Founder of Cornerman Elite Performance Coaching joins us on FASTER to discuss how to have a champion's mindset. Jeff has coached some of the world's greatest athletes such as Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and Maria Sharapova. As a former US Olympic cyclist he uses his knowledge and experience to coach elite performers to perform at their highest potential. Jeff discusses the champion's mindset, setting goals, building a solid team, the steps to success, and overcoming roadblocks. If you take the advice you just may change your habits and strengthen your mind to perform at your at the height of your game.Watt Points: 30

Dylan Robbins - Head of Marketing for The Sufferfest at Wahoo Fitness joins us on FASTER to discuss their training software and programs. What started as downloadable training videos on iTunes, took off like wildfire in 2015 when The Sufferfest released its mobile app for training. The Sufferfest looks at the athlete as a whole and incorporates more than just cycling into its training programs. By adding strength training, yoga, and mental toughness to their 4 dimensional power based cycling workouts, they are delivering great results for athletes. The start up has been so successful it lead to their acquisition from indoor training giant Wahoo fitness in July of 2020. Listen to this episode so you can learn how to become FASTER with The Sufferfest.Watt Points: 30-60 4D Power

Armando Mastracci & Dr. Stephen Cheung - Co-Founders of Xert, join us on FASTER to discuss their unique approach to analyzing power to deliver adaptive training programs. Learn how they continually monitor your power output to calculate your Maximal Power Available, breakthroughs, fitness signature, and XSS score to you never have to perform another FTP test. Their dynamic Xert Workouts are tailored to each athlete to meet their physiology and fitness goals. You can also use Xert in conjunction with your existing FTP or polarized training plan to gain more insight into your performance. Listen to this episode to learn how Xert can make you a faster cyclist.Watt Points: 30-40

Andrew Buckrell & Michael Liberzon - Co-Founder of Endurance Innovation, join us on FASTER to discuss thermal heat and how it affects our bodies during training and racing. Working on the bike produces heat in our bodies that we must manage to stay at our best. Learn how heat builds in the body, how we shed heat, how heat affects us as individuals, and ways to deal with heat.  Listen to this episode to learn how regulating the heat in your body will keep you cool and faster than your competitors.

Hannah Grant - Co-Founder of Eat Race Win, joins us on FASTER to discuss how food is more than just food for the body. We talk with Hannah about her time as the team chef for world pro tour team Saxo Bank and how she converted the team mindset to use food to provide comfort, motivate the athletes, build team moral, and improve performance. Listen to Hannah’s amazing story to learn how food can help make you faster.Coupon Code For Eat Race Win Book: flocycling

Alan Janson - Acupuncturist from Australian Center for Natural Medicine, joins us on FASTER to discuss Japanese Acupuncture and its use in treating chronic fatigue syndrome and improving athletic performance. Western medicine does not have a way to detect chronic fatigue syndrome and the treatment options are limited. Over Alan’s 30 year career he’s helped countless world class athletes overcome chronic fatigue syndrome and go on to perform at their best. Listen to this episode to learn how Japanese acupuncture may get you back on your feet and perform at your best.

Paul Sollenberger, Senior Technical & Educational Specialist of CeramicSpeed, joins us on FASTER to discuss their suite of products. The fastest pro cyclists and triathletes have known for years that CeramicSpeed products give them an advantage over their competitors.. We discuss wheel and bottom bracket bearings, oversized pulley wheels, UFO chains, and their prototype driven drive train. Listen to this episode to learn how small differences to your drive train can make you faster.CeramicSpeed

Chris Morton, Co-Founder of AeroLab, joins us on FASTER to discuss their groundbreaking sensor technology. Their sensor technology is being used by some of the industries top brands and athletes including FLO to find gains in the real world. The AeroLab sensor was used in the design of the FLO All Sport and Gravel wheels. Learn why AeroLab matters for your fit and product selection, how it works, and just what exactly it is. Listen to this episode to learn how on road testing with AeroLab can make you faster.AeroLab

Jay Drunasky, Project Engineer of Kenda Tires, joins us on FASTER to discuss tires. We cover pneumatic engineering, tire construction, hooked vs. hookless, aerodynamics, rolling resistance, and which tires are best for racing. Listen to this episode to learn how to optimize your tires so you can become a faster cyclist.

Mike Bush, President of Stan’s No Tubes, joins us on FASTER to discuss the history of tubeless and how tubeless is making its way to the road scene. On the episode, we discuss tires, tubeless tape, sealants, tubeless valves, installation techniques, and much more. Listen to this episode to learn how to make the conversion to tubeless so you can be a faster cyclist.

Christa Orrechio from The Whole Journey joins us on the show. During this episode, we’ll discuss the gut microbiome and its critical role in our health and performance as athletes. Listen to this episode to learn how improving the health of your gut microbiome can help you become a healthier, faster cyclist. Listening to the advice In this episode can add 60 watts to your FTP.

Andrew Buckrell from 4iiii joins us on the show. During this episode, we’ll discuss the virtual wind tunnel technology that Andrew and his team have developed. Learn how using an iPad and a 3d scanner can help you become a faster cyclist. Listening to the advice In this episode can add 50 watts to your FTP.