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You Don’t Have a Fitness Problem, You Have a Durability Problem
May 4, 2026
14m 30s
Why You Shouldn’t Train Alone All the Time
Apr 27, 2026
15m 01s
Why You’re Overcomplicating Endurance Training
Apr 20, 2026
13m 25s
Why Shorter Rest Periods Lead to Bigger Gains (#300)
Apr 13, 2026
11m 34s
Is High Carb Fueling Bad for Your Health? (#299)
Apr 6, 2026
8m 47s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/26 | You Don’t Have a Fitness Problem, You Have a Durability Problem✨ | durabilityfatigue resistance+4 | — | — | — | fitnessendurance+5 | — | 14m 30s | |
| 4/27/26 | Why You Shouldn’t Train Alone All the Time✨ | trainingsocial facilitation+4 | — | CTS | — | training alonegroup training+3 | — | 15m 01s | |
| 4/20/26 | Why You’re Overcomplicating Endurance Training✨ | endurance trainingZone 2 training+3 | — | CTS | — | Zone 2endurance+5 | — | 13m 25s | |
| 4/13/26 | Why Shorter Rest Periods Lead to Bigger Gains (#300)✨ | training densitycycling performance+3 | — | CTS | — | cyclingtraining+3 | — | 11m 34s | |
| 4/6/26 | Is High Carb Fueling Bad for Your Health? (#299)✨ | carbohydratesnutrition+3 | Coach Adam Pulford | — | — | high carbsdiabetes+3 | — | 8m 47s | |
| 3/30/26 | Build a Bigger Aerobic Engine With These 2 Workouts (#298)✨ | aerobic fitnessZone 2 training+3 | Adam Pulford | CTS | — | aerobic engineZone 2 training+3 | — | 9m 05s | |
| 3/23/26 | Pro Teams Are Doing Zone 2 Intervals. Should You? (#297)✨ | Zone 2 intervalsendurance riding+3 | — | CTS | — | Zone 2 intervalscycling training+3 | — | 10m 25s | |
| 3/17/26 | Finding Your Training Rhythm: A Weekly Framework for Time-Crunched Cyclists (#296)✨ | training frameworktime-crunched cyclists+3 | Adam Pulford | Cycling Training AssessmentCTS+1 | — | training rhythmweekly framework+3 | — | 9m 33s | |
| 3/13/26 | We're Leveling Up — Here's What's Coming✨ | podcast updatesfuture episodes+3 | — | — | — | podcastcycling+3 | — | 2m 11s | |
| 2/18/26 | Should Cyclists Use Different Power Zones for Indoor vs Outdoor Training? (#294)✨ | power zonesindoor cycling+5 | Coach Adam Pulford | — | — | power outputperceived exertion+5 | — | 16m 05s | |
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| 2/11/26 | How to Build VO2 max Year Round! (#293)✨ | VO2 maxcycling training+3 | — | — | — | VO2 maxcycling+3 | — | 25m 55s | |
| 2/4/26 |  Indoor Cycling: How to Prevent ERG Mode From Ruining Your Workouts (#292) | OVERVIEW ERG Mode, or ergometer mode, is a feature on smart indoor cycling trainers that allows the trainer or connected app to set the resistance you experience as a rider. For interval workouts, for instance, ERG Mode will adjust the resistance so you stay at a constant target power output (e.g., 250 watts for 10 minutes). The downside to ERG Mode is that it can hinder your ability to conjure the internal motivation to achieve that power target, and if you can't maintain your cadence during... | 17m 49s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | How Training VO2 max Also Increases FTP (and vice versa) (#291) | OVERVIEW In Episode 291 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", Coach Adam Pulford answers a listener question about the relationship between FTP and VO2 max training, particularly how and why targeting training to improve either will typically raise both. TOPICS COVERED Think of training intensities as a continuum, not as neat little boxesDescriptions of primary energy systemsHow FTP and VO2 max are directly relatedHow to organize training to maximize both FTP and VO2 maxASK A QUESTION FOR A... | 18m 29s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | How To Level Up With Volume, Recovery, Strength, And Community (#290) | OVERVIEW Although this is "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", we recognize that not everyone is time-crunched. In particular, we hear from lots of older cyclists who have more time to train now that they've retired or cut back their work hours, or their children have flown the nest. So, how do we apply some of the TCC methodologies for athletes who have some more time available? Coach Adam Pulford coaches lots of athletes in this exact scenario, and he has the techniques and information you ... | 18m 56s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an Annual Strength Training Plan (#289) | OVERVIEW Endurance athletes are accustomed to building Annual Training Plans for the phases of their sport-specific training, but are less familiar with building annual training plans for strength training. If this is you, Episode 289 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" features Coach Adam Pulford taking you through the steps of creating and managing your annual strength training plan. He breaks it down for novices/beginners, cyclists who are familiar/experienced in the gym, and athl... | 31m 13s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | Step-by-Step Guide to Building An Annual Training Plan (#288) | OVERVIEW Annual Training Plans are big-picture, long term plans that map out training phases to bring the athlete into key races, events, or time periods with peak form and freshness, which helps optimize performance. For some, these can be fun to map out, especially if you like spreadsheets and planning. Others find it boring, confusing, time-consuming. Either way, in Episode 288 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", Coach Adam Pulford takes you through the steps of creating and managing y... | 24m 18s | ||||||
| 12/31/25 | Down to Earth New Year's Fitness Advice (#287) | OVERVIEW The Holidays are just about over and the New Year is about to begin. If you had a ton of fun over the Holidays and you're feeling a bit soft around the middle and bit slower than you'd like, Coach Adam Pulford has some good news! You're fitness didn't disappear and those couple of extra pounds will likely melt away pretty quickly once you get back to normal training. If you've been piling on the miles over the past few weeks, he has some advice for how to start your year, too! All th... | 14m 37s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | How to Train Anaerobic Capacity to Go Fast and Win, with Coach Tim Cusick (#286) | OVERVIEW Anaerobic capacity is the work you can do above your lactate threshold. Another term for it is Functional Reserve Capacity (FRC), and it acts like a battery that contains a finite amount of energy that runs out quickly and must be recharged before a subsequent use. FRC is your high-intensity, explosive power for winning sprints, creating breakaways, closing gaps, and riding competitors off your wheel. In the final episode in this series with WKO Data Leader and Coach Tim Cusick, Tim ... | 46m 31s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | How Quickly Can VO2 max Increase in Cyclists? with Tim Cusick (#285) | OVERVIEW VO2 max or maximum aerobic capacity is your performance ceiling, but it is trainable and you can not only increase your VO2 max, but also the power you can produce at VO2 max, how long you can sustain that power, and the amount of work you can accomplish between lactate threshold and VO2 max. In Episode #285 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", coaches Adam Pulford and Basecamp's Tim Cusick discuss how VO2 max training works, the workout specifics necessary to increase VO2 max, an... | 43m 11s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | How Quickly Can Cyclists Increase Functional Threshold Power (FTP), with Tim Cusick (#284) | OVERVIEW Following their episode on aerobic training, CTS Coach Adam Pulford and Tim Cusick (Head Coach at Basecamp and TrainingPeaks WKO Product Leader) dig into Functional Threshold Power (FTP) training in Episode #284 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast". This is one of the clearest, accessible, and practical explanations of FTP training you'll ever hear. They talk about what's happening in your body, how long each phase of FTP training should take, what interval durations/frequencies/in... | 39m 26s | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | How Quickly Can Aerobic Training Make You Fast, with Tim Cusick (#283) | OVERVIEW "How long is this going to take?!" Everyone wants to know how long it takes for the training you do today to result in performance improvements you can see and feel on the road or trail. To find out, we called upon Tim Cusick, an elite coach and one of the data gurus behind TrainingPeaks WKO product. Together, Coach Adam Pulford and Tim explain how training stress leads to physiological strain, which causes fatigue and then adaptation. In this episode they look specifically at how qu... | 49m 09s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 | What's Happening In Your Body As You Recover From A Workout? (#282) | OVERVIEW We all know recovery takes time, but how much time and what is going on internally while "recovery" is happening? How do factors like the duration and intensity of a workout affect the recovery process? What about nutrition and hydration during and after training, and finally, what about those fancy recovery tools and gadgets? Coach Adam Pulford breaks down the science of recovery, what's going on in your body that constitutes "recovery", and how long it's going to take based on your... | 21m 15s | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | Going Pro: The Data Behind Nathan Cusack's Journey From Juniors to EF Education-Aevolo | OVERVIEW Nathan Cusack is an emerging talent in road racing, having won his first European race in 2025, racing for Team USA at Tour de l'Avenir, and ending the season by signing on with EF Education-Aevolo. Nathan has been a CTS Athlete coached by Adam Pulford for four years, and as he makes his transition to the U23 Elite ranks and a top international development team, it's time to take a look at what it takes to go from Junior to Pro in cycling. In Episode 281, Coach Adam Pulford and... | 57m 03s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | Cycling While Deaf: How This CTS Athlete Trains, Wins, and Prepares for the Deaflympics | OVERVIEW Cyclists rely on their sense of hearing more than you might imagine, to hear traffic coming, to communicate with fellow riders during group rides and races, to listen for gear shifts and labored breathing from competitors, and even to discern wind direction. Dmitry Rossoshansky doesn't hear any of that, nor does he hear your pleas for mercy when he's crushing it at the front! In Episode #280 of "The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast", Dima and CTS Coach Adam Pulford, with the assis... | 39m 52s | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | 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... | 18m 18s | ||||||
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