The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS

About This Episode:In this week’s episode, Adam Pulford interviews Adam Ster a movement specialist, healer, and guide for the athlete. They talk about how Ster’s "Protocols" help athletes/everyone recover and prevent injury and why this form of self-care is so important for the endurance athlete. For this episode, open your mind to Ster’s form of movement practice as it strays slightly from the hard science. Episode Highlights:Treating NFL, Red Bull, and other professional athletes Maintenance through movement Protocols that help recovery and prevent injuryGuest Bio – Adam Ster:Adam Ster may go by many names movement specialist, healer, guide for the athlete, Master Body Worker. To most, he is the renowned man who has helped so many professional athletes stay in competition, perform better, and recover. Ster has worked with athletes from the Olympics, NFL, UFC, and even Red Bull athletes. Being an endurance athlete himself he understands the importance of recovery and performing your best. Ster believes this practice can help everyone professional athletes, recreational athletes, and anyone living with gravity (spoiler, it’s everyone) that he has made the basics of his work accessible to everyone and has started a paid program to follow his more advanced works.  Read More About Adam Ster:Website: http://masterbodyworker.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masterbodyworkerFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MasterBodyWorkerTwitter: https://twitter.com/masterbodyworkr Ster’s YouTube Channel and Protocol videos:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLeyqF0lObIOjI837yOFqsA Ster’s On-demand Classes:https://flowzone.teachable.com/p/home Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About This Episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary Allen interviews Levi Younger,  Rolfer and Somatic Therapist. Levi and Hillary discuss the practice of Rolfing, treating Hillary after a textbook healed injury, components of injury recovery, covering the emotional process of recovering from injury and treating the body as a more holistic system.Episode Highlights:Combining Somatic Therapy, Clinical Counseling, and Coaching Injury recovery is more than just the physical injury healingHow injuries take a mental tollYou are not a machine, treating your body as one Guest Bio – Levi Younger:Levi comes to running with a background from college track and running 50K and mountain races after college in his home state of Alaska. In 2015, Levi broke his thoracic vertebrae playing men's league hockey leaving him feeling debilitated. After trying so many different methods to help his pain he found Rolfing. Rolfing changed so much for Levi he opened his own practice in Boulder, Colorado in 2017. He has since been able to help athletes suffering from a wide array of pain and injury issues. Levi is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Clinical Counseling at Oregon State University to open a practice that combines Somatic therapy, clinical counseling, and coaching to help people heal from injuries and chronic pain who’ve tried varying treatment options. Rolfing is a proactive manual therapy system created by Dr. Ida Rolf as a diagnostic assessment for the body, utilizing physical touch and neuroscience principles. Instead of chasing symptoms, Rolfing alters the deeper sources of chronic injury and pain. Rolfing is not a massage technique and not another form of deep tissue massage or a way to stretch the fascia.  Rolfing is a comprehensive diagnostic system that views the body in a structural sense and is not painful.  Read More About Levi Younger or his Clinic Levity Rolfing:Website: Clinic https://www.levityrolfing.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/levityrolfing/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LevityRolfing Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About This Episode:In this week’s episode, TrainRight Podcast co-hosts Adam Pulford and Hillary Allen sit down to talk about how cyclists and runners should approach base training.Episode Highlights:Building the aerobic engineThe traditional base training modelNew approaches to base trainingBalancing volume and intensityListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About This Episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary talks with North Face professional runner Kaytlyn Gerbin about her start into the world of ultrarunning, her approach to recovery after 100-mile ultramarathon, and some of the changes that need to happen to make trail running a more equitable sport.Episode Highlights:Deciding when to sign up for longer distance racesRecovering from 100-mile racesMaking strides toward gender equality in trail runningThe Rainier Infinity Loop in Washington stateGuest Bio – Kaytlyn Gerbin:Kaytlyn is a trail and ultrarunner living just outside of Seattle, Washington. Since running her first 50k in 2014, she's been a top 10 finisher at Western States 3 years in a row placing as high as 2nd, she was top 10 in the Trail World Championships in 2018, and holds course records in races from 50k to 100 mile including the Bear 100. Earlier this year, she won the 6-day Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica and bested her 2nd place finish last year to win this year's edition of the Transgrancanaria. When she's not racing, she's exploring the mountains off-trail by ski touring, mountaineering, and using her love of ultra-endurance to knock out long objectives in the mountains. Last summer, she and her partner became the fist all-female team to complete the Rainier Infinity Loop in Washington.She also holds a PhD in Bioengineering, and works as a research scientist at a non-profit research institute in Seattle.Read More About Kaytlyn Gerbin:North Face Athlete Bio: https://www.thenorthface.com/about-us/athletes/kaytlyn-gerbin.htmlInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaytlyn_g/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/kaytlyn_gerbin?lang=enStrava: https://www.strava.com/pros/kaytlyn_g Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform 

About this episode:This week's episode originally aired on the TrainingPeaks CoachCast Podcast with host Dirk Friel. TrainRight Podcast host and CTS Coach Adam Pulford joined his athlete Alison Tetrick to talk about how they've navigated training during the pandemic, her recovery strategies, and dive into the specifics of some of the interval workouts they've been testing out this year.Episode Highlights:Exploring the coach-athlete dynamicRecovery strategiesAdjusting training during the pandemicGet the episode transcript and more show notes here at the CoachCast website.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About this episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary talks with CTS coach Corrine Malcolm about her recent FKT on the 275K Tahoe Rim Trail and her tips for runners looking to tackle their first 100 mile and 100+ mile ultramarathons.Episode Highlights:Inside look at Corrine's Tahoe Rim Trail FKTWhat training for a 100+ mile event looks likeHow to deal with sleep deprivation during long eventsFocusing on the things you can controlGuest Bio – Corrine Malcolm:Corrine Malcolm is a professional ultrarunner for Adidas Terrex. She's a CTS coach, an exercise physiologist, and a science writer. Since starting ultrarunning in 2016, Corrine has finished in the top 10 at Western States twice, fourth in TDS at UTMB, and most recently she's at the women's supported FKT on the 171 mile Tahoe Rim Trail in a time of 44 hours and 51 minutes.Read More About Corrine Malcolm:Corrine Malcolm's Coach Bio - https://trainright.com/coaches/corrine-malcolm/https://corrinemalcolm.com/https://www.instagram.com/corrinemalcolm/https://twitter.com/corrinemalcolm Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About this episode:In this week’s episode, coach Adam talks with CTS Expert Coach and mountain bike instructor Josh Whitmore about all things bike skills and how cyclists from all disciplines and skill levels can improve and gain free speed on the bike.Guests – Josh Whitmore:I came to coaching from a racing background, enjoying a brief career as a full-time cross-country mountain bike racer in the 1990s when the sport was at its pinnacle. I retired from full-time racing to pursue a career in outdoor education and mountain guiding, earning a Masters Degree in Outdoor Education. I eventually returned to my love of cycling and currently race as a high-level amateur and masters age category athlete in road, mountain, and cyclocross events. I also still keep a foot in the mountain guiding world, occasionally guiding rock/ice climbing, mountaineering, and backcountry skiing. Since 2010, I’ve focused my professional energies into coaching endurance athletes and helping people of all abilities reach their athletic goals in cycling and alpinism. In addition to ongoing coaching of individuals, I am the company’s most highly qualified mountain bike skills instructor.Episode Highlights:The skills pyramid4 dimensions of body positionThe key to progressing your skillsSkills vs maneuversLearn More About Josh Whitmore And Connect With Him:Josh's bio: https://trainright.com/coaches/josh-whitmore/MTB Skills: https://trainright.com/mtb-skills-clinic/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamjoshwhitmore/Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About this episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary talks with her CTS coach Adam St. Pierre about the athlete-coach relationship and about coming back from serious injury.Episode Highlights:Inside the elite athlete-coach relationshipRecovering from serious injuryUsing injury as an opportunity to explore other passionsGuest Bio – Adam St. Pierre:Adam St. Pierre is a CTS Expert Ultrarunning Coach who has participated and coached athletes for some of the biggest ultramarathon events such as Hardrock 100, Western States 100,  Leadville 100, and many others.Read More About Adam St. Pierre: Adam St. Pierre's coach biohttps://www.instagram.com/coachadamstpierre/ Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About this episode:In this week’s episode, coach Adam talks with TrainingPeaks co-founder Dirk Friel and TrainingPeaks Cheif Scientist and Best Bike Split Founder Ryan Cooper about how technology is evolving and how artificial intelligence will influence the way endurance athletes train in the future.Guests – Dirk Friel and Ryan Cooper:Dirk Friel is a former professional cyclist, co-founder of TrainingPeaks, and now Peaksware Chief Evangelist. Ryan Cooper is the founder of Best Bike Split and Cheif Scientist for TrainingPeaks.Episode Highlights:How artificial intelligence will change athletes' trainingHow the coach-athlete relationship is changing with new technologiesThe history of TrainingPeaks and what its future looks likeListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About this episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary talks with Jonathan Levitt from InsideTracker about personalized nutrition and tracking biomarkers to optimize your performance.Episode Highlights:Personalizing your nutritionTracking biomarkers to optimize performanceThe future of personalized nutritionGuest Bio – Jonathan Levitt:Jonathan Levitt is a runner from Boston, MA. He’s the Sales Manager and Endurance Team Manager at InsideTracker, a Cambridge, MA based health tech company that provides personalized guidance on nutrition and performance based on your blood, DNA, and soon, wearable device data, while also taking into account your habits and goals.Jonathan graduated from UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Business with a double major in Sport Management and Marketing, and co-founded and ran an intramural baseball league while at UMass.He started running in 2013 after the Boston Marathon bombing, and since then has run 6 marathons, a 50k and a 40 mile day in the Grand Canyon (Rim2Rim2Rim). When he’s not running or helping others with their performance, he has his own podcast called For The Long Run, which is an exploration of what keeps elite runners running long, strong, and motivated.Read More About Jonathan Levitt & InsideTracker:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlevitt815/https://www.insidetracker.com/https://twitter.com/JWLevitt Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform