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      • Ep. 90: Team USA’s elite cycling esports racer Nicole Meyer
      • Ep. 89: Paweł Ścierski — The Young Rider Rocketing Up the Cycling Esports Ranks
      • Ep. 88: Jason Osborne — Inside the mind of 3-time UCI Cycling Esports World Champion
      • Ep. 87: Team Africa Rising is Building a Virtual Cycling Revolution Across Africa
      • Ep. 86: The World Championship Team of Kate McCarthy and Dylan Kennett
      • Ep. 85: USA Cycling National Champion Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker chats Nats, Worlds, Predictions, and Storylines
      • Ep. 84: Echelon’s Eric Hill — USA Cycling Esports National Series and 2026 National Championships
      • Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience
      • Ep. 82: The UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator, Jacob Fraser, talks World Championships and the Sport’s Future
      • Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer
    • Episodes 71 thru 80
      • Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future
      • Ep. 79: Cycling Canada National Esports Champion Tiffany Penner
      • Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs
      • Ep. 77: Matt Smithson talks $1 Million MyWhoosh Championship and UCI Worlds
      • Ep. 76: The Anatomy of a Record-Setting 24-Hour Virtual Ride
      • Ep. 75: CEO Petr Samek on Rouvy’s Rise Up the Virtual Cycling Ranks to #2
      • Ep. 74: Breaking barriers, transforming lives, and building future champions: How cycling esports drives Masaka’s mission in Uganda
      • Ep. 73: Is elite cyclist Illi Gardner the best pure climber of her generation?
      • Ep. 72: Aussie Cycling Esports National Champs Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 71: Zwift Games 25 Men’s Champion Neal Fryett—Under the Radar, First Over the Line
    • Episodes 61 thru 70
      • Ep. 70: Conny Björnehall—Making Cycling Esports a Household Name
      • Ep. 69: Michael Vink—Full Circle From MyWhoosh to UAE Team Emirates and Back to Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 68: Nutrition Coach and Influencer Kate MacLeod-Cycling Esports Performance Insights
      • Ep. 67: Dean Cunningham-Championing Change in Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 66: Inside Cycling Canada’s Esports Strategy with Josh Peacock
      • Ep. 65: The Team Behind the Success of Women’s Team—AEONIAN
      • Ep. 64: Bike Racer, Heart Surgery Survivor, and Advocate, Cody McKay
      • Ep. 63: CVR Cup and Smash Your Fitness Founder Frank Garcia
      • Ep. 62: Cycling Esports Superstar Gabi Guerra
      • Ep. 61: NeXT eSports pb Enshored’s Greg Abbott
    • Episodes 51 thru 60
      • Ep. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues
      • Ep. 59: Eric Hill Announces 2024/25 Echelon Racing League & USA Cycling Esports Nationals
      • Ep. 58: Training Peaks’ Dirk Friel and indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on Formation of Training Peaks Virtual
      • Ep. 57: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion Kate McCarthy
      • Ep. 56: On the Eve of the Cycling Esports World Championships with UCI’s Jacob Fraser and MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 55: Cycling Esports’ First Men’s World Champion Jason Osborne
      • Ep. 54: UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator Jacob Fraser
      • Ep. 53: Danish Cycling Union’s Esports Director Martin Wang Hjørngaard
      • Ep. 52: Lou Bates Has Unfinished Business to Settle
      • Ep. 51: Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker is the New Breed of Cycling Esports
    • Episodes 41 thru 50
      • Ep. 50: MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson, 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final Recap & Live Final Preview
      • Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka
      • Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink
      • Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update
      • Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI’s Smart Trainer Standardization Program
      • Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown
      • Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 42: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren’t Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport
      • Ep. 41: A New Era
    • Episodes 31 thru 40
      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
      • Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren’t Virtual Cyclists-Who Knew?
      • Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist
      • Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?
      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
      • Ep. 10: The Death of the Cycling Off-Season with Zwift’s Coach Shayne Gaffney
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    • Episodes 91 thru 100
      • Ep. 91: Virtual Cycling Singapore – A Blueprint for Cycling’s Future
    • Episodes 81 thru 90
      • Ep. 90: Team USA’s elite cycling esports racer Nicole Meyer
      • Ep. 89: Paweł Ścierski — The Young Rider Rocketing Up the Cycling Esports Ranks
      • Ep. 88: Jason Osborne — Inside the mind of 3-time UCI Cycling Esports World Champion
      • Ep. 87: Team Africa Rising is Building a Virtual Cycling Revolution Across Africa
      • Ep. 86: The World Championship Team of Kate McCarthy and Dylan Kennett
      • Ep. 85: USA Cycling National Champion Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker chats Nats, Worlds, Predictions, and Storylines
      • Ep. 84: Echelon’s Eric Hill — USA Cycling Esports National Series and 2026 National Championships
      • Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience
      • Ep. 82: The UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator, Jacob Fraser, talks World Championships and the Sport’s Future
      • Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer
    • Episodes 71 thru 80
      • Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future
      • Ep. 79: Cycling Canada National Esports Champion Tiffany Penner
      • Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs
      • Ep. 77: Matt Smithson talks $1 Million MyWhoosh Championship and UCI Worlds
      • Ep. 76: The Anatomy of a Record-Setting 24-Hour Virtual Ride
      • Ep. 75: CEO Petr Samek on Rouvy’s Rise Up the Virtual Cycling Ranks to #2
      • Ep. 74: Breaking barriers, transforming lives, and building future champions: How cycling esports drives Masaka’s mission in Uganda
      • Ep. 73: Is elite cyclist Illi Gardner the best pure climber of her generation?
      • Ep. 72: Aussie Cycling Esports National Champs Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 71: Zwift Games 25 Men’s Champion Neal Fryett—Under the Radar, First Over the Line
    • Episodes 61 thru 70
      • Ep. 70: Conny Björnehall—Making Cycling Esports a Household Name
      • Ep. 69: Michael Vink—Full Circle From MyWhoosh to UAE Team Emirates and Back to Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 68: Nutrition Coach and Influencer Kate MacLeod-Cycling Esports Performance Insights
      • Ep. 67: Dean Cunningham-Championing Change in Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 66: Inside Cycling Canada’s Esports Strategy with Josh Peacock
      • Ep. 65: The Team Behind the Success of Women’s Team—AEONIAN
      • Ep. 64: Bike Racer, Heart Surgery Survivor, and Advocate, Cody McKay
      • Ep. 63: CVR Cup and Smash Your Fitness Founder Frank Garcia
      • Ep. 62: Cycling Esports Superstar Gabi Guerra
      • Ep. 61: NeXT eSports pb Enshored’s Greg Abbott
    • Episodes 51 thru 60
      • Ep. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues
      • Ep. 59: Eric Hill Announces 2024/25 Echelon Racing League & USA Cycling Esports Nationals
      • Ep. 58: Training Peaks’ Dirk Friel and indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on Formation of Training Peaks Virtual
      • Ep. 57: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion Kate McCarthy
      • Ep. 56: On the Eve of the Cycling Esports World Championships with UCI’s Jacob Fraser and MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 55: Cycling Esports’ First Men’s World Champion Jason Osborne
      • Ep. 54: UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator Jacob Fraser
      • Ep. 53: Danish Cycling Union’s Esports Director Martin Wang Hjørngaard
      • Ep. 52: Lou Bates Has Unfinished Business to Settle
      • Ep. 51: Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker is the New Breed of Cycling Esports
    • Episodes 41 thru 50
      • Ep. 50: MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson, 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final Recap & Live Final Preview
      • Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka
      • Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink
      • Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update
      • Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI’s Smart Trainer Standardization Program
      • Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown
      • Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 42: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren’t Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport
      • Ep. 41: A New Era
    • Episodes 31 thru 40
      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
      • Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren’t Virtual Cyclists-Who Knew?
      • Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist
      • Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?
      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
      • Ep. 10: The Death of the Cycling Off-Season with Zwift’s Coach Shayne Gaffney
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Category: Strength & Conditioning

I’m a Cyclist and a Physical Therapist, and These are my 5 Best Cycling Upper Back Muscle Exercises

Follow this cycling physical therapist’s approach to maximize performance and prevent injury by working neglected muscles—the Thoracic Spine.

I’m a Cyclist and Physical Therapist, and This is What to Do For Low Bone Density in Cyclists

A new study suggests low bone density and osteoporosis begin in cyclists before age twenty and last long after our riding days are over.

I’m a Cyclist and a Physical Therapist, and This is What I Do to Improve Poor Cycling Posture

Do these stretch-strength poor posture exercises for cyclists!

Sprint Cycling Improves Muscle Strength, but As Much as Weight Training?

Recent research suggests that on-the-bike muscle strength building through max sprint cycling is as effective as weight training.

I’m a Cyclist and Physical Therapist, and This is What I Do For That Puzzling Foot Pain

Follow my tips and tricks to get rid of that nagging Plantar Fasciitis When Cycling!

I’m a Cyclist and Physical Therapist, and This is What I Do to Prevent Quad Dominance From Robbing Power From My Pedals

Follow this 10-step elastic band plan to activate and strengthen your glutes!

I’m a Cyclist and Physical Therapist, and This is my 5-Exercise Heavy-Hitting Home Leg Strength Routine

Follow this 5-exercise home strength training for cyclists routine to maximize your gains without hitting a gym.

I’m a Cyclist and Physical Therapist, and This is the Full-Body Stretch Routine I Do After Every Ride

Follow this 10-minute post-ride stretching exercises for cyclists program to jump-start your recovery.

To Embrace Discomfort is to Truly Evolve In Cycling and Life

In cycling and life, knowing how to suffer is evolving as a person.

I’m a Cyclist and Physical Therapist, and This is My In-Season Total Body Strength Maintenance Program

Follow this 8-exercise home program to keep your strength gains without sacrificing cycling training time.

Recent Scientific Discoveries Explain the Role Our Genes Play in Determining the Type of Cyclist We Are

woman in genes standing with a bike

Scientists have discovered genes that determine our response to training stress and the key to unlocking endless performance potential.

Indoor Training, This Time It’s Going to be Different!

Author's indoor cycling gym

Indoor training is no longer something to dread!

Strength Training is Essential for the Senior Athlete and Masters Cyclist

Strength exercise is essential for the masters athlete to avoid the devastating effects of age-related muscle loss.

Powering Through Contentment – Satisfaction, Complacency, or a Crutch?

It didn’t take much to motivate this cyclist to take a step closer to being the best he could be, but the results were profound and the lessons invaluable.

Virtual Case Study: Hip Pain While Cycling

hip pain when cycling is a common problem

Hip pain, the result of long periods of time slumped over the handlebars or seated at work, can be prevented by following these simple steps.

Core Strengthening Essentials for the Virtual Cyclist: The Superman Series

Be a superhero on and off the bike by following this core strengthening progression.

Core Strengthening Essentials for the Virtual Cyclist: The Dead Bug Exercise Series

Be the fly swatter and not the fly of your group ride by learning this essential core stabilizing exercise.

Virtual Case Study: Arm & Hand Pain While Cycling

Arm and hand pain that worsens as you ride can be prevented by following these simple tips!

Core Strengthening Essentials for the Virtual Cyclist: The Bridge Exercise Series

Bridge the gap between your trunk and the pedals by following this core strengthening progression.

Core Strengthening Essentials for the Virtual Cyclist: The Bird Dog Series

When strengthening your core for cycling, it is essential to take a varied approach.

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    • Episodes 91 thru 100
      • Ep. 91: Virtual Cycling Singapore – A Blueprint for Cycling’s Future
    • Episodes 81 thru 90
      • Ep. 90: Team USA’s elite cycling esports racer Nicole Meyer
      • Ep. 89: Paweł Ścierski — The Young Rider Rocketing Up the Cycling Esports Ranks
      • Ep. 88: Jason Osborne — Inside the mind of 3-time UCI Cycling Esports World Champion
      • Ep. 87: Team Africa Rising is Building a Virtual Cycling Revolution Across Africa
      • Ep. 86: The World Championship Team of Kate McCarthy and Dylan Kennett
      • Ep. 85: USA Cycling National Champion Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker chats Nats, Worlds, Predictions, and Storylines
      • Ep. 84: Echelon’s Eric Hill — USA Cycling Esports National Series and 2026 National Championships
      • Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience
      • Ep. 82: The UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator, Jacob Fraser, talks World Championships and the Sport’s Future
      • Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer
    • Episodes 71 thru 80
      • Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future
      • Ep. 79: Cycling Canada National Esports Champion Tiffany Penner
      • Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs
      • Ep. 77: Matt Smithson talks $1 Million MyWhoosh Championship and UCI Worlds
      • Ep. 76: The Anatomy of a Record-Setting 24-Hour Virtual Ride
      • Ep. 75: CEO Petr Samek on Rouvy’s Rise Up the Virtual Cycling Ranks to #2
      • Ep. 74: Breaking barriers, transforming lives, and building future champions: How cycling esports drives Masaka’s mission in Uganda
      • Ep. 73: Is elite cyclist Illi Gardner the best pure climber of her generation?
      • Ep. 72: Aussie Cycling Esports National Champs Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 71: Zwift Games 25 Men’s Champion Neal Fryett—Under the Radar, First Over the Line
    • Episodes 61 thru 70
      • Ep. 70: Conny Björnehall—Making Cycling Esports a Household Name
      • Ep. 69: Michael Vink—Full Circle From MyWhoosh to UAE Team Emirates and Back to Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 68: Nutrition Coach and Influencer Kate MacLeod-Cycling Esports Performance Insights
      • Ep. 67: Dean Cunningham-Championing Change in Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 66: Inside Cycling Canada’s Esports Strategy with Josh Peacock
      • Ep. 65: The Team Behind the Success of Women’s Team—AEONIAN
      • Ep. 64: Bike Racer, Heart Surgery Survivor, and Advocate, Cody McKay
      • Ep. 63: CVR Cup and Smash Your Fitness Founder Frank Garcia
      • Ep. 62: Cycling Esports Superstar Gabi Guerra
      • Ep. 61: NeXT eSports pb Enshored’s Greg Abbott
    • Episodes 51 thru 60
      • Ep. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues
      • Ep. 59: Eric Hill Announces 2024/25 Echelon Racing League & USA Cycling Esports Nationals
      • Ep. 58: Training Peaks’ Dirk Friel and indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on Formation of Training Peaks Virtual
      • Ep. 57: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion Kate McCarthy
      • Ep. 56: On the Eve of the Cycling Esports World Championships with UCI’s Jacob Fraser and MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 55: Cycling Esports’ First Men’s World Champion Jason Osborne
      • Ep. 54: UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator Jacob Fraser
      • Ep. 53: Danish Cycling Union’s Esports Director Martin Wang Hjørngaard
      • Ep. 52: Lou Bates Has Unfinished Business to Settle
      • Ep. 51: Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker is the New Breed of Cycling Esports
    • Episodes 41 thru 50
      • Ep. 50: MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson, 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final Recap & Live Final Preview
      • Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka
      • Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink
      • Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update
      • Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI’s Smart Trainer Standardization Program
      • Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown
      • Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 42: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren’t Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport
      • Ep. 41: A New Era
    • Episodes 31 thru 40
      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
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      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
      • Ep. 10: The Death of the Cycling Off-Season with Zwift’s Coach Shayne Gaffney
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      • Ep. 41: A New Era
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      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
      • Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren’t Virtual Cyclists-Who Knew?
      • Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist
      • Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?
      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
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