Pickles.

Probably not the first word that comes to your mind when discussing performance enhancing substances.

New research, however, has shown that drinking pickle juice may be an effective way to reduce the duration of muscle cramps. In this podcast, you'll learn how you (may) be able to use pickle juice to avoid and treat muscle cramps. You'll also learn the real reason this research is so exciting (hint: it's not about the pickles).

Your brain doesn't always think rationally. Sometimes, it makes mistakes called logical fallacies, aka, thinking errors. One of the most common logical fallacies in the health industry is the straw man.

You've almost certainly encountered the straw man argument before. You may have made it yourself. The straw man argument is a common diversion people use to discredit your ideas, especially when they're defending a position that lacks evidence.

In this podcast, you'll learn how to identify and defeat a straw man argument. Most importantly, you'll learn how to avoid making one yourself.

Cyclists are good at lying to themselves.

No matter how bad they feel, they can ignore pain, suffering, and fatigue. Unless they have an objective number (or person) telling them that they’re doing too much, they can easily dig themselves into a deep state of overtraining.

Luckily, a relatively new technology is keeping cyclists honest. Bicycle mounted power meters have made it possible for cyclists to push themselves to the limits of their ability with a much lower risk of overtraining.

In this podcast, Hunter Allen, one of the leading experts on power meter training, will teach you how to enhance your cycling performance without damaging your health or compromising your long-term success.

You'll learn...

The crucial difference between overtraining and overreaching.

How cyclists become overtrained.

The key factors that increase your risk of overtraining.

Why a power meter is the ultimate tool to avoid and manage overtraining.

How to know exactly when you're recovered from overtraining.

How to know if it's okay to keep training when you're tired.<

How to use Chronic Training Load, Acute Training Load, and Training Stress Balance to accelerate your fitness.

How to recover from overtraining and/or overreaching.

Do you want to gain muscle?

Are you tired of using your precious time in the gym on unproven "broscience" instead of scientific methods to maximize your results?

This is the podcast for you. Brad Schoenfeld, MSc, CSCS, CSPS., is a world renowned fitness expert. He's regarded as one of the leading authorities on using diet and exercise to gain muscle and lose fat.

In this episode, Brad gives you some of the most practical and valuable tips from his new book, The MAX Muscle plan -- a scientific guide to gaining muscle.