Training Babble: Off-Road Insights for Mountain Bike and Gravel Cycling
By Dave Schell
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Tim P.
Jul 6, 2025
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Unlock your endurance potential. The Training Babble Podcast takes a deep dive into the strategy and science behind training for off-road cycling and gravel racing. Host Dave Schell brings over 20 years of coaching and racing experience, including as former Director of Education at TrainingPeaks.
Each episode features interviews with experts and insiders to inform your training on topics like physiology, nutrition, mental toughness, equipment selection, and race tactics. Expect an informative yet lighthearted conversation filled with practical tips to up your performance. Special guests from across the cycling world join to share their hard-earned wisdom.
Whether you're an amateur looking to reach new heights or a coach wanting to refine your craft, The Training Babble Podcast offers a master-class in endurance training. Challenging conventional methods, busting myths, and digging into the latest research, this show equips you with the knowledge to train smarter and unlock your full athletic potential.
Subscribe to the Training Babble Podcast and join our community of passionate off-road cyclists. With tips, stories, and advice from leading figures in gravel and mountain biking, we're here to support your journey to peak performance and beyond. Elevate your off-road cycling experience with us.
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Leadville Recap and Post Season Training Advice
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Pre Leadville 100 Team Call with Kaizen Endurance
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Finding Balance: Practical Training Over Perfection
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Training Truths we Wish More Athletes Would Embrace
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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"Will this make me Faster or Slower?" The mindset for achieving great things with Lea Davison
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May 28, 2025 |
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We Are What We Repeatedly Do: The Importance of Specificity, The S.A.I.D. Principle
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May 02, 2025 |
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Be Here Now: Let Go of the Past, Forget about the Future, Perform Your Best
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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You Should NOT Hire a Coach...
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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FTP is everything, FTP is nothing
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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We Hired an AI Coach So You Don't Have To! with Matti Rowe
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Athlete Spotlight with Megan Onweller: More Moms on Bikes!!!
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Top Training Mistakes, and how to avoid them, with Dr. Phil
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Training Check-In with Phil: CRAZY VO2 Max and 5 min power increase
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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End of Year Wrap Up and tips for Kicking off 2025 on the Right Foot
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Healthy Weight Loss for Endurance Athletes with Alex Larson
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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The Value of Repetition, Keeping it Simple, and the Magic of Consistency
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Indoor Training Tips
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Embracing the Off Season and Setting Yourself Up For Success
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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A Peek Behind the Curtain: Inside the Mind of an Endurance Coach
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Why I Coach: Helping Athletes Navigate Information Overload
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Calibrating Your Inner Power Meter: How to Train Better with RPE
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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The Machines Know!!!: Should you follow your wearable's training and recovery advice?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Introducing Intuitive Endurance Training: Making the case for flexibility and training by feel
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: When return to training after battling illness
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: Magic Bullets and Marginal Gains, what actually works?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: FTP (Functional Threshold Power) Misconceptions
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: What Causes Cramps and How Can You Avoid them?
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Sports Nutrition for Women with Kristen Arnold: Fueling Performance through Peri and Post Menopause
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May 29, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: The Size Principle
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May 22, 2024 |
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You're doing it wrong!: The Gravel God's Guide to Gravel Racing.
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May 14, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: Muscle Fiber Types
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May 08, 2024 |
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The Player Mindset and the Need for More Female Coaches with Olympic MTBer Lea Davison
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May 01, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: Periodization
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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You're Training Too Hard!!! with Gravel God, Matti Rowe
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: Mastering VO2 Max for Peak Athletic Performance
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: W'(prime), Functional Reserve Capacity, and Vlamax
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Fast Physiology with Dr. Phil: Training Principles
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Maximizing Endurance Training: Volume vs. Intensity, Tech Insights, and AI's Future in Coaching with Jason Koop
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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The Many Short Coming and Pitfalls of AI
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Unlocking Your True Cycling Potential: Is ERG Mode Holding You Back?
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Conquering High Altitude: Mastering the Leadville 100 with Science, Strategy, and Mental Grit with the Dave and Ryan Bots
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Revolutionizing Endurance Sports: The Rise of AI Coaching and Performance Optimization with Ryan Cooper
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Demystifying Thresholds with Dr. Phil Batterson
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Gravel in 3 Acts with The Gravel God: Recap of Matti's Unbound and STBT GRVL
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Beyond the Numbers: The Role of Specificity in Training, or How to Pee off the bike with Matti Rowe
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May 02, 2023 |
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The Ugly Truths of Setting Big Goals with Jeff Lukich
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Power Metrics Explained: TSS and PMC (Part 3)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Power Metrics Explained: NP and IF (Part 2)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Top Indoor Training Mistakes, or Tangents Galore with The Gravel God
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Power Metrics Explained: FTP (Part 1)
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Self Talk With Carrie Jackson
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Cycling Myths we wish would die... and other stuff.
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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A case for Running Year-Round with Coach Chris Baddick
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Restoring Balance During the Offseason
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Talking Optemization Mathematics with Best Bike Split co-founder Ryan Cooper
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Honoring your Hunger with Liz Fusco MS, RDN, CSSD
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Beauty in Chaos: The value of messy data with coach Chris Baddick
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Chain Lube Myth Busting with Adam Kerin of Zero Friction Cycling
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Science of Pacing with Matt Miller, MTB Phd
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Is Technology Killing Your Athletic Potential with Alison Powers and Dr. Nicole Adams
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Riding Fast Inside After 50 with Joe Friel
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Common Nutrition Mistakes with Dina Griffin, the Nutrition Mechanic
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Healthy Weight Loss with Dina Griffin, the Nutrition Mechanic
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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DIY Bike Fit with Yago Alcalde
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Flattening the Hype Curve with Jason Koop
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Staying physically and emotionally fit during a pandemic with Dr. Amanda Stevens-Saddler and Dr. Nicole Adams
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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The Monotony of Excellence and Machine Learning with Mad Scientist, Alan Couzens
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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"It should just feel good..." Talking Exercise dependance and perfectionism with Psychologist Dr. Nicole Adams
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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"Rocky gets back up." Talking epic gravel adventures with BWR winner Brian McCulloch
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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Improving Real World Performance by Racing in the Virtual World with Tim Ballintine.
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Dominating Endurance Cycling on 10 Hours a Week with Alex Grant
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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Off Season? We don't need no stinkin' off season!
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Building a Performance Environment by Putting the Rider First with Ben Day
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Strength Training for the Endurance Athlete with Jess Elliott
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Follow up with Kevin post Moab 240 and a Successful Triple Crown Campaign
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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Racing with a Growth Mindset with Lydia Tanner
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Avoiding Data Overload, Finding the Signal in the Noise, and Measuring what Matters with Nate Wilson
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Preparing to complete Three 200+ mile Ultra Marathons over 3 months: The Triple Crown of 200s
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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Wu Wei with Colby Pearce
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Aug 29, 2019 |