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Welcome to the BaseCamp Community endurance coaching podcast! Each episode will feature timely topics related to training and nutrition strategies that you can apply to get the most out of your season. Check out BaseCamp’s coaching, community training programs and camps over at joinbasecamp.com.
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- 1 weeks ago54 min
Rethinking AI Coaching: Smarter Systems, Missing Context, and the Human Edge
Hosted by Dr. Namrita Brooke and Tim Cusick, this episode explores how artificial intelligence is changing endurance coaching. We look at what AI and AI coaching software already do well, including analyzing data, identifying patterns, evaluating training, and helping design or adjust plans. We also examine the limitations—especially what happens when information is incomplete, context is missing, or AI fills in the gaps with assumptions. Most importantly, we discuss why the future of coaching is not simply human versus artificial intelligence, but expert human coaching made stronger by better tools.Listen to the episode, then leave us a review below and let us know where you think AI fits into the future of endurance coaching.
- 3 weeks ago58 min
When to Let Go of FTP and CTL: Why Fitness Metrics Can Limit Your Performance
FTP and CTL are powerful tools for building fitness; but they are not performance. In this episode, we explore when athletes need to stop chasing bigger numbers and shift their focus toward what actually produces results: fitness, durability, repeatability, and performance skills. Learn why holding on to training-phase metrics for too long can limit your ability to perform when it matters most.
- Jun 19, 202648 min
Why Aren’t You Getting Faster? Tim and Namrita Can Only Pick One Reason
It is one of the questions we hear more than almost any other: “Why am I not getting faster?”In this episode, Head Coaches Tim Cusick and Namrita Brooke take on that question with one simple rule: they can each choose only one reason—and one fix.The result is a fun, honest conversation about training, nutrition and getting fast. They may not completely agree, but they will help you think differently about what is really holding you back—and what you can do about it.
- Jun 5, 20261h 17m
Connected Fitness: Why Better Fitness Comes From Better Integration
Better performance is not built from bike training, nutrition, or strength work in isolation. It comes from how well those pieces work together.In this episode, hosts Dr. Namrita Brooke and Tim Cusick are joined by BaseCamp strength trainer Menachem Brodie to explore durability: the ability to keep producing power, holding form, fueling well, and making good decisions as fatigue builds.Together, they discuss how integrated training helps cyclists become fitter, stronger, and more resilient when it matters most.
- May 8, 202652 min
From Energy to Adaptation: Rethinking Fueling for Endurance Performance
In this episode, BaseCamp Head Coaches Namrita Brooke and Tim Cusick take on one of the biggest shifts in modern endurance training: fueling is no longer just about having enough energy to finish the ride. It is now a performance lever that shapes the quality of the work, the durability of the athlete, and the adaptation that follows. Namrita brings the science of carbohydrate availability, absorption, and performance nutrition, while Tim connects those concepts to the real world of coaching, training execution, and athlete development. Together, they explore how better fueling helps athletes do more quality work, recover faster, and turn training into stronger, more repeatable performance.
- Apr 24, 202648 min
Beyond FTP: Building and Tracking Real Durability
Today we are talking about durability, the performance layer that actually decides outcomes. Fitness tells you what you can do fresh. Durability tells you what you can still do when it matters. That is why two athletes with the same FTP can have completely different results. This is not one number and not one workout. It is how well your system holds together under fatigue.If you want to understand why late race power is what really matters, this is the conversation.
- Dec 12, 202537 min
Budgeting Your Peak: The True Cost of the Performance Phase
Every season we talk about peak performance as if it is something you simply arrive at. Train consistently, build fitness, and eventually the peak shows up on race day. In reality, peak performance is not an arrival. It is a decision.In this final episode on annual training, we are going to work backwards from peak performance. Instead of asking how fit do I want to be, we ask a more important question. What am I willing to spend to perform at my best?The performance phase carries a real cost. To express fitness, you have to stop accumulating it. Training shifts from building capacity to spending capacity. Volume often comes down. Recovery demands go up. Training becomes more specific, more focused, and less forgiving of extra stress. What made you fitter earlier in the year is not what makes you fast now.This episode breaks down how to plan for that transition. How to recognize when it is time to stop building and start expressing. What changes in training structure, intensity, and recovery are required. And why failing to budget for this phase is one of the most common reasons athletes miss their peak.Peak performance is not free. But when it is planned for, when the cost is understood and accepted, it becomes something you can deliver on demand rather than hope for.
- Nov 11, 202556 min
Deconstructing the Train Phase: Building Capacity, Durability, and Adaptation
Welcome to the BaseCamp Coaching Podcast, where we dive deep into the science and strategy behind smarter training. In this episode (Part 2 of 3), we’re deconstructing the Train phase, the foundation of every athlete’s performance journey.Modern coaching is no longer about rigid blocks on a calendar. It’s about understanding systems, neuromuscular, metabolic, structural, and how they interact to create adaptation. The goal of this phase is simple: build multifaceted fitness.But the process is complex. Strength training lays the groundwork for power. Nutrition drives adaptation and recovery. And targeted on the bike work ties it all together, shaping the physiological systems that sustain high performance.We’ll break down how to integrate these elements, how to time your strength, structure your aerobic development, and use fueling strategies that support growth. We’ll also explore what athletes experience during this phase: the fatigue, the trade offs, and the discipline required to stay the course when freshness fades.Finally, we’ll discuss the emerging science of durability, what it is, how it’s built, and why it’s becoming one of the most important markers of performance potential.Join Tim Cusick and Dr. Namrita Brooke as they unpack how to train smarter, build stronger systems, and prepare your body and mind for the performance phase ahead.
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Welcome to the BaseCamp Community endurance coaching podcast! Each episode will feature timely topics related to training and nutrition strategies that you can apply to get the most out of your season. Check out BaseCamp’s coaching, community training programs and camps over at joinbasecamp.com.
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