447: Should Endurance Athletes Consider GLP-1s? And a New Study on HIIT Microcycles
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447: Should Endurance Athletes Consider GLP-1s? And a New Study on HIIT Microcycles

2026-10-29

We dive into the pros and cons of GLP-1s and the science on their use with athletes, then we discuss a new Bent Rønnestad study on the effects of five consecutive days of HIT sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Fast Talk podcast offers the best guides to cycling performance and endurance sports training from world-class experts.
Cohosted by cycling coaches and sport scientists Trevor Connor and Rob Pickels, Fast Talk episodes feature fascinating conversations with world-class experts discussing the endurance sports topics they know best: the best ways to train, effective workouts, questions on polarized and interval training, sports nutrition, physiology and recovery, and sport psychology.
Fast Talk guests and regular contributors include Dr. Stephen Seiler, Joe Friel, Dr. Asker Jeukendrup, Sebastian Weber, Jim Miller, Dr. Andy Pruitt, Dr. Timothy Noakes, and elite professional athletes like Kristin Armstrong, Sepp Kuss, Brent Bookwalter, Kate Courtney, and many more.
Fast Talk is part of Fast Talk Laboratories, a new endurance sports knowledgebase for endurance racers and adventurers.

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