Cycling in Alignment with Colby Pearce

By Colby PearceSports

Cycling in Alignment with Colby Pearce episodes

October 29 Axioms of Cycling Chapter Four - Know Thyself - Ep209
Axioms of Cycling Chapter Four - Know Thyself - Ep209
In this walking podcast, I propose three areas in which it is critical for an athlete to have clear self knowledge.
The first is their own biomechanical presentation, which is a result of postural habits [which are driven by emotional perspective and by habitual life experiences/choices], injury history, and athletic movement patterns. The perfect analog for this concept is a bicycle wheel.
The second is having clarity over the expertise of your own experience. No matter how many letters someone has after their name, they can never know more about being you than you can. People are quick to give away their power to an expert or a device, perhaps because of overwhelm or out of laziness. Surrendering your autonomy to another human, or a piece of electronics, is a cult mindset. A good coach teaches you how to think, not what to think. A useful application of technology is to learn about yourself, not live in obedience of the digital conviction of an algorithm.
The third is your personal myth. People often think a myth is something that is false or not true, but this definition is incorrect. Your myth is the story you tell yourself about the world, it is the lens through which you filter your experience.
This is not an exhaustive list, but I felt these are three areas which are essential, and most people will benefit from honest introspection in these domains.

***CONTRIBUTE TO THE PODCAST***
If you are so inclined, you can contribute financially to the production costs of bring this podcasts to you. Simply go to my website (link below) and go to the podcast page. There are several levels of contribution with different rewards. Thank you in advance for considering this.
My Website/Podcast Page ►► https://colbypearce.com
59 min
October 22 Don Moxley - Relationship to Metrics - Ep208
Don Moxley - Relationship to Metrics - Ep208
In this episode of the Cycling in Alignment podcast, I sit down with Exercise Physiologist, Sport Scientist and author Don Moxley. For the last several years, Don has focused on the application of Heart Rate Variability in sports to help optimize athlete training load and recovery.
In our conversation we explore the athlete’s relationship to devices, and seek to understand how the athlete utilizes metrics to influence training in their daily life.

***CONTRIBUTE TO THE PODCAST***
If you are so inclined, you can contribute financially to the production costs of bring this podcasts to you. Simply go to my website (link below) and go to the podcast page. There are several levels of contribution with different rewards. Thank you in advance for considering this.
My Website/Podcast Page ►► https://colbypearce.com

1 hr 19 min
October 14Axioms of Cycling Chapter 3 Second Order Properties - Ep207
Axioms of Cycling Chapter 3 Second Order Properties - Ep207
Off the bike: endless rumination and circular thinking about a future event, power output, or weight will be counter productive
In training: perfectionistic mindset will detract from the practice and make training unsustainable
In racing: negative mindset or fixation on output will create tension in the athlete which is counter productive to flow state

***CONTRIBUTE TO THE PODCAST***
If you are so inclined, you can contribute financially to the production costs of bring this podcasts to you. Simply go to my website (link below) and go to the podcast page. There are several levels of contribution with different rewards. Thank you in advance for considering this.
My Website/Podcast Page ►► https://colbypearce.com
58 min
September 25 Axioms of Cycling: Chapter Two - Belief Systems - Ep206
Axioms of Cycling: Chapter Two - Belief Systems - Ep206
In this dialogue I talk about how a rider’s belief systems can impede their progress or prevent them from expressing their highest potential as an athlete. This is quite a common presentation in my experience. Athletes and coaches often focus on training methods and get super granular on 4 x 4 or 3 x 8 but in reality, the barriers to performance are quite often more about how an athlete has been programmed or brainwashed to think about the sport or themselves.
Examples I elaborate on include the idea that more is always better, that the best and only way to be better is through more effort, that a coach is or should be omniscient, or the conflation of the athlete’s value as a human and their ability to ride a bike.

If any of these interest you or resonate, you might find this podcast interesting.

***CONTRIBUTE TO THE PODCAST***
If you are so inclined, you can contribute financially to the production costs of bring this podcasts to you. Simply go to my website (link below) and go to the podcast page. There are several levels of contribution with different rewards. Thank you in advance for considering this.
My Website/Podcast Page ►► https://colbypearce.com

1 hr 6 min
September 11 Axioms of Cycling, Chapter One - Ep205
Axioms of Cycling, Chapter One - Ep205
Dream, Goal, Objective.
In this episode I outline why an athlete must choose a dream, goal, or objective, and some of the parameters in the process of the choice.

***CONTRIBUTE TO THE PODCAST***
If you are so inclined, you can contribute financially to the production costs of bring this podcasts to you. Simply go to my website (link below) and go to the podcast page. There are several levels of contribution with different rewards. Thank you in advance for considering this.
My Website/Podcast Page ►► https://colbypearce.com
1 hr 9 min
September 03 Relationship to the Sun - Ep 204
Relationship to the Sun - Ep 204
What is your relationship to the sun?

Are you heliophobic? Have you been told that the sun is an evil celestial orb that will give you disease?
For me, the sun is a source of life, health, rhythm and balance. To hear more of my thoughts on this topic, check out this episode.

Links:
Iris Tech Blue Light Blocking Software ►► https://iristech.co
Blue Light Blocking Lighting ►► https://shop.norblighting.com
Ra Optics Blue Light Blocking Glasses ►► https://raoptics.com
True Dark Blue Light Blocking Optics ►► https://truedark.com

***CONTRIBUTE TO THE PODCAST***
If you are so inclined, you can contribute financially to the production costs of bring this podcasts to you. Simply go to my website (link below) and go to the podcast page. There are several levels of contribution with different rewards. Thank you in advance for considering this.
My Website/Podcast Page ►► https://colbypearce.com
40 min
August 23How to Train with a Power Meter - Ep203
How to Train with a Power Meter - Ep203
In this episode I unpack the upside and shadow side of three different ways to use a power meter.
As a pacing tool
As a motivator
To look at retrospective or futurespective data
I feel these perspectives are important as I think many riders in the sport are mis-using this technology.

If you listen to my podcast, you will know it is filled with unpopular opinions and alternative perspectives. Not for the sake of controversy or exhibitionism, but simply to think critically and speak with an honest opinion.
55 min
August 07 Assassination of the Perfectionistic Mindset - Ep 202
Assassination of the Perfectionistic Mindset - Ep 202
This is a walking podcast in which I talk about the perfectionistic mindset and make a case to meditate on death.
It is perhaps a heavy topic but I endeavor to make the case that when we approach sport as though there is a permanent record of every race we win or get dropped at, and we see this CV as something that will be read at our funeral as a meter of our worth as a human, it robs the sport of joy and misses the point of competition entirely.
Sport is about the experience of getting better. It is the entire reason we sign up for a bike race.
I did not talk about this in the podcast but the entire plot of Tron Legacy is about this exact topic: assassination of the perfectionistic mindset. Thus, you get a shot of Clu, whose mission is to “create the perfect system” in the movie.
My hope is that your takeaway will be to see where and how you are trying to create the perfect system and understand the truth: everything is wabi-sabi or “perfectly imperfect”.
1 hr 1 min
July 31 John Rutherford: Being Forced to Nail Down the Craft - Ep 201
John Rutherford: Being Forced to Nail Down the Craft - Ep 201
Episode number two hundred and one is a discussion with John Rutherford, who grew up bike racing, is now an ultra runner, has served as Foreign Service Officer for the US Department of State, and has flown F/A-18s when he served as a member of the Marine Corps. As such he has a solid understanding of how to negotiate extreme environments in the field of play, and where it counts a bit more.
In our discussion we cover topics including exploring extremes, how ultra events force you to nail down your craft and inevitably reveal challenges, and the normalization of puking that used to be standard in events of 20+ hours.
I hope you find our conversation illuminating in your life adventures.
1 hr 14 min
July 20 Posture and Bears - Ep200
Posture and Bears - Ep200
In this walking podcast, #200! I discuss an alternate way to quantify training load. Or not really to quantify it, but to help dictate what proper training load is for a given athlete on a given day. It flies directly in the face of the way every other coach and program tells you to train. So be prepared to be like “wow this is weird”
In other words, SOP for this podcast.

Also, bears. Bears Ron. Now you are putting the whole station at risk.
54 min

About Cycling in Alignment with Colby Pearce

From the publisher's feed

Colby Pearce has been a Steve Hogg Certified expert bike fitter for the past 10 years and has worked with elite athletes and WorldTour teams, including EF Education First. He is also an elite cycling coach and has been passing along his wisdom to the riders he coaches for decades. Pearce’s repertoire of knowledge spans 30 years, five continents, hundreds of races, and countless miles in the saddle.