Fever Talk

Le vélo professionnel est un monde assez fermé. Alors comment un Québecois de Tremblant se retrouve Mécanicien en chef sur la plus grosse équipe de vélo de montagne au monde? Dans l'épisode, Jérome nous partage son parcours, puis explique les qualités nécessaires pour grimper les échelons dans le monde du vélo. On parle aussi de son rôle chez Specialized pour comprendre qu'il ne fait pas que réparer des vélos...il participe à l'innovation des produits, il agit comme support moral pour les athlètes, et optimise l'équipement au maximum. Il nous parle aussi de leur utilisation de certaines technologies empruntés à la F1...

Pour suivre Jerome: @jer_alix

Pour suivre Specialized Factory Racing: @specialized_factoryracing

On April 21st, Lael Wilcox became the fastest person on earth to complete the Arizona Trail. It took her 9days, 8hours and 23minutes to ride the 827mile trail from Mexico to Utah. Meanwhile, her wife, photojournalist Rugile Kaladyte documented the ride, to be able to share this incredible story.

Today, Maghalie chats with Lael and Rue to hear about their stories from the trail. Talking about why and how they are able to document it, what motivates them, their headspace during the ride, and how does it feel when the alarm goes off after only 2 hours of sleep? And much more.

For more information about the controversy on Lael's record, you can listen to this podcast.

To learn more about Lael's gear for the ride: The Radavist

Click here to follow Lael and Rue.

By doing this podcast series, what I realized was that we all have different menstrual health conditions and experiences. Some of us may struggle to have our periods, some have heavy bleeding, so suffer from special conditions like endometriosis or PCOS, and some experience menopause. But at the end of the day, what we all share is a desire to understand our bodies and live our best lives with our menstrual cycle. On this episode, we share stories of different people, to realize that we are all together in the end.

In Part 1, Pro Mountain Biker Isla Short shares how she was diagnosed with endometriosis and how she has learned to live with the condition to keep performing at the highest level.

In Part 2, cyclist Leslie Etheridge shares how it is to live with PCOS (Polycystic Ovaries Syndrome). She shares how it has affected her life and how she found solutions to live with it and perform and be happy on the bike, in her life, and at work.

Lastly, in part 3, with discuss with Sara Gross (ex pro triathlete) about the community she has build to bring women together to share their menstrual health and women performance journey, and learn together.

If you want to participate in Feisty Media Summit (March 25-27) you can follow this link and use code FEVERTALK for 50$ off.

Emily Capodilupo is the Vice President of Data Science and Research at WHOOP. That means that Emily has a lot of knowledge on the human body and the autonomous nervous system, which controls basic bodily function not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.

On this fifth episode of the menstrual cycle series, Emily explains in details the different phases of the menstrual cycle. She helps us understand what is really going on in our body during each phase of the menstrual cycle, and why are these things happening. She also explains how our energy levels and our recovery may be affected in each phase of the cycle, and how does that change when hormonal birth control is used.

For more information on the phases of the cycle: Click here.

On this 4th episode of the Menstrual Health Series, we discuss with Dr. Stacy Sims to learn about various contraceptive methods. We learn how each contraceptive works within our bodies, and the reasons why each of them should be used. We also discuss side effects of the different contraceptive methods, as well as how they can affect health, training, and performance.

To Follow Dr. Stacy Sims: @drstacysims and www.drstacysims.com

This podcast series is presented by Rapha. You can visit Rapha at www.rapha.cc

On this third episode of the menstrual cycle series, we discuss strategies to train optimally WITH our menstrual cycle, with Olympic Gold Medallist Gwen Jorgensen as well as with Dr. Stacy Sims.

In the first part of the episode, Dr. Stacy Sims explains the difference between performance and training. Science proves that we can perform on any day of our cycle, but when it comes to training, should we be flexible with our schedule to better fit each phase of our cycle?

Then, we are joined by Gwen Jorgensen to hear her story of how she has been able to optimize her training by understanding her cycle better. Gwen shares how and what she tracks about her cycle. She also shares key actions she took to optimize her training and recovery according to the phases of her cycle, and how she was able to improve symptoms and discomfort from her periods.

To Follow Gwen Jorgensen: @gwenjorgensen and on Youtube

To Follow Dr. Stacy Sims: @drstacysims and www.drstacysims.com

Now that we know more about menstrual health and why, as women, we should learn to work with our unique female physiology, we can dig into the “how do we actually do that?”. On this second episode, Maghalie sits down with Professional Mountain Biker Haley Batten, and Dr. Georgie Bruinvels. Together, they discuss Haley’s menstrual health journey, and Haley explains how she was able — with the help of Dr. Bruinvels — to recover a healthy menstrual cycle after years of not having one, and how this newfound energy affected her athletic performances. 

To follow Dr. Stacy Sims: @drstacysims and www.drstacysims.com

This podcast is presented to you by Rapha.

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About half of the population is female. Yet, most research on health and performance are done on men, in part because it’s easier to compare since their hormones pattern are always the same. But women are not small men and the menstrual cycle is something that is part of our lives. I believe there can be a tremendous performance and health advantage in knowing how to work WITH our physiology.

Menstruation is something that is not often talked about, but I believe we should not be ashamed of it and that it needs to be talked about. In this series, follow along on Maghalie's journey as she tries to learn more about the menstrual cycle.

On this first episode of the series, Maghalie talks with Dr. Stacy Sims (author of the book ROAR) to set the table on menstrual health. Dr. Stacy sims explains why “Women are not small men” and why people who menstruate need to learn how to work with their unique female physiology. We also discuss what is considered a “normal” and “not normal” menstrual health. Finally, Maghalie shares that her menstrual cycle is not always regular, and Dr. Stacy Sims talks about the myths and reality of the female athlete triad. 

To follow Dr. Stacy Sims: @drstacysims and www.drstacysims.com

This podcast is presented to you by Rapha.

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About half of the population is female. Yet, most research on health and performance are done on male, in part because it’s easier to compare since their hormones pattern are always the same. But "women are not small men" the menstrual cycle is something that is part of many people's lives. I believe there can be a tremendous performance and health advantage in knowing how to work WITH our physiology.

Menstruation is something that is not often talked about, but I believe we should not be ashamed of it and that it needs to be talked about. In this series, follow along on Maghalie's journey as she tries to learn more about the menstrual cycle.

Balint Hamvas is one of the mainstays on the cyclocross photographing scene. You may know him under his Instagram name @cyclephotos, or for his famous Cyclocross Books that he does after each season.

Maghalie sat down with Balint to look back to a 13 year career in the sport. We chat about how the sport evolved and how he was able to make a career for himself. He shares with us his process of making the books and how he finds the stories to put in the book. We discuss about ways he kept the pursuit interesting for him -- like how he started to ride to all the events to diminish his ecological footprint, how he invented a cycling related board game, and how he's challenging himself to learn new things.

Finally, Balint shares a big news about what is next for him.

To follow Balint: @cyclephotos

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Today's guest has a few things that make her very unique in the pro Women's field. She is one of the only rider lining up on for the Elite World Championships who also has a full-time day job. She's also one of the only riders in the field who races on custom-handmade bikes. We discuss these two things and how she's able to balance a full-time job with her racing schedule. Caitlin shares her journey from how this year, at age 32, she went from racing her first-ever World Cup to qualifying for the World Championships. We talk about her past as a ski racer, about how her love of the colour purple, and much more.

To follow Caitlin: @caitlincbernstein

Leading up to the CX World Championships in Fayetteville, I thought it would be fun to get to know the top contenders. We know them as top athletes, but who are they when they are not riding? What do they like to do in their free time?

In this series, I will spend 20 minutes with some of the best CX racers to get to know them a little bit more personally, in the hope that knowing them will enhance your cheering experience at the World Championships!

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