Watts Up Podcast

Chuck Kyle and Dana Stryk are joined by two guests today. Dr. Jim Weinstein, a Board-Certified Sport Dietitian and Air Force Officer, alongside Alan Fischer, co-owner of Perc Coffee. Together they discuss the relationship between coffee and cyclists, nutritional benefits and what goes into the perfect cup.The first topic of discussion is the caffeine culture within cycling and why it is so prevalent. Dr. Jim talks about the physical effects caffeine has on the body and it’s benefit to athlete...

In this episode, Chuck, Jim, and Dana address questions that have come up repeatedly about the Netflix movie, The Game Changers.Is this a vegan movie, a vegetarian movie, or a plant-based movie?Every diet movie is polarizing. What makes for good TV doesn’t make good science. The Game Changers talks a lot about a plant-based diet. The words vegan and vegetarians have a negative connotation associated with them.Will a plant-based diet increase the performance of our athletes compared to a meat-...

Marshall, S., & Paterson, L. (2017). The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion. Boulder, CO: VeloPress. Purchase the book here Chuck and his wife Dana are going to have a discussion on the book The Brave Athlete by Simon Marshall and Leslie Paterson. Chuck explains that the book deals with how the brain answers unwanted thoughts and feelings and what you can do about those. Dana shares her biggest takeaway and that is understanding her chimp, Elsa...

Turtle Wilson joins us on this episode of the Watts Up Podcast. Turtle’s wife, Gwen Afton, won the gold medal at the 2019 UCI Masters World Championship Women's 55-59 Team Pursuit. Turtle wants to talk about communication – he has had issues with this in the past. It is challenging to know when to give feedback during a workout. Early on in the relationship, you need to layout the expectations of communication for the athlete and the coach. Most coaching companies will have several ...

Dr. Jim Weinstein is back with Chuck in this episode, but this time, the roles have reversed. Dr. Weinstein, a board-certified sports dietitian himself, will be interviewing Chuck. He has much to offer from his many, many years as a coach and being involved in cycling. Chuck begins by telling us the path he took to become the successful coach that he is today, bringing us back to 1999 when he first got involved with cycling. Since he began is career, Chuck has seen technology play an inc...

Dr. Jim Weinstein joins us in the first episode of the Watts Up Podcast. He is a board-certified sports dietitian and a Lieutenant Colonel with the United States Air Force. He has an impressive resume of cycling accolades, including his three times competing in the Race Across America.Basic nutritional guidelines for the endurance athlete are some of the most common requests that Chuck sees on Facebook. There are a few basic aspects that Dr. Weinstein says are the most important for athletes:...