The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS
CTS
Can AI Actually Make You Faster?
18 minutes Posted Jun 15, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
AI Hype And The Big Question
AI As A Coaching Tool
Clean Data Or Garbage Advice
Better Prompts Beat Confirmation Bias
What Faulkner Got Right
Where AI Breaks Without Fundamentals
Tools Like TrainingPeaks And Strava
The Hard Part AI Still Misses
Which Kind Of Athlete Are You
Bottom Line And What Changes Next
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AI is rapidly changing nearly every industry, and endurance coaching is no exception. In this episode, CTS Head Cycling Coach Adam Pulford explores where AI can genuinely help athletes improve, where it falls short, and why the future of coaching may be more collaborative than competitive. We discuss training data, prompting, bias, TrainingPeaks, Claude, ChatGPT, Vekta, Kristin Faulkner's use of AI, and the areas where experienced coaches still provide value that algorithms struggle to replic...