{"podcast":{"title":"The Athlete's Compass","slug":"the-athlete-s-compass-6705232","podcast_index_feed_id":6705232,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-athletes-compass/","website_url":"https://athletica.ai/the-athletes-compass-podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4dbd3845-ccb9-4e3d-b182-c607e86995df/E6BVQxOpbOH8MGosAXCNjhy4.jpg","author":"Athletica","episode_count":138,"summary":"The Athlete’s Compass Podcast is your compass for navigating endurance training and health. In this show, we explore the cardinal directions of training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset, delving into the dynamic relationship that drives athletic success. Athletes are more than numbers; they're individuals with unique lifestyles and mindset challenges. Coaches who understand these personal nuances play a vital role in their athletes' journey. While training details and data are important, tools like Athletica provide a solution to streamline the technicalities, allowing coaches to focus on the human connection which makes the human coaches the best they can be. Each week, renowned sports scientist and researcher Paul Laursen will be our teacher and guide as we break down training principles so you can understand how best to train for your sport! We take a no-bullshit and practical approach to support age-groupers, masters, and everyday cyclists, runners, and triathletes like you as you find your direction as an athlete. The hosts are Paul Laursen, sports scientist and founder of the Athletica.ai training platform, Marjana Rakai, coach, sports scientist, and triathlete, and Paul Wa…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:21:02.703077+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athlete-s-compass-6705232"},"episode":{"title":"Meet Athletica AI Coach: The Future of Training","slug":"meet-athletica-ai-coach-the-future-of-training","published_at":"2026-03-05T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athlete-s-compass-6705232/meet-athletica-ai-coach-the-future-of-training","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athlete-s-compass-6705232","url":"https://athletica.ai/the-athletes-compass-podcast/meet-athleticas-ai-coach-the-future-of-smarter-training","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/65cd9ea9-86fb-446c-b54b-a42366bdcf8d.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Athletes Compass Podcast , the hosts explore Athletica’s new AI Coach , a tool designed to provide personalized training feedback and answer athlete questions based on the science of high-intensity interval training. Built using a retrieval-augmented AI system trained on the HIIT Science textbook and Athletica’s internal knowledge base, the coach analyzes workout data, recovery metrics, and athlete comments to generate contextual advice. The conversation highlights real-world examples of how athletes use the tool to improve pacing strategies, adjust training plans, monitor recovery, and avoid injury. The hosts also discuss how consistent logging of RPE and workout notes strengthens the system over time and share a vision for the future where AI could automatically adjust training plans in real time. Key Episode Takeaways Athletica’s AI Coach is powered by RAG AI (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) , pulling from the HIIT Science textbook, blogs, and platform knowledge to answer training questions. The system combines scientific knowledge with an athlete’s personal data including power profiles, training load, and recovery metrics. Athletes can ask questions about: recovery status, training intensity distribution, pacing strategies, nutrition for key workouts, strengths and weaknesses in their data. The AI can reference historical training data , even comments written months earlier, to give contextual advice. Example use cases include: deciding workout order (threshold vs endurance), planning pacing strategies for races, adjusting training after illness or injury. Consistency in training and logging feedback (RPE, notes, comments) improves the AI’s ability to give useful recommendations. The current system cannot automatically modify your training c…","meta_description":"In this episode of the Athletes Compass Podcast , the hosts explore Athletica’s new AI Coach , a tool designed to provide personalized training feedback a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2097,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athlete-s-compass-6705232/episodes/meet-athletica-ai-coach-the-future-of-training/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athlete-s-compass-6705232/meet-athletica-ai-coach-the-future-of-training.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}