Best Andrew Vontz Podcasts (2025)

Jonny Wale is a track cyclist, technical performance manager at RedBull Bora Hansgrohe and was previously a performance engineer at INEOS Grenadiers. Jonny is a wealth of knowledge for optimizing performance from an engineers point of view.

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Stephen Starring Grant - Author of MAILMAN: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home 1:06:25

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Choose the Hard Way creator Andrew Vontz in conversation with Steve Grant, author of the memoir MAILMAN: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home. With rave reviews in The New York Times, the Washington Post, The New Yorker and The Atlantic, the memoir MAILMAN: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finall…

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Dan Bigham 1:05:12

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Dan Bigham is an engineer on the performance team for RedBull Bora Hansgrohe, Olympic silver medalist, author, former hour record holder and founder of Watt Shop.

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Rahm Emanuel - United States of Sweat 32:30

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Rahm Emanuel was the U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2022 to 2025. Prior to that, he served as the White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010 under President Barack Obama, and as the Mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019. He also represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. Welcome back to United States of Sweat present…

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Cameron Jones - Unbound Gravel 2025 Champion 1:07:21

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Cameron Jones won the 2025 edition of the 205-mile Unbound Gravel, the most competitive edition ever of the most prestigious gravel race on the planet. Three months earlier, he showed up in America, walked into a used car dealership in the Bay Area, walked off the lot with a used Honda Odyssey and a dream to make this his best season ever. But thes…

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What's Coming Next, The Next Book. 24:59

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For those of you missing more episodes, they will be back. Here's what's to look forward to.

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One Hour to Train - What do you do? w/ Spencer Martin of Beyond the Peloton / WEDU x Andrew Vontz of Choose the Hard Way 19:20

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You've got an hour or less to train, what do you do? Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton newsletter & podcast + WEDU's Outcomes / The Move takes a break from the Tour de France to join Choose the Hard Way creator Andrew Vontz to talk about what they do when life and work are at max stress and you have little time to workout. Is Zone 2 really t…

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Tom Perriello: Congressman, Special Envoy - United States of Sweat 56:14

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Welcome back to United States of Sweat presented by Choose the Hard Way where politicians and policymakers join us to share stories about fitness, health and the sports they love playing. In 2008 Tom Perriello won the election to represent Virginia’s 5th Congressional district by fewer than 1,000 votes. He later ran for governor of Virginia and he …

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Mattia Gaffuri #3 2:11:43

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Mattia Gaffuri is an Italian cyclist and one of the best amateur cyclists in the world who races on the road and gravel.

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Allen Lim 2:47:30

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Allen Lim is an American coach and nutritionist who’s worked with many of the best cyclists in the world over the last 20 years. Allen co founded Skratch Labs, a nutrition company for endurance athletes. A brilliant mind in endurance sport and a generous human being dedicated to helping athletes chase their dreams.…

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United States of Sweat with Ambassador Jeff Flake - Desert Island Survival, Long-Distance Swimming & More 41:43

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During a divided time in America, our love of sports and fitness cross party lines and can keep us healthy as individuals and bring us together as a nation. The United States of Sweat is a new series from Choose the Hard Way that features the world’s leading political leaders and policy makers sharing stories about what they do to stay healthy, fit…

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From Start up to End up - From The Better Lab to One Real Voice & Beyond - Andrew Vontz x Shannon Jones 2:00:05

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Subscribe to the Choose the Hard Way substack at www.alwaysthehardway.substack.com for a look behind the scenes of this episode and human-generated insights about bikes, zen and life. Walking away from an executive role at a high-growth unicorn to go all-in & start up your own company sounds cool. What happens when a highly promising start up with …

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Kilian Jornet 2:29:10

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The greatest mountain sports athlete of all time. Training science, crazy stories & so much more. Save this one for an epic long day in the mountains to listen to.

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Dr. Bent Rønnestad 1:27:28

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Dr. Bent Rønnestad is a leading sports science professor at Inland Norway University, specializing in pro cycling training. His research on strength training, interval protocols, heat training and periodization optimizes performance for elite cyclists. If you read the scientific studies around training, you almost certainly know the name.…

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Jack Burke - Beyond The Peloton With Spencer Martin & Andrew Vontz 1:29:45

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Spencer Martin - Beyond The Peloton & The Move Podcasts Andrew Vontz - Choose The Hardway Podcast https://beyondthepeloton.substack.com https://open.spotify.com/show/38KNvwfP4y7ALpBBu1izsI?si=f111cf62aaba4b28 https://open.spotify.com/show/0T02okolXVCuNGmd2nvZLb?si=9d978cdf675a4e9e

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Henri Uhlig 2:13:51

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Henri Uhlig is a 23 year old German rider for Alpecin Deceuninck.

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Tim Declercq 1:04:23

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Tim Declercq in a Belgian professional cyclist on Lidl Trek and regarded as one of the best domestiques in pro cycling from the last 10 years.

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Giacomo Notari (Coach) - UAE Team Emirates 2:29:02

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Giacomo Notari is an Italian coach for UAE Team Emirates.

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Grace Brown 1:03:45

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Grace Brown is an Australian former pro cyclist and one of the best female cyclists of the modern era. Olympic Champion, World Champion and many more.

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Pro Cyclist Chase Wark pt. 1 - Mega Mid South FKT 28:15

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Pro gravel cyclist Chase Wark joins me today to talk about setting the fastest known time on the 300-mile Mega Mid South gravel loop after wildfires devastated the Stillwater, Oklahoma area and cancelled the Mid South gravel race. Find Chase @chasethebiker on Instagram. I wrote a story with my thoughts and reflections on the interview you’ll hear t…

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If you ride a bike & struggle with weight loss, you need to hear this. This is what worked for me. 1:01:22

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This podcast is a preview of the next book which comes out in December 2025 (or whenever I decide it’s good enough) as well as a bunch of quick tips for weight loss. These are a few tips which work well for me and if you ride your bike 10 hours a week or more and are struggling with your weight, you’ll love this.…

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Ollie Elsenbach 1:50:38

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Ollie Eisenbach is a German bike fitter and Insoles maker. He’s one of the best bike fitters in the world and has helped many of the best cyclists in the world for over a decade. His company SoleStars makes the best custom cycling insoles I know of and are used by many of the best cyclists in the world. If you want to learn about bike fitting or cy…

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Knowledge Is Watt #2 2:08:51

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This episode is with Gabriel Gallo (Knowledge is Watt on Instagram) where we answered as many of your questions as possible. If you like training science, this is the most dense episode I've put out yet.

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Harry Sweeny - Pro Cycling & High Performance Living 1:01:48

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The #1 thing you can do to support this podcast is to subscribe to the Choose the Hard Way substack. Just go to substack and search for ‘Choose the Hard Way’ or go to https://alwaysthehardway.substack.com/ and hit subscribe today. That’s where Andrew Vontz writes about bikes, zen and life + shares his reflections on conversations with guests on the…

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David Bailey 2:30:31

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David Bailey is a physiologist and coach. He's been a performance director at Israel Premier Tech, British Cycling, BMC Racing & Bahrain McLaren.

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Attila Valter 1:49:25

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Attila Valter is a 26 year old Hungarian rider for Visma Lease a Bike and was 4th at the 2024 Olympics road race. He’s raced in the world tour for 6 years on CCC, FDJ and now Visma Lease a Bike.

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Carlos Verona 1:37:30

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Carlos Verona is a 32 year old Spanish rider for Lidl Trek. He’s raced in the world tour for 14 years on Quickstep, Mitchelton Scott, Movistar & Lidl Trek and won a stage of the Dauphine.

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Kevin Vermaerke 3:35:05

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Kevin Vermaerke is a 24 year old American rider on Picnic PostNL and was one of the best young riders to come out of the US in the last 10 years. He’s raced the Tour de France twice, won the U23 Liège Bastongne Liège and been 4th at San Sebastian.

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Luke Lamperti 1:21:34

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Luke Lamperti is a 21 year old American pro cyclist for Soudal Quick-Step

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Luis Joe Lührs 1:52:39

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Luis Joe Lührs is a 21 year old German rider who was one of the best Junior cyclists in the world. He then went straight from the Junior’s to the world tour, skipping the U23 category to instead race for RedBull Bora Hansgrohe for the last 3 years.

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SuperFuel. Getting all your fuel in your bottles and other cool new tips 47:30

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This episode is just me, Jack. Here's a new fuel source I came across which has been awesome for my training because I can get all my fuel just in my bottles. There's also a bunch of other tips around winter riding and nutrition, I'm sure you'll get something good out of this one. Enjoy!

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Steve Neal #2 How We Used Xert Training Software 1:51:14

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Steve Neal has been a Canadian Cycling coach for over 30 years and is my personal coach. You can find him anywhere @stevenealperformance

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Steven de Jongh 2:23:12

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Steven de Jongh is a Dutch former pro cyclist and current sports director at Lidl Trek.

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Louis Meintjes 2:38:42

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Louis Meintjes is a South African rider for Intermarche Wanty. He's finished top 10 GC in the Tour de France 3 times and is one of the best and most consistent GC riders in the world

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Frank van den Broek #2 1:45:06

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Frank van den Broek is a 23 year old Dutch pro cyclist for DSM-firmenich PostNL. In his first year in the world tour he raced the Tour de France, where on stage 1 him and his teammate Romain Bardet went 1-2, meaning Frank was 2nd on his first stage in the Tour de France in his first year in the world tour.…

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Xert Training Software. 1:47:44

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Xert is a Canadian training software and the best training tool I have found in my career since I started keeping training records. This is a game changer.

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Jack Burke - More Of Your Questions Answered - Emulation Interview 1:29:14

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This is a podcast I did with Emulation. Emulation is 2 French journalists, William & Robin who cover the stories behind famous athletes. Follow their Instagram account @emulation_ for more stories on athletes you've probably seen on TV.

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Stefan de Bod 2:34:37

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Stefan de Bod is a 28 year old South African rider on EF Education Easy Post who has raced in the world tour for 6 years.

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Toms Skujiņš #2 2:20:56

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Toms Skujiņš is a Latvian world tour rider for Lidl Trek and one of the best cyclists in the world. In 2024 he was 2nd at Strade Bianche, 5th in the Olympic road race & 4th at the world championships.

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