Train like a Monk
Episodes
Train Like Olympic Gold Medalist Grace Brown
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s Golden Girl Grace joins the pod to talk about how she trained for Olympic and World Championship Gold in her final year as a pro cyclist...
Training Australia's next Tour de France winner with Coach Dylan Lindsey
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Aussie couch peloton are still recovering from a whirlwind Tour de France with the revelation of this year's TdF Femmes, Sarah Gigante.Sarah i...
Train Like Giro Stage Winner Chris Harper
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most consistent performers in the World Tour. Harps provides great insight into how he has continually improved each year since turning pro...
Train Like the Fastest Man in China, Luke Mudgway
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mudgey has been a bit of a journeyman of the sport. Riding for Aussie, Irish, Kiwi and now Chinese teams across a 10-year career to date.Last year he ...
Training the Mind with National Champ turned Mindset Coach Shannon Malseed
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We put so much time, money, blood, sweet and tears into our training to improve our physiology, but how much do we work on our mindset? And how much d...
Train Like TDU Stage Winner Daniek Hangeveld
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniek started the year with a solo win at the very first race on the World Tour. Instead of chasing her down during her stint in the Ocre Jersey, I g...
Train Like Watt Machine Georgie Howe
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Georgie packed a lot into a short stint at the top of the cycling world, but she's not done yet.Hear how Georgie transitioned into cycling from a ...
Train Like Transition King Jimmy Whelan
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Runner to World Tour Cyclist in less than 4 years. Now from Pro Cyclist to Pro Triathlete in a matter of months.Hear how Jimmy is taking the skil...
Train Like Aussie U23 Champ Julian Baudry
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julian has rapidly gone from being a regular listener of the Train Like a Monk podcast to starring on it!Taking home the U23 National RR win in Perth ...
Train Like Dual Kiwi National Champ Kim Cadzow
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keeper of The Fern, Kim Cadzow, has started the season on fire. She played a major role in EF-Education Oatly teammate Noemi Ruegg's TDU win and achie...
Sports Director for Australia's Biggest One Day Race
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Pat, Kerry and I in the team car for Duda Cycling at the Melbourne to Warrnambool."The Warrnie" is the second oldest bike race in the w...
Train Like Kiwi Champ Aaron Gate
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He's defending his title later this week but it's fair to say, no matter the result, this title will still hold true. Gatey has a ridiculous ...
Train like Aussie Olympian Maeve Plouffe
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maeve has represented Australia at two Olympic Games, won Commonwealth Games gold and countless National Championships. Alongside her exploits on the...
Train like Tour Down Under Winner Noemi Rüegg
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Noemi had a breakout season in 2024, turning heads at the Olympic Games Road Race and netting herself a National Championship. Those who didn't kn...
Train like Mr Green and Gold Bands Luke Plapp
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plappy has made the month of January his own, consistently finding form to start the year. This discussion took place just before his nationals campai...
Train and Coach like Warrnie Winner Mark O'Brien
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marko is to the Australian Cycling Scene what potato salad is to a Christmas Lunch. Always there, always a crowd favourite but usually not top of the ...
Train like Queen of the Mountains Sarah Gigante
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah turned heads across Australia as soon as she left the junior ranks by taking a National Road Championship in her first race as an elite woman. S...
Coach like Aussie Super-Coach Nick Owen
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick has a coaching Palmares any coach would envy: countless world and national champions across multiple disciplines and a healthy number of World To...
Train like Maltese Missile Aidan Buttigieg
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aidan was one of the first athletes I took on board as a coach and it's been incredibly rewarding to help him progress from kicking around at local cr...
Coach like Aussie Coaching Legend Dr Stephen Lane PhD
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen (or SLane as he's commonly known by those who find two syllables too long for a name...) has helped countless cyclists achieve their goals on ...
Train like Spanish Time Trial Champion David De La Cruz
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David has had a career most cyclists would dream of. Spanning 14 years and counting and riding for some of the top teams in the sport, Quickstep, Team...
Train like former USA Road Race and TT Champ Joey Rosskopf
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When I see Joey’s name on the team sheet for a race I’m travelling to, I’m always excited. He is the ultimate teammate both on and off the bike,...
Train like Top Tier Sprinter Rory Townsend
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rory Patrick Townsend is a former Irish Road Champ and has been the most consistent rider on the Q36.5 Team this season. He excels in sprints at the e...
Train like Lidl-Trek Latvian Legend Toms Skujins
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By now you're probably used to seeing Toms at the pointy end of all the biggest races from the Cobbled Classics to a Strade Bianche podium to the ...
Train like TDF Commentator Matthew Keenan
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you've watched any bike race from Australia you've likely had the pleasure of listening to Keeno's commentary. He's become the voic...
Train like Classics Young Gun Laurence Pithie
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hard core fans will have noticed Loz putting in some strong rides in the harder one day races in previous years, but 2024 has been a breakthrough seas...
Train like Giro Stage Winner Neve Bradbury
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Neve made the step into the pro cycling ranks as a teenager through the Zwift academy which she won in 2020. Fast forward four years and she’s cons...
Train like Irish Olympian Megan Armitage
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From first jumping on a road bike four years ago, to representing Ireland at the Olympics in Paris 2024, Megan has had a rapid rise through the pro cy...
Train like Multi-Discipline Olympian Shannon McCurley
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Olympics are almost here and it's time to talk training like an Olympian with Shannon McCurley. Shannon represented Ireland in the Keirin in Rio ...
Coach like Q36.5 Team Coach Helmut Dollinger
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who's Coaching the Coach? This week I chat with my Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team Coach, Helmut Dollinger. The easy-going Austrian has worked with many top-...
Train like Glasgow Worlds Star Matt Dinham
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt is an Aussie climber for team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL who turned enough heads in his first year as a pro to be selected for both the Tour de France ...
Train like Canadian Road Champion Nicholas Zukowsky
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zuke is the reigning Canadian National Road Race Champion and a versatile teammate of mine on Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. He is one of those riders capab...
Train like World Tour Sprinter Jensen Plowright
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Train like a Monk series where I discuss training with professionals at the top of the sport. To get things rolling I talk to Jensen P...