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Smart Training Is Not Tech-Driven – With Dr Mladen Jovanović & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Technology is a tool that needs to be viewed and used ADEQUATELY. For example, monitoring tools are essential to be used CONTINUOUSLY, so you do not miss specific development of skills or...
Old and New Training Science, but Mostly New for Women! – With Dr Tony Boutagy & Prof Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Master old & NEW training concepts to TRAIN FOR TRAINING itself. While it is always good to have your major goals in sight, you do not want to lose your ability to be ready to train more...
SALT + WATER = LONG Ride Without Problems – with Sean Sakinofsky & Prof Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes ONCE more: only caring about your “pure” performance parameters without the detailed look at the various health aspects of your life that are not directly related towards performance (e.g....
Part 2: Workout Reserve and the Future of AI Coaching – With Dr Andrea Zignoli & Prof. Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Workout Reserve is a real-time model of performance capacity. Built on rolling averages and historical max efforts, it tells you how close you are to your limits at any moment—no need for...
Part 1: Modelling First: Building Smarter Endurance Training – With Dr Andrea Zignoli & Prof. Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Prior knowledge makes every model better. While this may sound obvious, it cannot be stressed enough: feeding models with your historical training data makes the outputs far more relevant...
Microdosing, Rehab, Neuropriming, Neurocognitive Training and More! – With Bram Swinnen & Dr. Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes While we have mentioned this heaps of time before, ECCENTRIC training can be so many things: performance improvement, movement teaching (especially for decelerations) and neuro-cognitive...
HYROX Solved?! The HYBRID Athlete Puzzles Becomes Clearer?! – with Dr Dan Plews & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes While strength and endurance are obviously key in hybrid sports, you have to remember about MOBILITY. Yes, not necessarily “flexibility”, but active ability to move through large ranges of...
How to MAXIMIZE Submaximal Testing – with Dr Shaun McLaren & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Make sure that you have MULTIPLE variables for a complete testing system. You cannot just rely on one parameters, neither one type of data (e.g. heart rate). Mix it in with e.g. some...
The Drive Beyond Trophies: Become the Practitioner of the Future- With Dave Carolan & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes If you need to start or boost your PROMOTIONAL skills of YOURSELF, you might need to dig into other people’s ideas, thoughts and concepts. Re-use, re-purpose, re-brand them even - just make...
How Low Can You Drop Your Carbs? – With Dr Philip Prins & Prof Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Early studies on low carb high fat intake were quite low in quality, especially around “acclimatisation” to it. You need to adapt for much longer when switching regimes, and especially if...
Masterclass in Leveraging Your Athlete’s Fibre Types – With Prof. Wim Derave & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Muscle fibre types are quite individual and the distribution of “slow” and “fast” varies a bit more in detail. We all KNOW about it, but we do NOT DO much with it. Now, with new techniques...
There Is So Much You Could Be Missing in Your Rehab Process – With Dr Enda King & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Biomechanics (kinetic and kinematic analysis) can help you SEE MORE. There is only so much that you can do with experience and your own pair of eyes. Make sure to use all the tools you can...