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How to Master End-Stage ACL Rehab – With Fillipo Picinini & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Promoting good movement quality BEFORE moving to pitch-specific rehab is essential for long-term success of any injury rehab. If you move too fast, especially with ACL injuries, you risk...
Breaking Records: The Triathlon Simulation That Set Up Magnus Ditlev’s World Record– Dr.Peter Christensen, Magnus Ditlev & Prof Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Real-life simulations can be very motivating for endurance athletes. Additionally, it builds heaps of confidence and mental toughness. Plus, if you throw in some fancy measurements and keen...
Eccentric Training Is Not Strength Training – With Dr Marcin Lipski & Prof Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Eccentric muscle actions, and thus, ECCENTRIC-ONLY training is difficult - but, the benefits of it happen very quickly, and you can improve incredibly fast. Do not be afraid of using it;...
Rowing Secrets From a Multiple World Champ – With Martino Goretti & Prof. Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Training plans, with AI or without, are not about just “executing” what is planned. This is a CORE aspect of good coaching: adjusting and being there for the athlete when they are not sure...
Solve Your Wicked Problems as a Team – With Dr Martin Bucheit & Ryan King
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Conflict, disagreement and silos are STILL a massive issues for many performance departments. Don’t be SUCH an EGO (Martin wants you to understand that ego is essential), consider...
Reflecting on 2024: Lessons, Laughs, and Goals for 2025
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Do not move AWAY from conversations about methods, processes or topics that you do not agree with. Reach out, have a conversation, start a “discussion” and try to see how there might be...
Science-Driven Rowing: Strength, Conditioning, and the Future of Performance – with Joseph DeLeo, Alex Wolf & Prof. Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Anaerobic and neuromuscular capacity are KEY for rowing, and with even greater emphasis on it with now shorter distances for LA. DO NOT overdo your miles. Rowing has a SLOW...
The MOST EFFECTIVE Basics of Sports Data – With Dr. Derek McHugh & Dr Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes “Simply” start with the data basics. Like for example, try to make sure that names are not spelled wrong. For that, across all your data exports, you can utilize IDs to avoid errors. Yes,...
We Need to Talk About Oxygen – With Elias Lehtonen & Prof Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Oxygen is KEY to everything in your body, but it is also CENTRAL to AVERAGE human health and PEAK performance. It drives everything from BREATHING, to molecular signaling pathways, and...
Navigate the Chaos of Professional Football – With Angel Acena & Martin Buchheit
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes YOUR priorities are rarely the ones of the players or the club. Particularly, if you just arrived in a new country and culture. Try to get to know everyone and what THEY really need right...
Women Need Unique Performance Support – With Ellie Maybury & Prof. Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes A wholesome and holistic approach is essential to helping and supporting the performance and well-being of female athletes. This is particularly crucial when collaborating with them around...
FINALLY: The Ultimate Way to Maximise Your HIIT Intervals – With Ingvill Odden & Prof. Paul Laursen
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Time spent at or close to your VO2max has been FINALLY proven to be the MAIN factor for performance gains. Now, go hard! BUT make sure you are not JUST going hard. It seems that you also...