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A Fully Detailed, Useful & Grounded View on Fat for Endurance, Performance & Health – With Dr Andrew Koutnik
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Yes, it is possible to utilize fat as a main source of energy for high intensities. It might take some time (often longer than 4 weeks) for you to adapt, but you can even reach high levels...
How Football Needs Principles Rather Than Rules in Their Performance System – With Andreas Beck
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Sometimes you cannot change the situation or make amazing rules - quite often that is the job of the head coach. Yet, you can develop principles with your players that then can be adjusted...
Medical, Science & Hands-on Staff All Matter Now More Than Ever – With Dr Ian Beasley
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Medical staff is all encompassing health - it is slightly different then “just” performance. Remember that your medical and health staff have to always put the health of these humans first....
You Can Be Fast & Fit at Any Age & for Any Performance, Just Make Sure You Have Patience – With Bas Van Hooren
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes World record holding age group runners were observed to barely miss any training sessions, and one of them did not even train with a “smart” device - how about that hey? An overly heavy...
Specific Training for Women Is a Must Nowadays: How Can We Optimize It?! – With Lauren Colenso-Semple
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes You CANNOT just assume that every woman has a 28 day cycle and pretend like you are doing “PHASE based training” just this easily. If you want to do it properly, do it properly: get blood or...
Power Models, Tech Gadgets & the Macro & Micro Scale of Professional Cycling – With Dr Teun Van Erp
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Just because SOMETHING in your daily routine, especially if it is a quantifiable measure, is low (e.g. HRV), it does not mean that you have to abandon your whole play for that day. Adapt,...
Diversity: Increase Outcomes, Counter Groupthink & Build Athlete Connection. And Be Intentional – With Jo Clubb
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes You don’t know what you don’t know, and that is ok. If you have no clue how to reach more women in your sport science “insert here” (conferences, team, group, research group etc.), then...
From Basics, to Fancy, to Reimagined & Integrated Football Fitness – With Benjamin Kugel
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Don’t be afraid to TRIAL & ERROR, even at the HIGH PERFORMANCE levels. You don’t know what you don’t know. Find the MULTIPLICATORS and EARLY ADOPTERS in every team to spread what you...
Train What You NEED for Your Sport and Not Just for the Gainz – With Matt Nichol
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Remember what the main point of the strength and conditioning practitioner is in your sport (it is ALWAYS a supplement - but what for exactly!): you don’t need to focus a lot on classical...
360 Degree Approach to Performance & Technology Is Not What You Think It Is – With Chris Tombs
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes Develop an environment where EVERYONE knows that they can and DO voice their opinion, and then you work TOGETHER towards a solution. Within this environment try to WORK towards a space where...
The ROAD TO PRO: The Road to Pro: Balancing Long-Term Development Versus Short-Term Performance – With Paul White
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes It does not pay off to have too many “copies of yourself” - look for SPECIALISTS that you can rely on, and who you can also give more RESPONSIBILITY. Such greater expertise in specific...
Strength & Endurance: Impossible to Train Together?! Are All the Hybrid YouTube Athletes Wrong?! – With Dr Jackson Fyfe
Listen to the episode now or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Show Notes When unsure, try to prioritize the key session (most often the strength training) for your athlete to lower the effect of the potential “interference” effect. Neuromuscular fatigue and load...