Episodes
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Post Session Sauna (The Extra 1%?)
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
A new mini series on small 1% things to top up that final bit of performance for race day. In this one Nick and Luke discuss the use of Sauna's and the impact it might have in how you respond, particularly when racing in hot conditions.
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Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Lactate Testing -Should We All Be Testing It? (Pros, Cons & More)
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
A number of questions have come through recently on the back of the resurgence for lactate testing the field by a number of high profile athletes. So Luke and Nick discussed the pros and cons, plus a bunch on background info regarding lactate testing in general plus their thoughts on why and why not to do it.
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Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Swimming Thoughts w/ Nick
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Old school super short episode where Nick goes through some thoughts he's had whilst returning to swimming consistently for the first time since 2019 (and working around some injury constraints).
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Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Improving VO2max Intervals with Higher Cadence?
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Luke and Nick had 2 athletes both get in touch about the same podcast they listened to talking about using a high cadence for a "better" VO2max interval stimulus. So we sent our resident sport scientist Nick away to listen to it, research further and piece together what might be going on when cadence increases to give you the need to knows.
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Why Polarised? (80/20, Norwegian 90/10 & More)
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
We often receive lots of questions about polarised models of training and why they are effective, so here's the underpinning physiology and a little discussion around different scenarios influencing the balance between low and high intensity.
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Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Testing ONLY at Ironman Power (Lionel Sanders & VO2)
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Have you seen Lionel Sanders recent Youtube video? He's testing VO2 at Ironman power now and looking to compare it after getting through the next block of training. Nick and Luke discuss the what and why behind his process and shed some light on how he's looking to improve.
Look out for a Part 2 once Lionel posts his follow up results!
Lionel's video: https://youtu.be/ncg8zTKh2Y8
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Thursday Feb 10, 2022
4 x 8min ON @ 90%, 2min rest (Training Session Explained)
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
We're back for 2022, kicking things off with a training session explained and a bit of extra thought on how you need to consider all variables relating to interval training when creating sessions. It's not always just increasing the intensity or volume, sometimes you might need to shift the work to rest ratio. Nick and Luke discuss the following session:
4 x 8min @ 90% VO2max / 2min passive recovery.
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Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Should We Upgrade Our Testing Equipment? (We Want Your Input)
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
We've been thinking about upgrading our testing equipment for a while, to open up so many more possibilities like identifying fuel utilisation, race nutrition strategy development and more. So we thought we'd chat about it and bring you in on the discussion. Nick and Luke sat down to talk out the pros and cons of a new metabolic analyser before we throw it open to you.
Let us know what you think: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P8TSMJC
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Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Our Most Important Metric in a VO2max Test (FeO2 Explained)
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
We couldn't believe it had taken us this long to go more in-depth about Fraction of Expired Oxygen and how it tells us some really great insights into how best to attack your training post VO2max test. We discuss what it is, the trends we see and more in an episode that covers off one of the most important metrics we look at in the testing data.
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Thursday Nov 25, 2021
What is Beta-Alanine?
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Luke talks about an increasingly more popular supplement, Beta-Alanine and the possible impacts on performance that it might have.
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