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VLaMax, Polarised training, Fatigue and Complexity with Mark Burnley, PhD | EP#331

Mar 28, 2022

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The Role of Metabolic Stress in Arobic Adaptations

00:38

The Effects of V l a Max on Training

00:37

The Relationship between Peripheral and Central Fatigue in High Intensity Exercise

00:43

The Fatigue Mechanisms in Intensity Domains

04:21

Introduction

3min

V a a Max

3min

Is There a Consensus on Vialamax?

4min

Do You Know How to Measure Your v L Amax?

2min

Do You Think There Will Be an Increase in Mechanistic Interest in Vielemax?

2min

Is Polarized Training Optimal for Endurance?

5min

Is Polarized Training the Best Training Method for Athletes?

2min

Is Zone Two Better Than Zone One?

4min

Is Zone One the Right Training for You?

2min

10.

Is There a Difference Between Zone One and Zone Two?

2min

11.

Do Al Athletes Do a Lot of Sone One Work?

5min

12.

What Are the Best Training Sessions to Do?

4min

13.

The Fatigue Mechanisms in Intensity Domains

4min

14.

Using Measures of a Complexity to Assess Fatigue

4min

15.

The Effects of Fatigue in High Intensity Exercise

4min

16.

Adaptability, Recovery, Fatigue Level, or Something Like That

2min

17.

I've Done a Few Vidios on U Tubes, and I'll Link to the Video on All Out Physiology

4min

Mark Burnley, PhD, is an exercise physiologist at the University of Wolverhampton. In this episode, we discuss the VLaMax, polarised training (and it not being optimal for endurance athletes), and using measures of complexity to assess fatigue. This is part two of a two-part interview with Mark.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

-VLaMax: the background, reason for recent surge to popularity, and the mechanistic and practical issues with measuring it

-Polarised training is not optimal for endurance athletes: the arguments against polarised training being an "ideal" training intensity distribution, and why quantifying training intensity distributions may not be the smartest thing to do in the first place

-How measures of complexity (e.g. Approximate entropy ApEn, alpha-exponent of Detrended Fluctuation analysis DFA) can be used to assess fatigue, and the potential applications thereof

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LINKS AND RESOURCES:

Mark's Twitter, ResearchGate, and Youtube channel
Critical Power and VO2 kinetics with Mark Burnley, PhD | EP#257
Lactate threshold with Mark Burnley, PhD | EP#330
DFA alpha-1: A non-invasive, cheap option for estimating the aerobic threshold with Bruce Rogers, MD | EP#329
Things you didn't know you didn't know: physiological complexity - video on All Out Physiology
Polarized Training is Not Optimal for Endurance Athletes - Burnley et al. 2022
Polarized Training is Optimal for Endurance Athletes - Foster et al. 2022

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