198. Fatigue Resistance Tips, Intro to Uphill Treadmill, Ketones, Double Workout Feelings, and Performance Vibration!
Mar 19, 2024
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The podcast covers tips on fatigue resistance, uphill treadmill workouts, double workout strategies, and post-exercise ketones. They discuss real-world examples of durability, controversial topics like night pees and post-workout showers, and share their experiences wrecking Freetrail Fantasy at the Chuckanut 50k. The hosts talk about athletes as storytellers and delve into a weird study on vibration and intervals.
Prioritizing aerobic fitness elevates durability against fatigue, emphasizing mitochondrial efficiency for performance.
Varying intensity training sessions can improve fatigue resistance, enhancing resilience in high-demand scenarios.
Deep dives
Effects of Intensity on Fatigue Resistance in Cyclists
A study focused on professional cyclists found that after high-intensity work, power output for 15 seconds decreased, indicating reduced fatigue resistance. The study showed that a 3-minute power output also decreased after intense sessions, highlighting the impact of intensity on performance decline. Interestingly, no significant difference was observed in 12-minute power between low and high-intensity groups, shedding light on how differing intensity levels affect the power profile.
Achieving Fatigue Resistance through Fueling and Training
Fueling plays a crucial role in fatigue resistance, with proper carbohydrate intake impacting an athlete's ability to sustain performance on tired legs. Practice repetitive scenarios of fatigue-inducing sessions, like tempo runs and immediate post-training stress, to improve fatigue resistance. Training with varying intensities and immediate post-exercise stressors can develop durability and resilience against fatigue.
Activating the Nervous System for Improved Fatigue Resistance
Strategically activating the nervous system after exercise, such as through hill strides or immediate treadmill sessions, can enhance muscle recruitment for better fatigue resistance. Incorporating uphill treadmill work or strength exercises post-run challenges muscle fibers and enhances performance adaptations. Back-to-back workouts or strength training immediately after a run can dynamically enhance fatigue resistance.
Boosting Fatigue Resistance with Enhanced Aerobic Fitness
Prioritizing aerobic fitness aids in developing fatigue resistance, emphasizing the critical role of mitochondrial efficiency and lactate processing. Integrating low-intensity cross-training, like cycling or swimming, enhances aerobic capacity for improved performance against fatigue. Elevating aerobic capacity provides a foundational level of fitness that supports enhanced durability and fatigue resistance during intense efforts.
Boob Strain Adjusted Pace
A listener suggests a period-adjusted pace feature on Strava for female athletes, highlighting the impact of periods on running performance and comfort.
Shrink-Wrapped Balls and Wild Running
A segment discussing the primal nature of running and how one runner experienced a unique sensation and performance adjustments while running in a certain way.
Oliver Sacks and Bill Hayes Love Story
Exploration of the touching love story between Oliver Sacks and Bill Hayes, revealing late-life reinvention, love, and adventure, and the impact of their relationship and legacy.
Listener's Huge PR at 43
A listener shares a remarkable personal record, running a 1:28 half marathon at 43, inspired by their coach's belief and encouragement to aim high and take risks in overcoming challenges and achieving success.
We vibed with a new playlist (Taylor's version) before this great episode! The main training topic was a new study on fatigue resistance, which used a novel protocol for testing durability involving different levels of intensity. "Durability" research may be the most exciting part of modern performance science, and we broaden it out with real-world examples. We finish with our 4 big tips!
You already know tip one. Yes, it involves eating. And yes, we are in the pocket of BIG CARB.
We also talked about how uphill treadmill workouts can be used by athletes of all levels. That includes details on pace and grade to get started, plus fun training wrinkles where athletes can do double workouts or use them right after runs for a fatigue resistance stimulus. Somehow, no one has sent us a better treadmill after ours keeps breaking. So we are not in the pocket of BIG TREADMILL. But we want to be.
And save your appetite for a feast of our favorite topics! Other topics: our love of the running shoe store, Megan's love of the Eras Tour movie, takeaways from Megan's first intentional double workout, how to respond to excess fatigue, the importance of occasionally crying on the couch, our visit to The Feed headquarters, an update on real-world findings with post-exercise ketones, two astonishingly controversial takes on night pees and post-workout showers, wrecking Freetrail Fantasy at the Chuckanut 50k, a weird study on vibration and intervals, athletes as storytellers, Nico Young's NCAA record at The Ten meet, a Lance quote on competition that we strongly disagree with, and a beautiful reflection on love (plus nature's jockstrap).
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