In this solo episode, it's all about STRESS! Poor, misunderstood stress. Did you know that stress is actually a good thing, in the proper doses? Did you know how important the recovery from a stressor is? Do you know WHY chronically elevated cortisol is so dangerous?
- What IS stress?
- Chronic vs acute stress
- Stress & the stress response
- Allostatic load, and allostasis vs homeostasis
- Your lazy brain
- CORTISOL (when it's good, when it's bad, and the relationship between running, cortisol, and weight management)
- Considering and quantifying training load/training stress
- Cumulative fatigue, overreaching, and overtraining
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