

Training Science Podcast
Paul Laursen & Martin Buchheit
Your hosts of the Training Science Podcast, Martin Buchheit and Paul Laursen, take a weekly deep dive into the real world application of training science in the trenches.
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Feb 1, 2023 • 58min
Rehab Like a Pro While Working With Everyone in Your Team - With Alain Sola
Even if you are an EXPERT in your field/area of REHAB, you NEED to include everyone in the athlete centred process FROM THE START - including YOURSELF 😄!Alain Sola wants to highlight to you how ESSENTIAL it is for you to INTEGRATE across all areas if you want to achieve the BEST results. This is particularly important if you are not a “one trick” pony expert, but you can cover A LOT of areas and have a big “big picture” view.In the 54rd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Alain discuss 🏥 how integrate different professionals into the rehab process,🤕what to do as EARLY as possible for most injuries (including some fancies like water therapies),👨🏻🔬 as well as how to make sure that the INJURED player believes & STICKS to the process!_____________________ 🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/ Alain Sola https://fsi.training/portfolio_page/alain-sola/ _____________________

Jan 25, 2023 • 57min
Everyone Can Use Some Sort of Eccentric Training - With Prof. John Cronin
ECCENTRIC exercise and training is about MUCH MORE than “just” overload, going hard and being sore - there are at least 3-4 different TYPES of eccentric training!Prof John Cronin wants you to understand that there are many DIFFERENT LEVELS 📶 of eccentric training that all have a VALID ✅ form of application - for everyone!In the 53rd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and John discuss 🦾 the large variety of methods, techniques and tech that John’s group is researching at AUT for sport specific outcomes,🤕 as well as their direct application for everyone OUTSIDE of sport for prevention or rehabilitation of various muscolo-skeletal issues,👨🏻🔬 and how to integrate a “out there” career of testing and being involved in various tech with the multitude of research questions that need to be answered around it!_____________________ We have all the SPEED & POWER content that you will EVER NEED! PLUS, covered across almost every single CONTEXT of various sports backgrounds that you can think of - ALL your problems solved at once!🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/ Prof. John Cronin https://www.professorjohncronin.com_____________________ References:Flywheel tech: https://exerflysport.com/Allied health tech: https://vald.com/ Foot Sole tech: https://plantiga.com/

Jan 18, 2023 • 1h 5min
No Day Like the Other Means You Need to Be as Flexible as Possible - With Dr Malte Krüger
Get AS MUCH training content AROUND the MAIN SESSION of your players done as possible 👉 you are unlikely to see them twice during the day ⏰!Dr Malte Krüger wants you to understand that players are unlikely to come back in the afternoon, so you need to design and try to join the 📅 “planification” ⚡ with your head coach. This will allow everyone to get as much of their individual S&C, technical or metabolic work done as possible.In the 52nd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Malte discuss 💥 integrating highly sophisticated and precise methods into the daily and weekly chaos of team sports like football,👨💼 managing those integrations across continuous changes in staff and players, 📊 as well as what testing, profiling, data and monitoring is truly useful for._____________________ If you want to HELP YOURSELF to HELP your athletes to be FAST without all the “HECKMECK” (🇩🇪 German for “nonsense”) then we got you covered:🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/ Dr. Malte Krüger https://www.bayer04.de/en-us/page/werkself-coaches/dr-malte-krueger#portrait _____________________

Jan 12, 2023 • 1h
When in Doubt: Combination of Fundamental & Creative Sport Science Will Be More Than Enough - With Facundo Ahumada
TRAIN it like you RACE it - WITH fatigue 🥵, OBSTACLES🚧, loud cheering squad 🥳, annoyances etc.! Facundo Ahumada wants you to remember that EVERY activity and sport out there can USE “GAME-BASED” drills to their advantage, AND as a HIIT stimulus 🧑🏽🚀In the 51st episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Facundo discuss 🤕 the situation of exercise and sport science in Argentina and South America generally,👨💻 how Facundo is trying to implement high-end training concepts by combining a plethora of creative approaches (especially in XCO MTB!),🎯 as well as how to optimize training with the use of the right (and accessible!) tools + people at the right time and to the right degree (and possibly somewhat on a “budget”)_____________________ NEW YEAR - NEW TRAINING GOALS … but “old” training methods ?! If you are still in the “unknown” about how to EASILY and CONVENIENTLY make use of HIIT at ANY time of the year, check out our NEWEST bundle:🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/ Facundo Ahumada https://twitter.com/FAhumadaCordoba _____________________ References:Facundo’s Endurance Training https://entrenamiento-optimo.com/ Endurance Tool http://www.endurancegroup.org/index.php/es/

Jan 4, 2023 • 50min
Understand, Change and Help People With Their Behaviors, either via Tech or Teaching/Coaching - With David Dunne
The best COACHES, sport SCIENTISTS, professors, mentors, gurus and so on - are ALL not “that good” at their job 🤷♀️ - because we don’t really teach behavioral aspects of dealing with humans 🥺David Dunne wants you to think about all the DIFFERENT context that we love to talk about and consider how often these depend on simple human interactions and behaviors - ⚠️ BEHAVIORS⚠️ is the key word here that you should pay attention to more often 🏋🏻♂️!In the 50th (OH MY GOD 😱🤩) episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and David discuss (in double/back-and-forth interview fashion 🤼):🤕 where they both came from into sport science & tech and what pain points pushed them into those areas,👨💻 the opportunity to use TECH to free up space for the most essential,🤸 which are the interpersonal relationships and what we do with them as humans.How about a SIMPLE and STRAIGHT-forward 💖 way of getting RID of your headaches about SPEED & POWER training?We present our POWER & GURU SPEED 🦄 bundle:🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/ Dr. David Dunne https://uk.linkedin.com/in/david-dunne-993b8845 _____________________ References:Hexis:https://www.hexis.live/Infinite vs finite games: https://medium.com/amityhaven/chapter-13-unity-of-being-e875ea25138b_____________________

Dec 29, 2022 • 1h 2min
Young Football Guns Need Flexible & Understanding Support Staff - With Dr Karim Hader
IF you PROGRESS players FAST 💨 through development and various teams, they are LIKELY to be lacking SOMETHING 🤷♀️Dr Karim Hader wants you to understand that supporting any developmental players in football (and likely other sports ;)) requires a HOLISTIC approach to ALL ASPECTS of their life, rather than just rushing the best new hopefuls from team to team.In the 49th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Karim discuss⚽ everything a young football player needs,❤️🔥 what the responsible staff should do to maximize their development,💯 as well as, how to integrate various levels of teams within one organization.Our MASSIVE end of year 🎆 SALE CONTINUES!How about 👉🏽 40% OFF on ALL OUR COURSES?USE this CODE at checkout:GOODBYE2022🚀 CHECK OUR BIOhttps://hiit-science.thinkific.com/collections/courses 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/ Dr Karim Hader https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karim-Hader _____________________

Dec 21, 2022 • 1h 13min
Learn About Confidence, Integrity & Humility in High Performing Teams From the Cyber Security World - With Benjamin Boulnois
Xx 🤨,Benjamin Boulnois wants you to understand that not everything is BLACK and WHITE in the world of “high performance” - even in a highly BOOMING sector like CYBER security. He has lots of cross-over insights for what we, the sport scientists, can 🦾 learn from the TECH industry. In the 48th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Benjamin discuss🧠 how competence, integrity and humility might not ALWAYS be the best (or worst) characteristics,🎯 why and how you align your PEOPLE IN INDIVIDUAL goals with those of your TEAM/company, 🎓 as well as how to streamline everything you do only to people that have subject matter expertise.How about a SIMPLE and STRAIGHT-forward 💖 way of getting INDIVIDUALISED training for all your athletes? Oh, and how about 👉🏽 35% OFF on ALL OUR COURSES?USE this CODE at checkout:GOODBYE2022🚀 CHECK OUR BIOhttps://hiit-science.thinkific.com/collections/courses 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/ Benjamin Boulnois https://en.acensisec.com/ _____________________

Dec 14, 2022 • 1h 6min
Not EVERYTHING That is Measured is Useful — Perspectives on Recovery - with Dr Carlos Ramirez
MAYBE, just MAYBE 🤨, all those fatigue tracking and measurement 👨💻 things we LOVE doing in sport science are NOT that USEFUL?!Dr Carlos Ramirez would like you to consider that there is a chance that “being tired” 😴 or even “fatigued” might not be that bad for your athletes - especially if they fall amongst those younger ones that can recover much faster than us oldies 👴🏼.In the 47th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Carlos speak about⚕️ how changing from a medical and sports medicine career into exercise and sports science has given Carlos some major advantages,✅ and WHICH of these YOU can use as a non-medical doctor but regular practitioner in the field,😵💫 as well as the many useful or not useful things we do when we get hung up on measurements and deliverables that can only be related to aspects of training where we can measure something - and forget the rest!How about a SIMPLE and STRAIGHT-forward 💖 way of getting RID of your headaches about SPEED & POWER training?We present our POWER & GURU SPEED 🦄 bundle:🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/ Dr Carlos Ramirez https://twitter.com/CarlosRam88 _____________________ References:https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/dr-carlos-ramirez/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-ramirez-698a86b4/?originalSubdomain=uk https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos-Ramirez-Lopez

Dec 7, 2022 • 58min
Build Your OWN STATUE by Knowing the STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES of Sport Science - with Ferguss Conolly
Never laugh at ANYONE'S LIFE EXPERIENCE 😮 - build your OWN with various AREAS, countries 🌏and work conditions. Fergus Connolly wants you to understand that you NEED science, but you also NEED everything else - like the knowledge of how to speak to people that have DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS 🧑🏿🤝🧑🏼from you.In the 46th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Fergus speak about❌👨🎓 being able to work in the sports performance field WITHOUT a formal scientific education,🧙🏻♂️ finding the right mix of science, coaching, as well as TOP level expert advice, And,🤝 How there is a MASSIVE transfer of HUMAN performance and WELLBEING application between sports and business. Want to TRANSFER our 40+years of COACHING and SCIENCE experience into YOUR training?Check out our POWER & GURU SPEED 🦄 bundle:🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/ Fergus Connolly https://www.fergusconnolly.com/_____________________

Nov 30, 2022 • 1h 1min
Physiology PROFESSOR Discovers That BREATHING Matters For Exercise & Sports - with Steve Neal
You NEED to TRAIN your BREATHING SYSTEMS! If you HAVE to compromise (which you should NOT!) then at least work on EXPIRATION.Steve Neal wants you to understand that MOST PEOPLE are under NORMATIVE values when it comes to their breathing ability, AND:YES, it DOES influence your PERFORMANCE!NO, it ain’t something JUST for asthmatics!In the 45th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Steve discuss all sorts of 👩🏻🏫 COACHING, including some amazing insights into MTB training, BUT mainly, you will get a DEEP DIVE into how your BREATHING can be trained effectively at any stage, what PARAMETERS matters, and what seems to really WORK directly to improve performance 😮💨.Thinking of improving the POWER & SPEED of your players?Check out our POWER & GURU SPEED 🦄 bundle:🚀 https://hiit-science.thinkific.com/bundles/power-speed-guru-bundle 🚀_____________________ Today’s speakers:Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/ Steve Neal https://www.fasttalklabs.com/byline/steve-neal/ _____________________