Intro MAF meetup was a success! Floris Gierman “won” with the best MAF pace. He’s a passionate student of MAF and you can check him out here: https://extramilest.com and https://extramilest.com/podcast/ Mike C. asks: Curved treadmills- are they harder, same, worse and should we tailor workouts? Thank you for the fantastic podcast and recommendations. Due to […] The post ATC 304: Do Runners Really Work 30% Harder on Curved Non-Motorized Treadmills vs. Traditional Flat Treadmills? Plus: Running Af...
Jan 31, 2020•59 min
Paul Laursen is an author, scientist, coach and entrepreneur who’s back on the podcast to discuss his latest project that’s years in the making, one of the most comprehensive resources on high-intensity interval training to ever exist, called HIIT Science. To find out more, head to their website, hiitscience.com, for their free blog and resources, […] The post Paul Laursen: HIIT It! How (and Why) To Add High-Intensity Interval Training to Your Endurance Program with Success first appeared on End...
Jan 24, 2020•58 min
James Proctor asks: Training in Cold Climate for a Hot Weather Race While my question is specific to one race, I think that triathletes from close to half or one third of the country have pondered this issue. I got a medical deferral to Ironman Arizona 2020 and I have purchased a plan on Training […] The post ATC 303: Should You Increase Your Stride Length or Stride Rate? How To Prep For Hot Race When, Baby, It’s Cold Outside, and Getting in Vertical Training Without Hills first appeared on Endu...
Jan 17, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to episode 13 of Holistic Performance Nutrition (HPN) featuring Tawnee Gibson, MS, CSCS, CISSN, and Julie McCloskey, a certified holistic nutrition coach who you can find over at wildandwell.fit. On this episode: Brain says: A Followup “Thanks” From HPN 11 Tawnee & Julie thank you so much for this episode. The last few months […] The post HPN 13: Seasonal Eating Guide Pt 1, Why B12 May Not Just Be About Diet and How To Maintain Healthy Levels, Collagen vs. Whey Protein, and More firs...
Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Announcements MAF Meetup! Join us for a MAF run in Orange County, Calif! Tawnee is organizing a MAF run meet up at the Laguna Beach High School track on Jan. 11 at 8am PT. Get there a bit early, as we plan to start the MAF run on the track at 8. There is free […] The post ATC 302: What it Takes To Shave an Hour Off a Marathon PR, Building Durability (For Fewer Injuries!), Achilles and Calf Maintenance You Need To Do, and More first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Jan 03, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Our guest on this episode is Jill Miller, a pain-relief and wellness expert with 29 years of corrective movement expertise that forges links between the worlds of yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Her signature self-care fitness programs, Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® are found at gyms, yoga studios, hospitals, athletic training facilities […] The post Jill Miller: Prevention and Healing of Diastasis Recti During Pregnancy and Postpartum and the Crucial Role of Proper Breathing ...
Dec 27, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Announcements and Intro Remarks Endurance Planet has tons of new gear! In addition to shirts, there are also baby onesies (see picture of baby Cora on EP’s instagram!), super warm beanies, and socks. Send photos of you and your family sporting EP gear to admin@enduranceplanet.com Tawnee briefly discusses diastasis recti—keep an eye out for a […] The post ATC 301: Setting Heart Rate Zones Based Off MAF, Bringing More Intuition Into Your Runs, and Always Injured What the Heck? first appeared on En...
Dec 20, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Welcome to episode 12 of Holistic Performance Nutrition (HPN) featuring Tawnee Gibson, MS, CSCS, CISSN, and Julie McCloskey, a certified holistic nutrition coach who you can find over at wildandwell.fit. On this episode: Intro banter Tawnee shares about introducing new foods to Cora and how chicken liver & Vital Choice Salmon roe were a big […] The post HPN 12: Fueling with Fructose Malabsorption, Loss of Appetite When Training, and Heavy Metals in Protein Powders — Poor Science or Cause for...
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 18 min
On this episode of Ask The Coaches with Lucho and Tawnee: Intro Banter and Announcements Do Our Survey! We need your help! Participate in a survey to help us learn more for a new athlete health & nutrition program and be entered to win a 30-min consult with Tawnee for free! The brief backstory: Tawnee […] The post ATC 300: When ‘Natural Running Form’ Beats Strict MAF, Stepping Up To 100Ks, and Following Your Body’s Signals To Achieve Your Race Goals first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Dec 06, 2019•1 hr
Today’s guest is Krista Austin, Ph.D, CSCS, a sport scientist currently serving as an industry consultant and performance specialist for professional and Olympic sport athletes. Austin has worked for the United States Olympic Committee, the English Institute of Sport, England’s Cricket team and multiple national governing bodies of sport including USA Wrestling, USA Taekwondo, USA […] The post Krista Austin, Ph.D: Simplifying Sports Nutrition, and Are Female and Male Athletes More Similar Than W...
Nov 29, 2019•1 hr
On this episode of Ask The Coaches with Lucho and Tawnee: Intro Banter and Announcements Do Our Survey! We need your help! Participate in a survey to help us learn more for a new athlete health & nutrition program and be entered to win a 30-min consult with Tawnee for free! The brief backstory: Tawnee […] The post ATC 299: Sub-2 Relay, HRV-Guided Training, How To Approach Hills on MAF, Ironman After 50, and Quelling Anxiety Around Those ‘What If’ Thoughts first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Welcome to episode 11 of Holistic Performance Nutrition (HPN) featuring Tawnee Gibson, MS, CSCS, CISSN, and Julie McCloskey, a certified holistic nutrition coach who you can find over at wildandwell.fit. On this episode: Research Review: Non-nutritive Sweeteners (NNS) Implications for Consumption in Athletic Populations Purpose of this review: (a) consolidating the existing metabolic concerns in […] The post HPN 11: Steps To Healthy Cholesterol Levels, Theories for Increased Lipids When Low Carb...
Nov 15, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Intro Banter and Announcements: We have a bunch of new EP gear — including just-added men’s and women’s athletic tech T-shirts — for casual wear, kids and babies go over to our Gear page. Get your hands on some and send us a pic of you sporting the logo! Wanna run Ragnar SoCal with the […] The post ATC 298: The Most Common Injuries To Prevent Against, The Sub-2 Shoe Debate, MAF For Health vs. Performance, And More first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 24 min
Sanjay Rawal is a filmmaker and runner. His most recent film is called 3100: Run and Become, which documents a small but mighty race in New York every year in which people spend nearly their whole summer running roughly 60 miles every day consecutively on a 1/2 mile block until they reach 3100 miles, taking […] The post Sanjay Rawal: A More Spiritual Approach To Running, and The Group in Queens That Runs 3,100 Miles Each Summer first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Nov 01, 2019•55 min
Welcome to episode 10 of Holistic Performance Nutrition featuring Coach Tawnee and Julie McCloskey, a certified holistic nutrition coach who you can find over at wildandwell.fit. Michael says: In Response to HPN 9 and Vegan Diets Hi Tawnee and Julie, As a long time listener to the show, I looked forward to a balanced, and […] The post HPN 10: Custom Race Fueling Options, Recovering From Rundown, and More On Choosing Your Optimal Diet first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Thorsten and Tawnee caught up the day after the 2019 Ironman World Championships to recap race highlights and take you through the record-breaking, awe-inspiring day! You can read more race review details and stats over at Thorsten’s website, trirating.com. Men’s Top 5 Jan Frodeno Tim O’donnell Sebastian Kienle Ben Hoffman Cameron Wurf Women’s Top […] The post Kona Special: Race Recap of the 2019 Ironman World Championships with Thorsten Radde first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Intro Endurance Planet is opening up a second team for Ragnar! Email events@enduranceplanet.com if you’re interested. New moms are medaling at Worlds and men in their late 30s are breaking world records! These amazing feats shows that we’re learning how to take better care of ourselves as athletes and extending the limits of what we […] The post ATC 297: Preparing For Frigid Races, Fitness During Pregnancy, Long-Term Kona Goals, and More first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 19 min
The Ironman World Championships take place on Saturday, Oct. 12, and on this episode we are here with Thorsten Radde of trirating.com (Twitter @ThRadde) for our official Kona preview. Grab a copy of Thorsten’s Kona Rating Report, which is nearly 200 pages of detailed athlete analysis and race info. Thorsten was also nice enough to […] The post Kona Special: 2019 Ironman World Championships Preview with Thorsten Radde first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 12 min
On this show, we welcome back coach Alan Couzens to dive into two new studies that endurance athletes will want to hear about, especially those who are prone to cramping and/or those racing in hot conditions. Check out Alan’s blog or follow him on Twitter. The studies discussed on this show include: The effect […] The post Alan Couzens: Revisiting Electrolytes and Cramping, and How Heat Affects Fat Oxidation Rates first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Oct 04, 2019•48 min
Intro: Tawnee did a 6K Xterra trail race! Holding back on the hill climb by walking allowed her to cruise for the rest of the race and win her age group. Google has changed their algorithm to downgrade functional and alternative medicine information. You’re going to have to look harder to get this information. Swim […] The post ATC 296: Six Swim-Specific Strength & Conditioning Exercises, Running with A Stroller, and More first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Julie Moss is a Ironman triathlon legend whose 1982 crawl to the finish at the Ironman World Championships made sport history and inspired countless athletes to do a triathlon. Julie’s new memoir, Crawl of Fame: Fifteen Feet That Created an Ironman Triathlon Legend, is now available to the public and it is a very […] The post Julie Moss: The Crawl of Fame, and Finding Purpose and Personal Growth Through Sport first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Sep 20, 2019•52 min
Intro EP is taking runners for a second Ragnar team! Email events@enduranceplanet.com if you’re interested. Zach Bitter just set the world record for the 100-mile (with an average 6:48 mile pace!) Tawnee gratefully responds to a respectful listener critique of ATC 292 (regarding stereotypes and runner anxiety): Rachel wrote: Dear Tawnee, I’m a big fan […] The post ATC 295: Split Long Runs – Why and When Are They A Good Idea, Plus: Hamstring Healing, Bailing on Interval Workouts, and More first a...
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 12 min
On this episode we’re joined by two legends of endurance sport, Dr. Phil Maffetone and six-time Ironman World Champion Mark Allen. Mark had a 15-year professional triathlon career in which he was coached by Phil starting in the 1980s. Working with Phil led to Mark discover the MAF Method, which he now uses for […] The post Mark Allen & Phil Maffetone: The Benefits of Having a Coach and MAF for Athletic Longevity first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Sep 06, 2019•54 min
Note: Tawnee and Lucho differ slightly from strict MAF in some ways. What they present in this podcast is based on their years of experience coaching athletes and seeing how these protocols play out in the real world. You can read Dr. Maffetone’s book to get the pure MAF details. MAF Basics: MAF = max […] The post ATC 294: MAF Method Guide – The Coaches Outline Everything You Need To Know For MAF Training first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 44 min
Welcome to episode 9 of Holistic Performance Nutrition featuring Coach Tawnee and Julie McCloskey, a certified holistic nutrition coach who you can find over at wildandwell.fit. Intro Banter Tawnee’s vanlife adventures take them up the California coast, but they are putting full-time vanlife on hold for now. Julie just got finished hiking the Wonderland Trail […] The post HPN 9: Do Plant-Based Diets Risk Nutrient Deficiencies? Plus: Quercetin Benefits, and the Real Deal With Canola Oil first app...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Announcements We have a bunch of new EP gear for men, women, kids and babies over at enduranceplanet.com/gear. Get your hands on some and send us a pic of you sporting the logo! Wanna run Ragnar SoCal with the EP team? It’s April 3-4, 2020 and our team is almost full (but we can always […] The post ATC 293: Top 5 Exercises For An Explosive Mile, Achilles Bursitis, and Facing An Athletic Crossroads first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Announcements We have even more new EP gear (including baby onesies and kids t-shirts) over at enduranceplanet.com/gear. Our team for Ragnar SoCal on April 3-4, 2020 is quickly forming and we’re almost full (we can always do a second team). To get in email us at events@enduranceplanet.com. We’re also bringing back our EP newsletter so […] The post ATC 292: Is Your Stride Rate Helping or Hurting Your Run Economy? Plus: Boosting Neuromuscular Fitness, Safety in Numbers, and More first appeared on ...
Aug 02, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Intro Banter Julie shares about her sciatica, and despite the setback focusing on what she can do. Wonderland trail around Mt. Rainer. Can’t get down about injuries, there are lessons to be learned! Today’s topic on pregnancy: Pregnancy is a sensitive and emotionally-charged topic. The goal of this show is to help you decide […] The post HPN 8: Mindful Fertility, TTC, and Managing MTHFR and Folate Intake first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Intro Check out new EP gear here! Email us a picture of you in the new gear 🙂 EP is beginning to gauge interest for Ragnar SoCal 2020 (either the first or second weekend of April). Please email at admin@enduranceplanet.com to let us know if you’re interested. Other Updates: Tawnee has a beautiful, healthy baby […] The post ATC 291: Digging Into Poop of Elite Runners, Are You Ready For the 20 x 20 Miler, Heat and Hydration, and More! first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Jul 19, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Intro: Fitness, by Brock’s account, is broken into three categories: Movement: general motion plus mobility (think squatting to pick things up and reaching up to grab things from higher places, like what our ancestors did with foraging) Exercise: invented to fill the holes in our movement patterns Training: what we do in order to reach […] The post ATC 290: A Pain in the Heel, Books on Strength Training, Raising Your Heart Rate, Vegetarian MAF, and more! first appeared on Endurance Planet ....
Jul 05, 2019•1 hr 11 min
