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Oct 06, 2021•6 min•Ep. 151
Science Of Ultra
For endurance athletes who want to do more than improve race performance. How you sleep, think, eat, and move all play a role in helping you Become Your Ultra Best!
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Break
SOUP is taking a break for the summer, and will be back in September 2021.
May 06, 2021•2 min•Ep. 150
Hillary Allen
Hillary Allen, aka Hillygoat, is one of the top ultra- and sky-runners in the world. We talk about her views of life and running, what's important, and how to stay competitive while embracing whatever life brings. Her near-death accident during the 2017 Tromsø Skyrace, and her recovery are chronicled in her book Out & Back: A Runner’s Story of Survival and Recovery Against All Odds Her website: https://hillaryallen.com/ Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/149...
Apr 15, 2021•57 min•Ep. 149
Training Intensity Distribution
Let's answer the question: How much time should I spend training at different intensities? And, let's bust the polarized training myth in the process.
Apr 08, 2021•52 min•Ep. 148
Kenefick & Cheuvront
Rebroadcast part 2 of 2 - Two of the living legends of performance hydration bring everything you could want to know about hydration for endurance athletes. This episode is all about application of knowledge in the context of ultras.
Mar 18, 2021•59 min•Ep. 147
Sam Cheuvront, PhD & Robert Kenefick, PhD
Rebroadcast part 1 of 2 - Sam Cheuvront, PhD & Robert Kenefick, PhD, two of the living legends of performance hydration, bring everything you could want to know about hydration for endurance athletes starting with the basics in this episode.
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 146
Herman Pontzer PhD - Burn
Major advances in our understanding of human metabolism have been made in recent years, and they’ve been pioneered by Herman Pontzer, PhD. He, and his colleagues, are making discoveries in human metabolism and energy balance that will reshape our approach to human health for many years to come. These are fundamental breakthroughs that are providing explanations for outcomes among energy intake, exercise, and body weight that have confused us for so long. Get his new book on the show page: https:...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 145
Run With Ease (rebroadcast)
[Rebroadcast] Our goal is never to get good at suffering. Our goal is to suffer less under the same conditions, not to make running easier but to run with greater ease.
Feb 25, 2021•20 min
Keith Baar, PhD
Dr. Baar rejoins us on the show. He was previously on for episode 58. Today we illuminate the central role of connective tissue and associated proteins in transmitting force from muscle, extend that understanding to explain how muscle functions in running (hint: it’s not at all like most people think), and dive into ways that you can optimize your connective tissue health. https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/143
Feb 18, 2021•57 min•Ep. 143
Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH
Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH is a sports medicine physician, Associate Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, medical director of the Female Athlete Program at Boston Children's Hospital, Associate Director of the sports endocrine research lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a team physician for USA Rowing. Dr. Ackerman is, herself, a former national team rower. Twitter: @DrKateAckerman https://twitter.com/DrKateAckerman Female Athlete Conference: https://www.femaleathleteconferenc...
Feb 11, 2021•57 min•Ep. 142
Hiking
Hiking! I'm joined by Ian Sharman for a deep dive into training for hiking in ultras.
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 141
How much?
How much running and how much overall exercise training should you be doing to prepare yourself for ultra-marathons or other major endurance adventures? Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/140
Jan 21, 2021•26 min•Ep. 140
This is the most useful pace
If you only have one training pace, this should be it. https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/139
Jan 06, 2021•22 min•Ep. 139
Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Kelly McGonigal, PhD understands the power of mindset and movement better than anyone. Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/138
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 138
Amy Bender, PhD
A primer on the why and how of sleep for endurance athletes with Amy Bender, PhD from the Centre for Sleep. Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/137
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 137
Mileage Matters Most
Mileage is the most important factor in your training, after consistency, no matter your goals. Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/136
Nov 03, 2020•22 min•Ep. 136
Shaping Hard Sessions
Two questions answered today. Should you put intervals at the beginning or at the end of the workout? Should progression runs be done by effort or pace?
Oct 20, 2020•7 min•Ep. 135
Herman Pontzer, PhD
Herman Pontzer, PhD is an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University interested in how the human body evolved and how our species’ past has shaped our health and physiology today. He studies the ecology, lifestyle, diet and evolutionary history of humans and apes to better understand metabolism and health. As you’ll hear in the interview, we emphasize what hunter-gatherer societies can tell us about the human body because it’s the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers that created the bodies we have...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 134
Andrew Skurka & Joe McConaughy
Andrew Skurka & Joe McConaughy join me to talk about training and psychology for ultra distance events. Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/133
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 133
Stop Failing, Learn To Succeed
Let's talk about failure, success, and learning.
Sep 09, 2020•7 min•Ep. 132
Iñigo Mujika, PhD On Strength
Iñigo is back on the show, following up on his recent appearance in episode 127. In the previous episode, we talked about tapering. In this episode, talk about strength training from every angle, and we dive into two specific examples of training tweaks that made big improvements for athletes he coaches. Episode page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/131
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 131
Trent Stellingwerff, PhD
Trent Stellingwerff has been in the trenches of nutritional support and body composition in supporting athletes of all abilities for many years. Today, we talk through critical new insights that can apply to your training. Episode page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/130
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 130
Dan Moore, PhD
Dan Moore, PhD, brings us the current science on protein requirements for endurance athletes along with very practical advice for putting it into action for you. Episode page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/129
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 129
Alyssa Amos Clark
Alyssa Amos Clark is an extraordinary athlete. We start this interview after she completed 66 marathons in 66 days, on her way to many more. We finish discussing her journey, including her battles with COVID-19. Episode page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/128 Instagram: @theory_in_motion Alyssa's website: https://akamos13.wixsite.com/website
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 128
Iñigo Mujika, PhD On Tapering
Iñigo Mujika (PhD) has coached numerous Olympians, national teams, and is recognized as one of the top triathlon (swimming, cycling, and running) coaches in the world. He's published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters. He literally wrote the book on tapering, which is the main focus of our discussion though we touch on many other important and practical topics. Find all the links we talk about at https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/127
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 127
David Bishop, PhD
My guest today is David Bishop, PhD from Victoria University in Australia. He’s a world leading expert on the health and performance outcomes of exercise prescription with a particular emphasis on mitochondrial adaptations. Recently, he’s been studying the impact of twice-per-day training and that’s the main reason I brought him on the show. You’ll learn, for example, that running twice in a day may be more beneficial than training for the same duration in one long run. But we explore many other...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 126
Jose Areta, PhD
Jose Areta studies energy availability, training, and performance. We talk about his recent case study of an amenorrhoeic athlete who restored their menstrual cycle while training and competing at a high level, his comprehensive review of glycogen utilization, and how an athlete can loose weight while training for performance and periodizing carbohydrate intake. SOUP is free of advertisements and sponsors, it’s supported by listeners who find it useful: https://scienceofultra.com/support...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 125
Mark Burnley, PhD
My guest today is Mark Burnley, PhD from the University of Kent, in the UK. His principle interests concern endurance physiology, specifically the oxygen uptake and metabolic responses to exercise and the power-duration relationship. For example, he was part of the group that first validated the 3-minute all-out test to estimate critical power. He's spent much of his career questioning why a large fraction of our exercise capacity is unsustainable. In other words, we can only maintain exercise w...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 124
Patrick Wilson, PhD
Patrick Wilson (PhD) is an Associate Professor at Old Dominion University and author of a newly published book, The Athlete's Gut. He was a guest in episode 16. Today, we update our understanding of gut physiology from when he was first on the show but spend most of our time on lots of new and applied questions relevant to your training, racing, and adventures.
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 123
Andy Jones, PhD
Andy Jones is one of the world's leading experts in human performance physiology, especially in the realm of endurance. Nike recognized this when they brought him onto the Breaking 2 project. He's most famous in many circles for his pioneering work using nitrates to boost performance. Yes, this is the beetroot guy. Today we talk about mechanisms of fatigue, critical speed/power, evidence-based approaches to training, and (of course) beetroot juice.
Apr 16, 2020•54 min•Ep. 122
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