Science Of Ultra
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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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148 ਐਪੀਸੋਡHillary 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, an...
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.
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 ath...
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 wa...
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...
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...
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 protein...
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 At...
Hiking
Hiking! I'm joined by Ian Sharman for a deep dive into training for hiking in ultras.
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 adventure...
This is the most useful pace
If you only have one training pace, this should be it.
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Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Kelly McGonigal, PhD understands the power of mindset and movement better than anyone.
Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/138
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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.co...
Mileage Matters Most
Mileage is the most important factor in your training, after consistency, no matter your goals.
Show page: https://scienceofultra.com/podcasts/1...
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 pac...
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...
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/po...
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, t...
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...
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 acti...
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...
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) coac...
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 exerc...
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 m...
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 oxy...
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 e...
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...
Father-Son World Record Marathon
Dr. Julien Louis takes us through the training, pacing, and physiology of the father-son duo who set a new world record for combined time in the marat...
Is Your Training Bent?
Mapping your training and then seeing what events (races, or adventures) fit on your map, without bending it, keeps the focus on what’s most important...
Finish Low With Drs. Morton And Louis
This is a deep dive into carbohydrate periodization with Drs. James Morton and Julien Louis where we explain the science behind our recommendation of...
Dr. Ron Maughan
Dr. Ron Maughan is arguably the most recognized name in sports nutrition. I was fortunate to meet with him in St Andrews, Scotland for our discussion....
Run With Ease
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 e...
Genes And Placebos
Today’s conversation is with John Kiely and Craig Pickering. John was on episode 52; we talked the lack of evidence supporting periodized training pro...
Are rest days needed?
Rest days are a staple of most running programs. But are they needed. In this episode we reframe our view of exercise, rest, and recovery time to help...
CC18 Roundtable
A T/F from each of our four coaches posed to the group to wrap up 2019. Does level running speed translate to uphill abilities, is training for a 200...
CC17 Is an off-season right for you?
Our four coaches discuss taking time off.
If you’re looking for a coach, or just have questions, you can reach
David Roche at SWAPrunning...