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20
Jul
Entry #030: The two lactate thresholds (LT1/LT2) — The Dual-Threshold Metabolic Architecture
As an endurance practitioner, you have likely structured training around a singular metric: the lactate threshold. This pervasive concept—often
7 min read
17
Jul
Snippet #027: Your Energy Systems Run Together, Not in Sequence
The aerobic and oxygen-independent pathways of energy production operate simultaneously from the first second of exercise.
Their relative share
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15
Jul
OpenLab #008: Allostatic Load: The Hidden Stress Budget in Endurance Training
Guest OpenLab with Dr. Sebastian Sitko: why the stress you do not train, work, sleep loss, travel, life, lands in your legs, and how to read your full allostatic budget.
19 min read
13
Jul
Entry #029: How to Read Your Power-Duration Curve, A Scientist's Walkthrough
The single chart that compresses your entire physiology into one line. Here's how to read it without the jargon.
7 min read
10
Jul
Snippet #026: Strategic Fiber Intake Stabilizes Energy by Slowing Gastric Emptying
Dietary fiber acts as a structural and viscous matrix in the digestive tract, attenuating the rate at which chyme leaves
2 min read
08
Jul
OpenLab #007: Gut training and the unfinished science of fueling with Dr. Emily Dow
Picture an age group triathlete arriving at a sports-nutrition lab convinced that gels caused her cramps during her A-
14 min read
06
Jul
Entry #028: Block and reverse periodization vs traditional + polarized
The way we organize training stress—periodization—remains a hot topic in exercise science. While the goal is to adjust
7 min read
03
Jul
Snippet #025: Gut Colonization Delays Fatigue by Preserving Carbohydrate Availability During Endurance Efforts
Specific gut bacteria typically require a prolonged supplementation period of six to twelve weeks to induce functional shifts within the
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01
Jul
Entry #027: Sleep Physiology and Performance Architecture
The prevailing model of athletic adaptation frequently treats sleep as a passive interval between training stimuli, yet the physiological reality
6 min read
29
Jun
OpenLab #006: When the Climb Stops Giving Back: Durability and the Long Game, with Carolina Karlsson
Durability is the fourth pillar of endurance, and it breaks at the hard, hot, under-fuelled end. Swedish ultra-cyclist Carolina Karlsson learned it through trial and error during multiple Everesting attempts and long distance events.
15 min read