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26
Aug

Hi (again). I`m Thomas

Many Mondays in, a growing community and time for a proper re-ntroduction: who writes this, why it started, and the half of the work a newsletter could not do on its own.
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24
Aug
Entry #035: The Aging Engine: What Masters Athletes Reveal About Mitochondrial Decline

Entry #035: The Aging Engine: What Masters Athletes Reveal About Mitochondrial Decline

A muscle biopsy from a seventy year old cyclist who has trained for three decades does not read like a
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21
Aug
Snippet #032: Muscle Memory Is Written in Your DNA's Dimmer Switches

Snippet #032: Muscle Memory Is Written in Your DNA's Dimmer Switches

DNA methylation works like a set of dimmer switches sitting on top of your genes, turning each one down or
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17
Aug
Entry #034: Reading Training Load: The Fitness-Fatigue Balance

Entry #034: Reading Training Load: The Fitness-Fatigue Balance

Two athletes finish the exact same twelve week block: same sessions, same hours, same numbers logged to the watch. One
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14
Aug
Snippet #031: Why Humid Air Kills Performance Even in Moderate Heat

Snippet #031: Why Humid Air Kills Performance Even in Moderate Heat

Sweat cools the body only when it evaporates, and evaporation depends on the water vapor pressure difference between skin and
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12
Aug
OpenLab #009: An evidence-first way to spend on supplements

OpenLab #009: An evidence-first way to spend on supplements

Averi Firari is a USA Cycling-certified endurance coach and kinesiology instructor at James Madison University. He holds an M.
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10
Aug
Entry #033: The Hot Room as Recovery: What Sauna Does for the Tired Body

Entry #033: The Hot Room as Recovery: What Sauna Does for the Tired Body

There is a particular kind of evening that endurance athletes know well. The hard session is done, the legs are
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07
Aug
Snippet #030: Cold Water After Lifting Can Quietly Undercut Long-Term Muscle Gains

Snippet #030: Cold Water After Lifting Can Quietly Undercut Long-Term Muscle Gains

Cold water immersion after resistance training is associated with blunted satellite cell activity and reduced phosphorylation of p70S6 kinase, a
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03
Aug
Entry #032: Sleep and Endurance: The Recovery Window You Cannot Train Around

Entry #032: Sleep and Endurance: The Recovery Window You Cannot Train Around

You finish a hard week. The legs are heavy, the long ride or run sits in the log, and the
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31
Jul
Snippet #029: How the Heart Resets After Hard Effort

Snippet #029: How the Heart Resets After Hard Effort

When exercise ends, the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system, suppressed during hard efforts, gradually reactivates. This reactivation rate
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