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07
Oct
OpenLab #011: What Fits: Norm Alvis on Four Decades of Pairing Proven Training With a Changing Life

OpenLab #011: What Fits: Norm Alvis on Four Decades of Pairing Proven Training With a Changing Life

Norman Alvis says the science is proven and the art is the fit. The evidence agrees with him more than it usually agrees with a claim that broad.
15 min read
09
Sep
The athletes at the end of the alphabet

The athletes at the end of the alphabet

Bruna Maia is a runner, a data scientist and an electrical engineer. She played tennis at international level for a
15 min read
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.
18 min read
15
Jul
Dr. Sebastian Sitko — OpenLab on allostatic load

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
08
Jul
OpenLab #007: Gut training and the unfinished science of fueling with Dr. Emily Dow

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
29
Jun
OpenLab #006: When the Climb Stops Giving Back: Durability and the Long Game, with Carolina Karlsson

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
24
Jun
#OpenLab 005: The Mind as a Performance Tool: Ultra-Endurance Cycling with Jack Thompson

#OpenLab 005: The Mind as a Performance Tool: Ultra-Endurance Cycling with Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson is a world-record ultra-endurance cyclist who rode one million meters of elevation in 52 weeks during
15 min read