There are ALWAYS opportunities to TEACH 🧠 something - training is not a one-way street! Vern Gambetta @coachgambetta wants you to understand that you NEED to include your athletes in the decision process, but make sure that is also a TEACHING process. In the 122nd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Vern discuss: 🌐 how to IDENTIFY, AD…

HEAT acclimation ain’t just good for HOT 🔥 weather - it MAKES you FITTER! Prof. Chris Minson wants you to understand that although heat ACCLIMATION is essential for performance in hot environments, it is also useful for HEAPS of other uses - including just plain old PERFORMANCE! In the 121st episode of The Training Science Podcast, Chris and Paul d…

Jens Voet wants you to understand that what is PLANNED will not always MATCH what is EXECUTED⚖️ . While short-term this could be just fine, but perhaps this is not such a good thing in the long run. Work on that COACH-ATHLETE relationship and do some sound monitoring to know when things are going wrong 🌡️. In the 120th episode of The Training Scien…

The biggest weapon ⚔️of SELF DESTRUCTION? YOUR STRENGTHS! Iñaki de la Parra wants you to understand that YOU can be your WORST enemy 🔫, especially if you are only focused on the thing you LIKE. There is an inherent danger of overdoing what comes easy to us. Find someone you can trust, to HELP YOU! In the 119th episode of The Training Science Podcas…

You think supplements are only good ONCE 🤔💭 you have dialed in everything else? Well… THINK AGAIN! Dr Jose Antonio would like you understand that if you are LACKING in various parts of your training and/or food department, then it is likely that you will 📢 BENEFIT EVEN MORE by taking protein, caffeine and creatine. And if not: NO WORRIES, just stop…

So, how many AVOCADOS 🥑 do you eat?! Christian Meier wants you to understand that EVERYTHING in life is about BALANCE. You cannot just push into ONE direction of training, nutrition or anything else without encountering downsides that WILL impact your sport and life. In the 117th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Christian discuss: …

Are you ACTIVELY 🔥 developing your people for the REAL WORLD 🌎? Dr Steve Ingham @ would like you to make SURE that you are SYSTEMATICALLY જ⁀➴ working towards the PROGRESS of your staff, trainees, students, interns etc. in REAL WORLD working skills. From the very start the EXPECTATIONS should be know to them! In the 116th episode of The Training Sci…

Profiling and training SPEED🏎️ individually might be 30% (!!!) of any SPRINTING performance - get ON IT! Prof. Dr. JB Morin would like you to consider that if you do not cover, train or assess the WHOLE SPECTRUM of what your athletes can or cannot do, then you are likely leaving BIG 💥💨 gains on the table. Does 30% matter to you? In the 115th episod…

PROTECT 💪 your coach for everything that you possibly can - it is WORTH IT! James Bunce wants you to understand that you NEED ✅ the coach and the coach NEEDS YOU✅. Be there for them as much as you can, so that you can build a long-term relationship. In the 114th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and James discuss: 🚀 How HELPING TO PER…

Are you ❗PUSHING❗ your abilities & fitness with … methods you NEVER😱 tried before?! Svein wants you to understand that to reach IMPROVEMENTS year after year, pretty much in any sport you need to be willing to EXPERIMENT. Trial and error might be the very best approach ✅ for any new “thing” or training plan. In the 113th episode of The Training Scie…

Do NOT LEAD with your EMOTIONAL COMMITMENT to IMPROVEMENT 🚀! Dan Howells wants you to understand that communication and problem-solving TOGETHER come before any actual solutions. If you think you have recognized SOMETHING WRONG, take several steps back first 👣. In the 112th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Dan discuss: 📖 how you ca…

So you THINK you are USING BIG & IMPORTANT 👨🏼‍💻 data? How about JUST showing up ✔️? Jake Schuster wants you to understand that the best KPIs might be rather on the SIMPLE end of the spectrum. Have you ever considered how often you just SHOW UP for the “BIG STONES” in your training? In the 111th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Jake…

HONESTY 😇, OPENNESS and CLARITY are CENTRE 🎯 at any new team “MERGER”! Chris Domogalla wants you to understand that whether you are coming with a manager and coaching staff into a new team, or just as an individual on the performance staff, you need to prioritize LETTING YOUR GUARD down, being OPEN, HONEST, and very CLEAR 💯 about where you are comi…

SPORT and TRAINING is 💖 EMOTION! Dr Marco Cardinale wants you to understand that you need to be EMOTIONALLY connected to the PEOPLE you are working with. They are NOT machines, and every emotion that you could possibly imagine are going on inside of them. And remember that you are ALLOWED to have them too. It is rather a 🎯 STRENGTH of our field ove…

Getting MORE 💪 done with the sessions you are already doing! Frank Kuhn wants you to understand that you can LOTS 🏆 done as a professional team in ONE DAY. There is no “MUST train 2x/day”. In the 108th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Frank discuss: 💪🏽 Coach-coach relationship - especially between specialists and the head coach. …

PEOPLE 🎯 are the BIGGEST super weapon of your team - NOT TECH! Stephanie Mocks wants you to understand that you need to BUILD TRUST in PEOPLE and their SKILLS - although some cool gadgets and toys are useful in exercise and sport science, you cannot work with your team if they are an “extension of yourself”. In the 107th episode of The Training Sci…

Sometimes it may be GOOD to feel SLOW & BAD 😬! Hard training should not all be flowers, ponies & “smart” tools. Phil Sesemann wants you to understand that it is OK to feel tired and keep training. If you are doing HEAPS of long or hard sessions, at some point in the next few weeks it will get harder. But you will rebound 🚀 if you structure your tra…

START right in the middle of NUTRITION & FOOD 🌮🍕🥪! Gordo Bryn wants you to understand that there is a significant difference between what WORKS FOR YOU as a normal, or even average, human being - and what works on the fringes. Remember that there are such things as OUTLIERS. In the 105th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Gordo discuss…

Are you a TALL POPPY 🌹? Or more of a small ego 😎? IT MATTERS! David Lipman wants you to understand that it is a necessity to adjust your attitude, language and behavior as a coach or consultant depending on WHERE you are - the culture of each place has very specific and SUBTLE KEY aspects that you need to consider. In the 105th episode of The Train…

Movement assessment with your EYES 👀 - maybe NOT THE BEST IDEA?! Christopher Chapman wants you to understand that your eyes are NOT THAT good at analyzing movement. When you are looking at large measurement errors through your eyes, you want to make sure to have other tools and processes in place to get around that. In the 103rd episode of The Trai…

What is 👉THIS for? What is THAT👈 for? HOW are you ENGAGING your players?! Anthony Couderc wants you to consider that you ALWAYS need to EXPLAIN with patience WHY your athletes are doing what you are asking them to do. As long as it has APPLICATION for their sport, they will likely happily do it 💯- they just need to know! In the 102nd episode of The…

ALL TRAINING is a POTENTIAL THREAT! What are YOU 😲 going to do about it?! Scott Livingston wants you to understand that in the context of neurology, all types of INPUTS could be PERCEIVED as DANGER to your athletes - they do not need to be injured for it either. In the 101st episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Scott discuss: 🧊 The PRO…

HOLY MOLY! ONE HUNDRED EPISODES 🤩! Find out what Martin & Paul think the HIGHLIGHTS ✨ were so far! Thank YOU to all LISTENERS & GUESTS ❤️! It would not be possible to continue without YOU. We enjoy these talks so much, and hope that everyone listening gets at least ONE tidbit for themselves per episode. In the 100th episode of The Training Science …

What is the MEANING & ROLE of RUNNING 🏃‍♀️ in FOOTBALL?! Raymond Verheijen wants you to understand that you need to FIRST build a basic outline of the CORE factors that make the game of football happen - and RUNNING is just a symptom ✅ of EVERYTHING else you do in football. In the 99th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Raymon disc…

EVERYTHING is connected! Working TOGETHER will always result in a NET WIN-WIN-WIN! Especially at high level FOOTBALL ⚽! Johan Lundberg-Svensson wants you to understand that COMMUNICATION and COLLABORATION between different levels of TEAMS, coaches & organizations is ESSENTIAL ✅ for success - and NOT JUST for “smaller” football countries. In the 98t…

RESPONSIBILITY, AGENCY and CHOICE 🤔 - essential for your players! Can also WORK for strength & conditioning! João Ribeiro wants you to understand that even for SPRINT sessions you can give the CONTROl and CHOICE back to your players - they will likely pick right ✅ for the day! In the 97th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and João dis…

IMAGINE ALL the things you would like to MEASURE 👉🏼 before, during and after training? How MANY sensors would you need for ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING? Dr Martin O’Reilly wants you to understand that even if you just find A BIT of OBJECTIVE 💯 data, you can have MASSIVE GAINS 👌 to your training - ESPECIALLY for all the strength and conditioning work tha…

WOMEN as coaches, trainers or sport scientists need to be 💪🏼 TOUGH?! Maria Burova wants you to consider that sometimes it can be an ADVANTAGE 🔥 to be more EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT, to LISTEN MORE and navigate GENTLY within professional sports. In the 95th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Maria discuss: 💪🏽 how to START in the SPORT…

HYPOXIA does NOT work for you? ARE YOU SURE?! Dr Iñigo Mujika wants you to understand that there is much more than its1999 Tour de France pretending that all that matters is hemoglobin mass! In the 94th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Iñigo discuss: 💪🏽 HEAT adaptation and how you can make it work IN ONLY 2 WEEKS; 🤸 all the ATHLETE…

If you are NOT CLEAR on what YOU WANT as a PERFORMANCE TEAM, you will run into COMMUNICATION ISSUES! Shane Malone wants you to understand that the TEAM BEHIND THE TEAM must also work as an actual TEAM! Make sure that you are working together with all parties, INCLUDING THE COACH to get where you need to go. In the 93rd episode of The Training Scien…

PLAY needs to be PART of your STRENGTH & CONDITIONING - YES, you read that correctly 🤓! Erin Carson wants you to understand that a lot of sports (especially LINEAR endurance sports) require us to continuously repeat the same patterns over and over again. And then you go and give the SAME LOAD to your athletes again in the gym?! Yeah, nah. In the 92…

Running on angles, curves or CHANGING directions requires BIG force! You need to prepare for that SPECIFICALLY! Andrew Gray would like you to understand that there are large differences between the various degree of curves and angles that you may be running at. And if you are doing full 180 degree turns or changes of direction, then they’ll be EVEN…

There is only SO MUCH 🤔 you can do every day as a COACH or ATHLETE - but what is your NET PERFORMANCE IMPACT ✔️? Dr Ben Sporer, author of @outputbook, wants you to understand that you CANNOT get EVERYTHING 📋 done to perfection in all time frames, and then magically expect “performance” to happen. Now, to avoid overthinking and overdoing, it is esse…

DEBRIEF and REFLECT as much as you can - but START with what went REALLY WELL 👍🏼! Dr David Joyce wants you to understand that people are generally somewhat SCARED of feedback. So, especially for the LEADERS 👨🏻‍💼 out there, model it yourself for everyone else. Ask what went well, ADMIT where you messed up, and ASK for help 🙌. In the 89th episode of …

“BEST” practice likely does not exist - not only is there MANY ways to design training, but athletes are also PEOPLE 😊, and their life will change their training DAILY! Prof Billy Sperlich wants you to understand that any system 🌐 you might design, independent of what training intensity distribution or philosophy it follows, will always fail to mee…

COMMUNICATION 💬 is the key to most aspects of successful coaching in SPORTS - BUT HOW?! Prof Igor Jukić wants you to understand that communication should be centered around a mindset of 3 pillars: EMPATHY , ego control 😈 and DIPLOMACY (aka soft skills). In the 87th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Igor discuss: 📅 how small and “p…

If you still think that sport science CANNOT be about FAITH and TRUST because it is some weird “touchy softy” 🤦‍♂️ thing, then you are likely to FAIL 😥. Prof. John Kiely wants you to understand that BELIEFS 🤩 are a building block of all training sessions. You need to INTEGRATE everything around what YOU and your ATHLETES believe to be true (placebo…

ENERGY ⚡ will get your TEAM and/or TRAINING GROUP much further than any ultra-specific programming! Jonathan Parouty wants you to understand that every group of people (not just athletes!) will build up some sort of UNIQUE energy. These DIFFER🤝🏻 significantly from group to group, and can have a major impact on how people perform. AND usually it is …

ALL athletes are HUMANS and PEOPLE first 🥇 - TREAT them that way first and foremost! Jorge Carvajal would like you to understand that athletes have emotions, feelings, thoughts 🤗 and REAL LIFE problems outside of their sport too. They are NOT some sort of machine 🤖❌ that is without any substance behind their athleticism. In the 84th episode of The …

DMAX, MLSS, CP, FTP,... 😵‍💫 - WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT ME TO MEASURE?! Dr Peter Leo wants you to understand that INDEPENDENT of WHAT parameters for training monitoring are being used, you simply NEED to be CONSISTENT 📈. It is NOT THAT important to have the newest and shiniest 💎 measurements, if you can fall back on years of data from previous metrics.…

WHAT matters the most for THE NEXT training session 🚀? Is it ALWAYS necessarily the OUTPUT? Or maybe YOU should talk directly with your ATHLETE about it? Joel Filliol wants you to understand that you need to have a BACK and FORTH with your athletes often to figure out between you WHAT is going to make a DIFFERENCE 🤔 - and HOW! In the 82nd episode o…

It is TOUGH & likely DAMAGING to your HEALTH & WELLBEING if you only obsess about that 24/7 elite grind - and YOU AREN’T EVEN THE ATHLETE😖! Richard wants you to understand that YOU are NOT DEFINED 🛑 by your working hours, your job title, or your regular career moves. And if you feel like you are, oh boy, you are either already in trouble, or you wi…

HIIT + 🍭SUGAR = GUT INFLAMMATION 🔥?! Trevor Connor wants you to understand that WHAT YOU EAT might be directly messing with your immune system - and making it a CHRONIC issue that won’t just influence your long-term health, but ALSO YOUR PERFORMANCE😱! In the 80th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Trevor discuss: 🚴 how he himself DID…

COACH != TRAINER😱 Scott wants you to understand that you cannot simply DELIVER training and call yourself a coach. There is SO MUCH MORE for you to contribute to the people you work with then just a simple instructional “parent - child” relationship. In the 79th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Scott discuss: ⛷️ how AUSTRALIAN spor…

HIIT is not necessarily going to work for EVERYONE 🤯 - especially if you are already training quite a bit! Rune wants you to understand that a lot of HIIT studies and data points have lacked a “load” matched comparison; thus it is uncertain whether HIIT’s effects are down to simply “training with higher load” (or something, because often “total wor…

What is the MINIMAL amount of carbs 🍬 that you NEED for ENDURANCE?! WHAT IF taking >= 60g of carbs per hour COMPLETELY STOPS your liver GLUCOSE production 😱? Prof. Tim Noakes wants you to understand that for long endurance efforts you simply do NOT NEED❌ massive amounts of EXOGENOUS carbohydrates. There is a minimal amount of carbs that you need to…

CRAZY long endurance IS POSSIBLE with a minimal amount of carbs 📉. Our bodies are AMAZING at ADAPTING 🌟 to the FOOD that you eat! Sami Inkinen wants you to understand that it is possible to do VERY LONG endurance efforts 🚣🏽‍♀️ and to do them well with little or even ZERO carbohydrates ingested. Yes, it might take you some time to adapt ✅, and NO, y…

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Sleep 💤 is SO MUCH MORE than you think - it even CLEARS UP your brain! Dr. Greg Wells wants you to understand that ALL HIGH performers require the best possible sleep - correction: ALL humans require the best possible sleep 🌙🛏️💤 to function well. Remember that when you are ONLY thinking about training parameters for your athletes next time! In the …

KETONES cannot be simply used FOR EVERYTHING 🤦🏻‍♀️! Even though there is more and more science emerging, it is still in its infancy - but there are some CORE FUNCTIONS and BENEFITS! Dr Chiel Poffé wants you to know that it is probably best to use it for RECOVERY (after exercise!), and before sleep, so that you enhance ADAPTATIONS from training. In …