Endurance Innovation

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Today, we welcome our new sponsor 4iiii Innovations . If you’re in the market for a power meter or a HR monitor, give them a go!  1:30 logistical challenges can lead to innovation in sustainability practices 5:45 the 4iiii buy-back program 14:30 the second-hand bike market 22:30 sport nutrition packaging recycling by TerraCycle 27:30 Michael’s tips on reducing sport nutrition waste 33:00 Andr...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:00 Have a listen to our first chat with Bruce Rogers 3:00 ANT+ vs Bluetooth connection options in performing DFA a1 analysis 10:15 which brands / models of HR straps can be used for the a1 HRV analysis 14:30 what happens to a1 over long exercise bouts and how does it correlate to HR drift? 22:30 are my result...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:45 meet Dr. Wanja Wolff 2:15 meet Prof. James Danckert 5:00 the clinical definition of self control - aka willpower  7:00 the clinical definition of boredom  9:00 how prior self control exertion affects a subsequent endurance task. 12:30 how boredom may be a confound in above experiments 14:30 the v...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 3:00 Brodie’s introduction to pain science 7:15 pain in a new light: pain as threat perception 8:15 pain is generated entirely in the brain 10:30 the role of historical context in perception of pain 12:00 Michael’s lax ankle ligaments 16:30 is it possible to ‘unlearn’ pain? 19:00 Brodie’s hypothesis on how kids...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:15 meet Martin Toft Madsen 6:00 how a UCI rule change in 2015 made the hour record exciting again 9:45 meet Magnus Ditlev 16:00 Martin’s role in making Magnus more slippery on the bike  17:45 the evolution of cycling aerodynamic analysis 21:45 the latest step in testing: track and outdoor 22:15 the proce...

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Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:30 the UCI ban on ‘puppy paws’ 4:30 3 cases of the aerodynamics of a larger rider Baseline position: riding with a fairly low torso but with hands on hoods (forearms close to horizontal) yielded a CdA of 0.259 in ‘puppy paw’ posture yielded a CdA of 0.233, an increase in speed on flats of 1.5kph at 300W over...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 3:00 why does the world need an AI-assisted coaching platform? 8:00 how machine learning may be useful in designing optimal training prescriptions 10:00 the Athletica outputs  11:30 the future human coach assistant functionality  12:00 how do you change the plan when things go off plan? 17:15 how does...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:30 meet Dr Amy Bender 3:00 an overview of the importance of sleep One of the pillars of health Impacts nutrition Ability to execute training Chronic poor sleep associated with a number of negative health outcomes Impacts injury risk Immune health 7:30 sleep quantity guidelines 7 - 9 hours, depending on traini...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:30 Richard Lang and the history of Spok’d 4:00 the challenges of building an algorithm-driven coaching platform 8:45 the trouble with subjective scores 11:45 the Spok’d approach to incorporating subjective metrics 13:30 Spok’d inputs Rider assessment Season goals and the plan builder Availability to train 20:...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 4:00 upcoming topics AI and machine learning and endurance training How to improve your sleep 9:30 listener shoutouts 14:00 Andrew and Michael continue to experiment with the Core sensor Andrew does a brick All-day wear 25:30 Michael experiments with the Alpha 1 HRV analysis to determine AeT Learn more about th...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 4:00 Professor Costas Karageorghis  10:00 the history of research of music and physical activity 14:45 a look ‘under the bonnet’ at the brain’s role in mediating athletic performance and the influence of music on this process. Playing music appears to have the following effects Improvement in brain oxygena...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:30 Bruce’s introduction to HRV 7:30 defining heart rate variability (HRV) and its response to exercise 11:45 the non-linear HRV index DFA a1 (alpha 1) 12:30 looking at fractals on random walks  17:00 a discussion of exercise intensity distribution and thresholds 20:00 the challenges with measuring or est...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:30 one side of race announcing 5:45 the early days of Kona 7:00 the drive for exploration 10:00 Lionel’s hour bid 16:30 racing without crowds 20:00 a race emcee’s life in the year COVID 23:15 the Canadian Endurance Sports Alliance 27:00 the endurance events stats in Canada >2M annual participants  $1B...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love.

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 4:15 Dan’s interest in the sea level hour record 8:00 sea level vs altitude hour attempts At altitude, reduce aero drag by ~20% to 25% (at world record hour speeds) while only losing 10% of aerobic capacity The higher the speed the greater the benefit of altitude. That is, the faster the event, the higher up yo...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 3:00 core body temp sensor first impressions 9:00 Andrew’s experiments with thermal cameras and training 10:00 delta between skin temp and core temp 11:30 other possible applications Core temp vs RPE Heat training target temperature Testing intervention efficacy 19:00 core sensor nuances 21:30 to grease or not...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 3:00 what is overreaching and how it differs from overtraining Overtraining is a chronic medical condition often with a hormonal imbalance component where performance and general health are noticeably degraded. It may take months to years to resolve. Overreaching is an acute (short term) effect of performance&n...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:45 New Motion Lab’s radical new bike chain 7:45 listener question: why are Zwift rides so much faster than real life? 20:45 dressing for winter activities 29:45 transitioning to indoor riding 36:15 the racing outlook for 2021 in Canada 39:00 athletes who are able to lie to themselves perform better in enduran...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:45 Brad’s exposure to cycling 7:00 lessons from US amateur bicycle racing 9:00 the challenges of 2020 11:00 Brad’s ‘why’ of entering municipal politics 15:00 Toronto’s pre and mid-COVID plans for sustainable transportation 18:00 the features of Toronto’s ActiveTO program 19:30 the challenges of growing cyclin...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 3:00 Aerodynamic Drag in Cycling Pelotons by Bert Blocken, et al. 3:45 Pelotons in the natural world 10:00 why it took so long to study large pelotons 24:30 our assumptions of aero drag reductions in pelotons 26:00 study results: up to a 95%!! reduction in drag 27:45 drag reduction in the lead rider up to 15% 3...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:30 a bit about Pro and the Sport Product Testing group of the Canadian Sport Institute and the ‘Fit, Feel, Function’ process 6:15 why is wrist-based optical HR so useless when cycling 8:00 optical HR carries a lag time to true HR of up to 120 seconds 9:30 optical HR motion artifact errors  14:00 the chal...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 3:00 how the Core Body Sensor works and heat flux vs temperature 7:00 the value of knowing your core temperature (for an athlete) Optimize heat training Pace hot races better and preemptively put on the brakes when needed  23:00 why you can get so hot while swimming 24:30 the Core Body Temp sensor 28:45 ho...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:30 it takes 20+ years for research findings to trickle down to the general public 7:00 Plantar Fasciitis / Plantar Fasciopathy Causes: rapid change in training load, terrain, shoe type, amount of time spent on your feet in non-training situations Symptoms: often very gradual onset with early morning stiffness...