Endurance Innovation

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 1:00 why Andrew does Crossfit 5:45 the initial experience 10:00 Andrew’s one reservation 10:45 going to gyms in the era of COVID 13:00 Michael weighs in on the value of group strength training 14:30 Michael is not a fan of Crossfit for endurance athletes 15:15 during the end of Crossfit classes, the ‘Workout of...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:00 the unusual 2020 North American fire season 4:15 how harmful is exercising in poor air quality 5:30 understanding the Air Quality Index (AQI) 7:45 the classification and possible adverse effects of airborne particulate pollution  10:15 acute and chronic effects of exposure Acute decrease in lung volum...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:30 meet Art Hare 3:30 the genesis of the pre-Zwift, online cycling multiplayer training and racing platform Tour de Giro 9:15 graphics are hard 12:00 the early years of cycling multiplayer  19:30 an intro to game engines 21:00 TdG grows 25:30 a partnership with Computrainer  36:00 the fun of TdG rac...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:00 meet Pierre Facomprez, product manager at Look Cycle 6:00 a fun digression about swapping the drivetrain to the left side of the bike for track racing 14:00 the aerodynamic benefits of solid-spoke (tri-spoke) wheels This is a debate on the front wheel only. In the rear, use a disk whenever permitted Rotati...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:15 meet bike builder Tom Sturdy 10:30 Dan Empfield’s bike anatomy: above and below the ‘waist’ of the machine 13:00 not all geometry charts are created equal 14:15 fit metrics and ride characteristics are not wholly independent of one another so be careful when trusting bike reviews when the reviewer rides a...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 5:00 baseline aerodynamics CdA values Most aerodynamic male pro triathletes are around 0.200 and even below  0.230 considered very good for average-sized male 0.250 to 0.270+ is common for reasonably well-fitted male age groupers Track riders can be as low as 0.160 6:45 how much of a time difference does t...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. If you haven't yet listened to Mikael's show . It's a strong +1 from us at Endurance Innovation. 

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 2:15 meet swim and triathlon coach Ali Meeks 4:30 the motivation behind Ali’s new book: Conquer Your Fear of the Triathlon Swim 6:30 the fear of open water 10:30 the two aspects of swimming Safety Choreography  13:15 the ‘not seeing the bottom’ fear and the source of our own safety 15:30 the ‘friends in th...

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon ! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. 4:00 is training tech driving improvement at high levels of endurance sport? 5:00 proliferation of training data and data acquisition devices helps coaches first, with a trickle-down effect for self-coached athletes 9:30 performance tracking devices (watches / bike computers), heart-rate monitors, and power met...

We have a NEW SPONSORSHIP site!! We've switched to Patreon. Like the show? Prove it ! 4:15 Andrew goes (mostly) plant-based 22:15 Michael blasphemes against bike lanes 32:15 Wheel stiffness inaccuracy correction 35:15 Listener question about comparing HRV values across long time horizons   40:30 a digression on the individual nature of heart rate 45:00 Andrew’s experience with Osymetric chani...

If you're a fan of the show, please support us ! 2:00 what is Leomo and what does it do? 5 IMU (inertial measurement units) collect data from various positions on the athlete and communicate it to a head unit 10:30 how is LEOMO used in cycling analysis Bike motion performance indicators (MPIs): torso angle, torso rotation, torso rotation, pelvis angle, pelvis rotation, pelvic rock, leg angular ran...

If you're a fan of the show, please support us ! What?? No show notes?! That's right! This chat was more a story and less of a lecture or a technical discussion. So it's low key on the documentation.  But you should check out Rally. Here's the site , the Rally Instagram page, Alan's Instagram profile, and a direct link to the LCBO search results for their ale . 

If you're a fan of the show, please support us ! 1:45 the evolution of chiropractic treatment and education 9:15 sadly the injury prevalence for most endurance athletes is high: typically 50-80% of at least a minor issue 9:45 the Kissel Hierarchy of Injury Prevention Strength training: high load, low reps, compound movement-focused, more frequently in the off-season Appropriate and systematic incr...

If you're a fan of the show, please support us ! 5:00 how David encourages his athletes to prioritize recovery Understand that stress from disparate sources is to some extent cumulative Understand your minimal effective dose of training, and avoiding overdoing it for ‘the Gram’ Do not try to keep up with the Sanderses 11:30 tools for assessing fatigue and quantifying stress Quantitative tools: HRV...

If you're a fan of the show, please support us ! 1:30 meet AeroLab Founder and Associate Professor of Engineering at the University of Calgary, Chris Morton 5:30 what does the AeroLab sensor do? 7:30 how aerodynamic sensors are like toddlers 9:00 the delicate process of setting up an aerodynamic sensor vs something less sensitive to poor data inputs like a power meter or a heart rate sensor 13:00...

If you're a fan of the show, please support us ! 3:30 the existential challenges of the race industry during and after the pandemic 5:30 the role of races in the broader triathlon / endurance ecosystem 10:00 Jeff’s evolving role as TTF manager 12:45 planning for an uncertain future 14:00 the importance of ‘getting it right’ when races return 19:30 virtual racing as a funnel for in-person racing 25...

If you're a fan of the show, please support us ! 2:30 what is drag? Pressure drag is the difference in pressure that the air in front of an object exerts with the pressure that the air behind the object exerts, where front and back are relative to the direction of travel Surface drag is caused by the shearing or tugging at the air molecules by the surface of the object as it slips by 10:15 why dra...

​If you're an endurance athlete of colour and want to take us up on our offer to help you in this sport, please get in touch .  And if you like the show, please support us ! 4:00 effects of music on performance were studied during three phases Before exercise During exercise During recovery 5:30 using music to motivate sedentary people to exercise by Madison at al. No benefit derived from lis...

1:00 study on effects of swearing on perception of pain found that uttering the word ‘fuck’ during an ice-water submergence trial allowed participants to last 30% longer than those using control words. 6:30 cross-cultural study comparing the efficacy of swearing in English and Japanese speakers 14:45 listener challenge 16:00 Notio Aerometer initial impressions The CdA calculator / aero test protoc...

​If you're an endurance athlete of colour and want to take us up on our offer to help you in this sport, please get in touch .  And if you like the show, please support us ! 9:15 Erica’s study on the effect of using a menthol mouth rinse on cycling time trial performance in female athletes One prior study in males suggested efficacy, but there were no studies on females in the literature Stud...

If you like the show, please support us ! 2:30 listener question about the aerodynamics of the new-ish Nike Vaporfly shoes Aero drag formula: F drag = 1/2 V^2 x CdA Assumptions: Average shoe angle of attack is 45deg Average reduction in CdA with the optimized tail is 20% Shoe velocity is 2x runner velocity for half the total run time Total drag per shoe for an elite runner completing a marathon in...

If you like the show, please support us ! 3:00 meet Kurt 7:30 how track cycling and even time trial lends itself better to improvement through understanding the science as compared with traditional road racing 11:00 the competition in team pursuit track racing 12:45 the question of gearing 16:15 average power output of world-class male endurance cyclists 18:00 some examples of exporting the findin...

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This is Endurance Innovation's one year anniversary! 🍾 If you like the show, please support us ! 3:15 the FLO story 7:30 the early challenges of the direct-to-consumer model 10:00 unintentional scarcity  11:15 the value of learning from the mistakes of others 12:45 the value of transparency in business 14:45 the FLO Gen 1 process 17:00 FLO studying the real world 21:00 the evolution of wheel...

If you like the show, please support us ! 3:30 on Ventum’s move from South Beach FL to Heber CIty UT 6:30 Diaa on positivity in tough times 11:30 the Ventum story 21:15 Ventum’s key innovations No downtube is faster than traditional double-triangle frame outside of a windtunnel Ventum 1 is faster with hydration onboard than off EPS core carbon fibre manufacturing allows for greater material compac...