Endurance Planet

This episode of Ask The Coaches is brought to you by SweetBeatLife, which now is offered with a HealthPatch, which conveniently sticks to the skin and eliminates the need for a heart rate strap. Find out more at at  enduranceplanet.com/sweetbeat . On this episode Lucho and Tawnee talk discuss and give answers on: -Strength training and what the coach's are doing lately in the gym -Swim analysis fo...

Ray Cronise  spent 15 years at NASA but after gaining weight his life took a different path when he sought solutions to achieve personal weight loss. His background in science led him to study the human body's nutritional and caloric energy balance, and how to drive weight loss through basic thermodynamic principles. He now operates a popular blog,  hypothermics.com . On this show we learn a bit m...

This episode of ATU is brought to you by  Conquer Bikes , which offers fully customized carbon wheels at affordable prices and also gives back by donating a bike to an underprivileged child for every wheelset they sell. Find out more at  www.enduranceplanet.com/wheels . On this edition of "Ask The Ultrarunner," Lucho and Tawnee talk about their current training, and what they're doing including Lu...

Ever been curious about how this show "ticks?" Then listen to this special inside look at the Endurance Planet podcast featuring lots of fun stories and information. In this show you'll learn: -How and why Ben Greenfield and Tawnee Prazak got involved with Endurance Plant back in 2011. -What our goals are for this podcast, for you, and what's in store for the future. -About how you can get involve...

In effort to continually feature the stories of amazing amateur endurance athletes, on this show we talk with triathlete Mike Wasserman. Mike is in his 50s, and got a late start in endurance sport, but he's cracked the code on how to maintain a sturdy, injury-free and fit body that allows him to race everything from marathons to triathlons up to the Ironman distance year after year (with some very...

This episode of "Ask the Coaches" is brought to you by the new and improved  SweetBeatLife  app by SweetWater Health, which measures heart rate variability (HRV) and much more with the utmost accuracy. Head to  enduranceplanet.com/sweetbeat  to learn more and download! In this show Lucho and Tawnee catch up on what's new in their lives and answer your questions on: -How bad can multiple Ironmans a...

Ben Greenfield joins the show to discuss and answer your questions on: -Top things recommended for a pregnant endurance athlete (triathlete) in regards to nutrition -- macronutrients/micronutrients, supplements, other baby-friendly practices, resource recommendations, and even how to handle those cravings -Extra skin after extreme weight loss: how to measure how much skin, how to get rid of it, an...

Learn how to hack your run with  Sami Inkinen , one of triathlon's fastest age-groupers who's known for a minimalist style of training and just recently won top amateur at Wildflower on limited time by hacking his run. Sami is a successful entrepreneur and businessman and co-founder of Trulia.com, and he's all about optimizing physical performance while still working 90-hour weeks and traveling ex...

-How to know if you're ready for 50k training on limited time? Or should you wait until later in life? And how to approach an 11-month time for training on average only 4 days per week -- MAF, intensity, both? -Do older athletes need more intensity or MAF-based approach? -Energy systems and being anaerobic vs. aerobic? How long does it take to get back into your mostly aerobic energy system if you...

In light of host Tawnee Prazak's recent wrist fracture, we're doing a special series on bone health and fracture healing for athletes, with today's show featuring Ben Rawson, DO, a Clinical Instructor and Pain/MSK Fellow at University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics who will soon be joining a group in Austin, TX, which focuses on Regenerative Medicine to treat musculoskeletal conditions. He has...

We're joined by Dr. Tamsin Lewis for an episode of Sports Nutrition (and other health and wellness topics) to discuss the following: -Tamsin's recent bike crash during a 70.3 and how she recovered quickly in order to race again -That first half-Ironman and how to figure out the right nutrition to avoid bonk -Can getting nutrition "wrong" have short- and long-term ill effects? -Is it dangerous to s...

Lucho and Tawnee for Ask the Coaches:   -Run video analysis featuring Nilo A. (see video below) -Followup comments on cortisone and ice baths. -Best tactics for training in the heat / training for a hot race? Heat acclimatization, etc. -Should runners switch to perceived exertion instead of heart rate on hot days, or have an allowance for a higher rate? -Should you do a practice 70.3 for full Iron...

A sports psychology special with mental skills training coach  Carrie Cheadle , who specializes in working with endurance athletes and is the author of the recently published a book,  On Top of Your Game: Mental Skills to Maximize Your Athletic Performance .  On this show she joins us to dive into topics to help improve your training, race performance and overall life including info on: -how much...

We are joined by sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald again for an exclusive look into his new book, "Diet Cults" in an interview unlike any you've yet to hear with Matt thus far. We talk about everything from Agnostic Healthy Eating to proven secrets to successful weight loss, and much more. Get a glimpse into this hit book with Matt's commentary. Among the topics in this show, we discuss the foll...

Lucho and Tawnee team up to answer your questions on: -Risks and benefits to cortisone shots. Specifically: dealing with a torn muscle with an ultra approaching -- get a cortisone shot to relieve pain and still be able to run, or not? -Cross-training sabotaging ultra racing? Strength training more and now running slower. -Are ice baths worthwhile or is it a waste of time energy? -The role of the p...

One of our most unique, informative and funniest episodes of Ask the Coaches to date with Lucho and Tawnee! We begin the show with our first-ever run analysis, as Tawnee and Lucho critique the run from this video submitted by Nathan. Listen to what the coaches have to say, and watch the video at enduranceplanet.com. From there, answers to your questions on: -New to triathlon and got a lottery slot...

We are joined by triathlon expert and LAVA Magazine Editor Brad Culp for a new edition of Multisport News. In this show we cover: -Results and recap of the US 70.3 Championships held at St. George, Utah, including detailed insight on the big-name pros who showed up to race. -Results and recap of the Wildflower Triathlon, including how they executed the race this year with drought conditions and th...

Endurance Planet continues our new feature "Endurance Love" podcasts that highlight a couple in endurance sports who rocks it in their relationship and in triathlon. This episode features triathletes Mike Feldman and Lauren Martz, of Indiana, who have quite the story to share starting with how they met, their not-so-average dating life, and most recently their engagement! We hear how Mike, who's o...

Ben Greenfield joins the show to answer your questions and discuss the following sports nutrition topics: - -The possibility of depleting mineral stores while going low carb. -The 7 supplements for low carb dieters, and why/when we need them -At-home blood glucose testing to gauge carb intake -Alkalinity: What are the facts, ins/outs, risks/benefits of an alkaline-based lifestyle for your average...

We are joined by Lucho for this addition of Ask the Ultrarunner featuring answers to your questions on: - -If you had the chance to train a chronically injured athlete such as Anton Krupicka, how would you change their training given their injury history to make them stronger/less injury prone? Lifting? Cross training? -Upper body mechanics in running and suggestions for upper body strengthening t...

Lucho and Tawnee team up to answer your questions on: . -How do you go about determining “race pace.” Specifically for a marathon and a BQ, but also for triathlon and in general. -When trying to stay around goal watts on bike, what's your opinion on what to do when you get in a pack legally and power drops along with heart rate drops but speed is the same? Do you go around and keep power up or sit...

Dave Jewell, one of the running shoe industry's top leading experts and longtime endurance athlete, joins to give a complete guide to running shoes and using shoes to stay injury free and thrive. Dave got his start in the running shoe world in 1989 when Paul Huddle asked Dave, "Do you want to sell shoes?" The rest is history as they say. Today Dave is the director of footwear marketing for Zoot Sp...

On Monday, April 21, 2014 the hearts of runners and endurance athletes worldwide were with Boston. It was a momentous day in which the running community and folks of Boston took back the Boston Marathon, one year after the tragic bombings. On this special episode, host Tawnee Prazak has an exclusive chat with marathoner Dr. Freddie So from his Boston hotel overlooking the finish, just a couple hou...

Ben Greenfield joins the show to answer your questions on: The benefits/ pros and cons of honey vs. maple syrup for fueling endurance and in general
 How long does it take to become 'fat adapted' -- in life and for enhanced sport performance
 Locust-based protein powder (and also: lotus root) 
Help for athlete with ischemic colitis, supplement advice, and is Imodium AD ok for racing?
 Why Bulletpr...

Lucho and Tawnee team up to answer your questions on:   -Select and customize a good marathon training program to get to the next level -- and specifics on choosing from Hudson, Friel, Hanson, Higdon, Daniels -Aqua jogging for injury, maintaining fitness and general cross training -Recommendation for a 12-week 10k program for an experienced runner.   -What are the pros and cons of a sleeveless wet...