Endurance Planet

An information-packed episode that every endurance athlete should hear featuring special guest  Dr. Susanne Bennett , who specializes in hormones, allergies, clinical nutrition, environmental and lifestyle medicine. She is the author of best-seller  The 7 Day Allergy Makeover , a step-by-step program providing natural solutions to eliminate allergies and restore vibrant health from the inside out....

Dr. Tamsin Lewis , profession triathlete and sports medicine doctor, joins the show for a special edition of Sports Nutrition. Topics covered in this show include: -Her background and overcoming an eating disorder to become a strong pro triathlete -Sex-specific fueling and hormonal issues for female endurance athletes -Disordered eating in endurance sports that can have negative effects on health...

Lucho and Tawnee team up for "Ask the Ultrarunner" and Lucho's wisdom, with answers to your questions and more: -Advice on driving home after a marathon/ultra to mitigate DOMS, swelling, and still promote recovery. And also managing fatigue on that long post-race drive. -Doing 50-mile races as training for a mountain 100M, and/or concentrate on doing higher mileage training at home -How much shoul...

Lucho and Tawnee team up for Ask the Ultrarunner with the latest and answers to your questions: In this show: -Chrissie Wellington to do Leadville 100 MTB -Hobie Call - from sub-2:00 marathon goal to obstacle racer -How to know if you went into your marathon too "cooked" and fatigued resulting in going much slower than your goal -MAF and speedwork for 50k training and using shorter races to "get i...

The Real Starky  makes his exclusive podcast debut on Endurance Planet, and we get to know this mysterious character a bit more, why he's doing what he's doing, and  perhaps  even find out his real identity. (If you haven't heard of him, he's created a popular Twitter  parody account  in which he says it like it and, as such, can sometimes be offensive and brutally honest.)   As he does on Twitter...

Lucho and Tawnee team up for "Ask The Coaches" to answer your questions on:   -Planning a season around half-Ironman and marathon racing, and why "getting ahead" in run training is a great idea -What does it mean (and say about your level of fitness or lackthereof) when your Z2 HR from a typical Joe Friel/LTHR test is so far off from your calculated MAF HR. -Deep tissue massage before a race? Pros...

Joe DeSena, the co-founder of the  Spartan Race Series  and accomplished endurance athlete, joins the show to talk all about obstacle racing and exclusive news on his new book. Specifically we talk about:   -Growth of obstacle racing, how many Spartan races are offered, where, etc. -Types of Spartan races and The Death Race (distances, difficulty, etc) -How to train for obstacle racing: strength a...

Lucho and Tawnee team up to answer your questions on: . -Beard talk, and Lucho's beard -When MAF pace is closing the gap on my tempo pace, how do you push out tempo pace? What % of weekly mileage should be tempo, speed, or hills? -Back-to-back races: Running 16 miles, then mountain biking 32 miles. How to train now, especially when there's still snow to deal with. -Tips for a clicky knee during tr...

Ben Greenfield joins to answer your questions on: . -Adaptogens and what are they? Are there any worries with intake of too much of adaptogens? What different adaptogens do in the body to support the athlete? When is it beneficial to take them? Use them before or during long races? Best types and more? -Female endurance athlete trying to figure the best amount/type of carbs to eat, which to avoid,...

Dr. David Minkoff joins the show to answer a bunch of great sports medicine questions on: -Magnesium and Vitamin D as alternatives to blood pressure meds for high blood pressure - why it's safe and won't interfere with training -How much is "too much" for older runners -Ear pain during exercise -Osteoarthritis in the hip - why your running days are not over, and how to treat this -Tips to get ride...

Lucho and Tawnee present this episode of Ask The Coaches, featuring an intro talk about Lucho's plan to return to racing and his goals for Leadman 2015, how he'll manage it in his life, and more.   Answers to your questions on: -Advice on how to approach training for optimal performance in short-course and long-course triathlons -Tawnee's Ironman nutrition plan tips for women -How to avoid a bonk...

Zach Bitter  is an elite ultrarunner and last December at the Desert Solstice 24-Hour Race in Phoenix, Zach broke the American 100-mile record with a time of 11:47:21. He went on to also set a new world record for distance run in 12 hours, covering 101.66 miles. Zach uses a high-fat, lower-carb, moderate-protein diet to maximize his performance and he's extremely in tune with his nutrition, body,...

Brock Armstrong  is the popular co-host of the Ben Greenfield Fitness podcast, an endurance sports coach at Skywalker Fitness, and avid endurance athlete. For the first time ever he opens up on a podcast about his past, telling his story of experiencing an illness that led to multiple heart failures and near-death experiences, which ultimately transformed his life and led him to his current career...

Lucho and Tawnee for Ask the Ultrarunner with answers to your questions on: -Stick to just MAF for ~28 weeks until a 100-mile Ultra run? Or add intensity/anaerobic work? -Having trouble keeping HR in MAF/higher near end of long runs (20+ miles) - why? -Muscular imbalances in hip external rotators highlighted by single-leg squats -- how this can hinder performance and how to fix it -Can't race for...

Ben Greenfield joins the show to talk sports nutrition and more. We cover: . -Thoughts on elevation training masks -Ben's experience in the new low-carb athlete study (aka The Faster Study) with Dr. Jeff Volek and Steve Phinney; the testing protocol; Ben's VO2max, threshold and fat-burning results (in detail!); implications of the study and more -Is there anything that inhibits and/or helps Vitami...

-Racing an Xterra, 70.3, and Ironman in one season: When to ride the MTB vs. road/tri bike? Is a 3hr ride a 3hr ride regardless of the bike? -Three-year plan to try and qualify for Kona in the 40-44 age group for a reasonably well rounded athlete, advice! -Groin pain after intense runs - what's the cause, is it muscle imbalance, weakness, etc, and how to fix? -"The Lucho Guide to Heart Rate Traini...

Audio edition from this week's  video special  featuring  Dina Griffin, MS, RD, CSSD, METS , putting your host Tawnee Prazak through a metabolic efficiency test out of Kompetitive Edge in Denver, Colo. For EP's YouTube page with the full video that also includes charts, graphs and more,  head to www.youtube.com/enduranceplanetTV.

Ben Greenfield joins the show to answer your questions and talk the latest in sports nutrition. On this show we discuss:   -The benefits on eating organic grassfed heart: its mitochondrial content, dense nutrient profile, and heart's potential benefit for athletic performance -Are women's-specific nutrition products necessary, and more details on female stuff: the menstrual cycle, phases and how t...

Valentine's special with endurance sports couple Lane and Jennifer Vogel on their evolution into racing, living in a dual-athlete household and having fun. 

Listen to the audio from a recent  video podcast  that Lucho and Tawnee recorded at Lucho's Colorado house. For the full video visit our  YouTube.com/EndurancePlanetTV  page! What's included: Weekend recap and brewery reviews Metabolic Efficiency Test discussion Listener questions Push-up and plank challenge More listener questions