The Supersapiens Podcast

Jack joins us to talk about his 2022 project. We talk Everesting, prepping for the year, nutrition and what things look like for Jack going forward. Enjoy, and please see the links below for blogs on Jack, his website and where you can donate. 01:33 – Community shoutouts and Supersapiens’ opportunity with the NBA Launchpad 05:53 – Dave and Xylon’s upcoming events 09:23 – Episode start 10:55 – How...

Jared previously worked as a business consultant, fitness coach and life coach. He is also an ex golf pro, pickleball aficionado and has lived in Cuba, twice. Additionally recently retired from twitch streaming Call of Duty and is the supporting organism for one of the world’s best moustaches. Show notes: 01:00 – Xylon gets outrun by children 02:02 – Community shoutouts 05:33 – Dave’s training 09:...

We’re talking to Ryan Collins from Maryland in the US. In 2017, Ryan was invited to the Olympic training center in a bid to make it to the Olympics but an accident with a car ended that dream. His dedication through surgery then rehab saw him come back to win the USA 12-hour TT national championships  and setting an age group record in the World Time Trial Championship. In 2020 he held three...

Fatima is a professional free diver and a 3 time world champion. In addition to being Hungary’s first world champion free diver, she holds 16 national records and has dived to a distance of 101m. 2:00 – Supersapiens in the Free-Diving World 2:35 – Community Shoutouts 5:38 – David’s training and Xylon’s question about his training 10:41 – David’s nutrition experimentation in preparation for London...

James MacDonald is an ultra endurance cyclist who holds the record for the fastest solo ride from John O'Groats to Land's End AND back again, covering 2711 kilometers in 5 days, 18 hours, and 3 minutes. He has completed race across America where participants must ride 3000 miles across 12 states. By day he works as a customer engineer at Google. 03:05 – Community Shoutouts 07:23 – Insights into fo...

Kristina Skroce is a Sport Physiologist at Supersapiens and PhD student at University of Rihecka (Faculty of Medicine). Kristina has coached elite triathletes for the Italian and Croatian national teams and is a former coach at Team Novo Nordisk. She holds a Master’s of Science in Sports & Exercise from the university of Verona. Kristina has 12 publications and over 50 citations, no mean feat...

Kristian Blummenfelt is the current Olympic triathlon champion, IRONMAN 70.3 WorldChampion, former IRONMAN world champion and current IRONMAN World Record holder. Kristian is also the first man to go under 7 hours for the IRONMAN distance and is part of the Norwegian hype train... BUT his biggest claim to fame is becoming the first person to beat Gustav Iden in his lucky hat, which we discuss in t...

Gustav Iden started his career in 2014 where he won both the Norwegian triathlon and Duathlon titles. He went on to score a top 10 in the junior world championships the following year. He is the current IRONMAN World Champion and course record holder in Kona, former multiple 70.3 world champion and a double WTS bronze medalist. He is part of the Norwegian hype train and won 10 out of 10 races wear...

In this upcoming episode, we sat down with IRONMAN World Champion, Gustav Iden. The full episode will be out on 28 November. Subscribe to the Supersapiens podcast to not miss it. Topics in the episode will include: Training with data versus feel. How frequently he chooses to race. How they choose when to have days off. Working with ON to develop his new shoes. Being an honorary citizen of Taiwan N...

Robby Ketchell, is a data scientist in professional sports began with Garmin-Sharp Pro Cycling where he was the Director of Sports Science and was known as the team’s 'secret weapon' for the number of innovations he brought to the sport. Among his many technological achievements, Ketchell is the creator of the fastest speed suit in the world, the BAT Box (the world’s first on-board measuring devic...

Bobby Julich joins David and Xylon to hear about their respective experiences at the Berlin Marathon and IRONMAN World Championships in Kona.  02:11 – David’s post marathon training protocol 03:43 – How bad is post marathon soreness and what impacts it? 06:00 – Bobby’s efforts at the Hincapie Gran Fondo 13:20 – Xylon’s training since Kona 14:20 – User question regarding the glucose score and...

In this episode, David is here to help us learn about Marathon fueling. How to avoid the bonk and perfect your marathon nutrition plan. Marathon is unique in that it is close to anaerobic threshold - close to the fire without getting burned 3:13 – Community Shoutouts 5:00 – Teaser of upcoming episode 6:00 – Xylon and Dave’s training 7:45 – What happens when you have time off endurance training 10:...

Andy Blow has a degree in exercise and sports science from the university of Bath and previously worked as the Team Sports Scientist for the Benetton and Renault Formula 1 teams, and remains an adviser to the Porsche Human Performance Centre . Andy was an elite level triathlete in his younger days, finishing in the top-10 of Ironman and IM 70.3 races, as well as winning an age-grouper Xterra World...

Emma is a 2x World Duathlon Champ, World Aquathlon Champ, Silver medalist IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships, Current IRONMAN 70.3 European Champion, this year she’s also won Ironman 70.3’s Zell am See, Mallorca and Challenge Riccione. Over the past six years has won countless Challenge and IRONMAN middle distance races. 01:20 – David’s Berlin prep, carb loading and fueling plan, changing from pace...

In this episode we chat to Dr Federico Fontana and get a behind the scenes look into how Supersapiens approaches scientific development.  00:48 – Interview 02:30 – Fede’s academic path to get to his current position. 03:43 – Fede’s PhD studies and how it influenced his decision to move into industry 06:30 – How Supersapiens is using statistics to drive understanding of glucose metabolism in p...

We have an insightful chat with the impressive Matthew Marquardt. How is he balancing racing triathlon at a high level while going to medical school? When we say "racing at a high level," we mean he is racing as an amateur while beating professionals. Matthew talks about his training weeks, nutrition and what he is doing in preparation for IRONMAN Kona and St George.  01:00 – Xylon and Dave t...

2:30 – How do you design a fueling plan 14:54 – What are simple carbohydrates and examples of these? 15:53 – Do you need to drink when you take a gel? 18:05 – How does heat impact your fluid intake plan? 20:25 – Do nutrition plans differ between sports? 24:21 – How can you use Supersapiens to dial in your nutrition plan? 27:58 – Using the Supersapiens Glucose Score to evaluate your race fueling. 2...

Bobby Julich is a former world-class professional cyclist who is a podium finisher in the Tour de France and an Olympic medalist. He won the silver medal in the 2004 Olympic individual time trial. Since retiring, he’s held coaching positions at some of the best cycling teams in the world like, Team Saxo Bank, Team Sky, Team BMC and Tinkoff. Bobby is part of the Supersapiens team in his role as Pro...

In this episode, we’re talking to Rachel Neylan, Professional cyclist for team Cofidis. In her early twenties, Rachel was a Physiotherapist with Australian national teams but knew she was on the wrong side of the fence and had a burning desire to be a world class athlete and an Olympian herself. In 2010 without a pro contract and a little bit of savings, she packed her bags to Europe in chase of a...

Dr Howard Zisser joins us for a look at the origins of monitoring glucose and the evolution of technology in the field, specifically touching on the difference between blood and interstitial glucose. 2:15 - Community Shoutouts 12:46 - Early Continuous Glucose Monitors 15:37 - Accuracy and Precision of CGMs 19:55 - First time Glucose was Discovered 23:36 - First Glucose Measuring Device 25:18 - Fir...

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio is Professional cyclist with Team SD Worx. She is a multiple Olympian,  the inaugural UCI women’s Esports World Champion, Dog mum and chemical engineer. Ashleigh is a multiple South African national champion, Commonwealth games medalist, as well as having won world stage races and been on a Grand Tour podium. This is in addition to running a cycling hotel and the Rocaco...

Eloise du Luart first turned professional in triathlon in 2015 off the back of impressive amateur racing where she became a Duathlon World Champion and a triathlon European age group World Champion. After 3 years of injury and illness she then regained her pro license in 2018. Last year she earned two top 10’s in Ironman 70.3’s racing and was recently second Cannes International festival triathlon...

We launched the Supersapiens Podcast to accelerate understanding of human performance. Listen in to connect with our community – a variety of athletes, experts, industry leaders, and Supersapiens just like you – and learn more about tracking and optimizing your body’s most important metrics for performance and recovery. In this episode our hosts, Xylon van Eyck and David Lipman introduce themselve...