Training Science Podcast

Just be BIG, heavy 💪🏽 and POWERFUL for ROWING🚣🏻‍♀️ ? Sure?! Martino Goretti wants you to understand that although rowing might appear like a sport where pure physique and power are the biggest factors, A LOT comes down to the ability to FEEL 🌊 the boat and the water. Technique training in endurance sport is ESSENTIAL! In the 146th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Martino di...

WHAT is the problem you are dealing with? Like, EXACTLY 🤔💭 Ryan King wants you to understand that HOW you approach problem-solving as a team, depends on whether the problem is WELL or ILL-defined 💡  In the 145th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin & Ryan discuss: 🤓☝️ Performance PROBLEM solving of well-defined and ill-defined problems;  🧠 COLLECTIVE genius - what is it, and ho...

You need to be PRACTICALLY 😎👌🔥 aware of your own BIAS! Martin and Paul want you to understand that you NEED 🤩 to stay “in the game” of training. While you might think that you have it figured out, please remember: exercise and sport science, as well as any coaching related methods are EXTREMELY young! There is HEAPS to learn and adapt to ✅ 𝒀𝒆𝒔 ! In the 144th episode of The Training Science Po...

Rowing is FAST💥! Try to produce BIG WATTS at 40+ strokes per minute😵! Joseph DeLeo and Alex Wolf want you to understand that rowing is a 6-7 minute ⏱️ sport. You NEED to be fast but with a high level of SKILL.  In the 143rd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul, Alex and Joseph discuss: 🗃️ WHY “just do MORE MILES” does not work; 🤓☝️ HOW to adapt to the NEW 1500m Olympic format; 🚀 Trans...

QUALITATIVE 🤔💭 insights might need to be “improvised” - they are ESSENTIAL though! Dr Derek McHugh wants you to understand that data sets in sports are NEVER complete, and thus you are ALWAYS missing stuff. This acknowledgement might appear BASIC to you, but it opens up a variety of flexibility to be more “free” ✅❌  of blindly just believeing the data. In the 142nd episode of The Training Scie...

Issues in your TRAINING, RECOVERY, FOOD and more, DO NOT manifest the same for fast 🚀 and slow twitch 🐢 athletes! Elias Lehtonen wants you to understand that when you have MESSED ❌ something up chronically, your WHOLE BODY is fried - not just one system. So much so, that you will BARELY be able to start exercising without getting a massive lactate increase ⬆️. BUT this can be different from ath...

TACTICAL periodization is EASY😉 ! Just make sure to RECOVER for minus 3 + 4 ! Dr David Tenney wants you to understand that although working in a TACTICAL environemt is OBVIOUSLY COMPLEX, there are keystones 📍 you can USE EVERY WEEK to make your life easier.  In the 140th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin & David discuss: ⚽🏀 Moving from FOOTBALL to BASKETBALL; 🙌 team sessions...

HEAT🔥  training is ESTABLISHED, EASY ✅ and FOR EVERYONE! Get on it NOW! Brad Culp wants you to understand that HEAT training is not a FAD, and that PREPARING for your ENVIRONMENT is ESSENTIAL to your performance. Norwegians can do it, so can you! Plus, training is cheap🤑! In the 139th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Brad discuss: 🔎 the FULL SCOPE of the “NORWEGIAN” method; 🥑...

Your player LIKES ❤️ that one WEIRD/NEW method? You might want to just let them do it 👍 Angel Acena wants you to understand that sometimes you will encounter ESTABLISHED routines that might clearly go AGAINST existing evidence❌ . While you always should try to at least understand how and why the players got here, you might also just start by letting them do it for now.  In the 137th episode of T...

NEW to female 👩🏻 PERFORMANCE? SLOW down 🐌! Ellie Maybury wants you to understand that for any NEW environment, but specifically with FEMALE athletes (who might be still be new to the high performance setting), you need to LEARN and OBSERVE 🎓 first, then ASK questions, and finally, start “coaching” ✨ after taking your time.  In the 137th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Ellie...

You NEED MORE ⏰ TIME! More TIME BREATHING really hard 🌬️! Ingvill Odden wants you to understand that YES✅, we can say with more certainty now that the more time you spend at VO2max, or at least the higher percentage of VO2max you are at during your HIIT, the greater your performance outcomes will be. Plus, if you are struggling, start with SHORTER HIIT - like we have always been highlighting her...

So you WANT to be AERO🚀? You sure that is the BEST 🥇 for YOU RIGHT NOW?! David Wadsworth wants you to understand that going full crazy on low handlebar settings, crazy positions, UGLY bent backs 😵‍💫, and all the other overpriced AERO trends is unlikely to be the BEST solution for you. In the 135th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and David discuss: 🚲 how your BIKE FIT matters SO...

How many LEVELS of SCALED drills do you have in YOUR rehab process 🧐 ? Dr Simon Harries wants you to understand that it is non-negotiable to SCALE down ⤵️ GAME specific drills that will slowly reintroduce the injured players into team specific training. In the 134th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin @mart1buch and Simon discuss: 🤹‍♂️ Why a MULTIDISCPLINARY approach to pre- and reha...

TEAM sports require INDIVIDUALS to be considered first, but at the same time you NEED to make TEAM COHERENCE 🎯 work. Dr Garrison Draper wants you to understand that you need to put EXTRA effort 💪 in to remember daily that your PLAYERS are who matter the most. That you need to look after them 🚀 while making it all fit together within your team.  In the 133rd episode of The Training Science Podca...

Do you CARE enough about your ATHELTES to try to LEARN more about their abilities, problems & POTENTIAL SKILL ISSUES 📢? Dr Jason Weber wants you to understand that sometimes we do TOO little just to SPEED things up. Patience ⏳  is not only important for ELITE athletes that are massive assets, but for anyone who is training for any level of sports. In the 132nd episode of The Training Science...

COLLECTIVE flow - are you in it to win it 🏆?! Dr Matt Dubin wants you to understand that “going together” is one of the highest states of elation 🚀 us humans can achieve - even if that means that we need to cut our own INDIVIDUAL preferences a bit shorter sometimes. In the 131st episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin @mart1buch and Matt discuss: 🏷️ WHAT do you need to get into FLOW stat...

Stay for a while AND BUILD 🧱 the THING! Dr Teena Murray wants you to understand that “the next step” is not always a “change”. You cannot get IN-DEPTH skills, knowledge and COACHING ⚙️ understanding if you are NEVER fully committed to supporting one set of individuals for while.  In the 130th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin @mart1buch and Teena discuss: 🏷️ How to build a HEALTH &a...

In the SPORTS and COACHING industry you might not find that many people with NUANCED and BALANCED approaches to problems 🤔💭 Dr Neil Gibson wants you to understand that whether you come from research or another DETAIL oriented discipline that cares about taking your time with assorting information and making a conclusion, you have 🏆 AMAZING skills! In the 129th episode of The Training Science Po...

So you THINK SINGLE LEG jumps are all the HYPE 🦵🏼 ? Dr Daniel Cohen wants you to understand that DOUBLE and SINGLE leg jumps have not only DIFFERENT metrics, but these also give different VALUE 🤑! In the 128th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Dan discuss: 😴 Assessing FATIGUE; 1️⃣🆚2️⃣SINGLE vs DOUBLE leg jumps; ❤️ EARNING simplicity in parameters and testing. _______________...

MEASURING an OUTPUT 📊 is all cool and EXCITING - but, do YOU KNOW HOW YOU GOT IT?! Dr Daniel Cohen wants you to understand that there are not shortcuts when it comes to FULLY UNDERSTANDING movements, loading or athlete profiles you need to DIG 🚀 into some details! NO SHORTCUTS! In the 128th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Dan discuss: 📖 Neurouscular assessments, their histor...

MUSCLES are only good for SPORTS, bodybuilders & fitness freaks? NOPE 🚧! Dr Johannes Burtscher wants you to understand that EXERCISE and MUSCLES produce amazing signal molecules that have DIRECT benefits for EVERYTHING in your body. And if you are STOPPING ⛔ that, you are majorly HANDICAPPING your WHOLE LIFE 🥺!  In the 126th episode of the Training Science Podcast, Paul and Johannes discuss...

DATA THIS data THAT! MEASURE measure? Just SIMPLIFY 🤡! But, do you KNOW what to do NOW?!  Martin and Paul want you to understand that “just” SCRATCHING the surface of training methods is not only suboptimal, but may even be dangerous in the long run 💀.  In the 125th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Martin discuss: ❤️ how to get the MOST IMPORTANT sports KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS;...

Performance PASSPORT 🪪 owned by the ATHLETES! Dr Ben Smith wants you to understand that EVERYONE ✅ can benefit from taking good care of individual’s personal performance and medical data.  In the 124th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Ben discuss: ⚖️ BALANCING real-life sports data & the academic collaboration; 🔥 Athletes OWNING their data in a CONVENIENT way for everyone...

IMPLEMENT new exercises and movements into your motion analysis 🔥 WITHIN HOURS! Steven Webster wants you to understand that it is ABSOLUTELY possible to create new exercise variations or whole body movements that can be captured, recognized and coached, within a very short time frame 💪🏻.  In the 123rd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Steven discuss: 📱 PHONE camera based motion...

There are ALWAYS opportunities to TEACH 🧠 something - training is not a one-way street! Vern Gambetta @coachgambetta wants you to understand that you NEED to include your athletes in the decision process, but make sure that is also a TEACHING process. In the 122nd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Vern discuss: 🌐 how to IDENTIFY, ADAPT & IMPLEMENT successful TRAINING SYSTEMS;...