50 - Professor Sean Peterson

3:30 academic papers in the time of COVIDHow can we see so many studies with such fast turn-around times when it typically takes months to get a paper publishedUtility overrides rigor in some cases16:00 the fluid mechanics of disease transmission17:30 Sean’s thoughts on the now-famous Dutch / Belgian analysis of COVID spread during running and cycling as published on Medium.20:30 the risks of transmission when training  indoor vs outdoorOutdoors, there is a lot of air mixing, diluting the concentration of viral particles in the airflowIndoors, the air is stagnant and transmission is much easier28:00 Sean’s study of the efficacy of athlete cooling in hot and humid environmentsSubjects cycled at 60-70% of FTP under 30C and 70% humidity for 45 minutesCooling accomplished by exposing the inner forearm to a temperature of 5CTest group saw a mitigation in core body temperature rise by 0.5C / hou compared with control groupRPE also lower under cooled conditions vs control43:00 the possible difference in the effect of cooling between males and females46:30 the reason why repeated tests are not common in engineering or physiologyFunding and publishing incentives discourage non-novel studies51:00 Michael’s least favourite experimental setup52:45 DRDC study torture story54:00 academic fundingA link to the poster covering the study findings can be found here.