Trending in Sport

Xylon and David cover trends in sport this week. We discuss tapering in light of Xylon’s Comrades taper, recovery from major events and Xylon’s fueling plan for the Comrades. We then answer a listener question and get to what’s come across David’s desk including the announcement of World Athletics Ultimate Championship and a discussion about changing coaches in sport and injury plagues. We then go on to discuss America’s history in cricket of all things! Following this we touch on the new Unrivaled 3 on 3 basketball league and the historic agreement for college’s to pay college players before serving up this month’s 1% better challenge.     (00:00) Introduction (01:01) The Art and Science of Tapering (07:30) Recovery post major event (12:10) David running in 4 countries in a week (14:50) Xylon’s Comrades fueling (16:34) Community Shoutouts (18:08) Listener Question about breaking up continuous episode (25:38) World Athletics Ultimate Championship (32:12) Changing of Coaches/Managers (39:20) Injury Plagues in Sport (44:00) Cricket in America (48:34) America’s History in Cricket (50:49) The Unrivalled Basketball League (54:27) NCAA and Power 5 Agree to a Deal that Let Schools Pay Players (60:00) June’s One Percent Better Challenge Thanks to Precision Fuel and Hydration for their sponsorship, use the link below to get 15% off your first order and support the podcast:  https://visit.pfandh.com/theonepercentbetterpodcast If you’re unsure how which products to use or how to plan your race nutrition check out Precision’s Fuel & Hydration Planner (if you follow this you will have your discount applied automatically on your first order too):  https://visit.pfandh.com/onepercentfuelplanner Article on Unrivalled Basketball https://womenshealthmag.com/life/a60962245/unrivaled-wbna-3x3-league/  Press Release for World Athletics Ultimate Championship https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026/news/press-releases/world-athletics-ultimate-championship  Submit topics, feedback or questions to us on Instagram via DM or to the email address: [email protected] Follow us on Social: Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/onepercentbetterpod?igsh=MW1tcGM4MHQ4bm5oaw==  Tik Tokhttps://vm.tiktok.com/ZMMYf54KB/  Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com Track: Trendy Style by PillowVibes https://tunetank.com/track/1027-trendy-style/