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Science of Running — 300 episodes · page 1 of 3
The Workout Is Not the Point
Rethinking Recovery: The Essentials of Rest and Resilience
Beyond Mileage: The New Rules of Summer Base Training
Patience in Performance: Delayed Gratification in Training
Navigating the Unpredictable: Managing Athlete Injuries
Unlocking Potential: The Power of Constraints in Coaching and Training
Marius Bakken on the Norwegian Method: Double Threshold, Lactate Control, and Muscle Tone
Part 3: The Art and Science of Peaking
Coaching Successfully Series Part 2: Defining Your Training Approach
Defining Coaching Success: Philosophy, Boundaries, and Authenticity”
Training the Brain and Body: A discussion on the dynamics of physiology and neurology.
Fit and Fast: Achieving Robustness in Training
Mindset Matters: Training the Mind for Peak Race Day Performance
Recovery Demystified: Focus on What Really Works
Coaching the New Runner. Part 2: Individuals
Coaching the New Runner. Part 1: In a team setting.
Footwear Insights: From Training Flats to Super Cushions
Exploring the New Era of Training: Embracing Experimentation
Keeping Training Fresh: Science, Methods, and Strategies
NCAA Track Champs: Key Takeaways for Racing and Training
Consistency Creates Capacity: The Power of Simple Wins in Training
Double Threshold Training: Applying to Track, Cross-Country, and Marathon
Putting it All Together: Speed, strength, endurance, recovery for runners of all ages.
The Psychology of the Modern Athlete: The Impact of Social Media and Perception of Reality
Mastering Your Mind: 5 Keys to Stop Self-Sabotaging
The Truth about Lactate Threshold | Your Comprehensive Guide
So You Want to Be a Champion: Part 3: How to Recover. How to Connect
So You Want to Be a Champion: Part 2: How to prepare. How to Train
So You Want to Be A Champion? Part 1: How to think How to Act.
Bonus Episode: The Biology of Winning and Losing…with a crazy twist!
266: Overcoming Choking and Underperformance: The Science and Psychology of Pressure
265: Consistency wins: How to be consistent in the face of volatility and unpredictability.
264: The Science of Surging: How to Pull Away from the Pack Mid-Race
263: The Workouts Come Second: Teaching Comes First
262: Do drills work? The case for and against
261: How to Write Training Part 2: Nuance, making adjustments and tweaks
260: How to Write Training Part 1 Getting Started
259: Race Day Meltdown: Strategies and Solutions for Bouncing Back When Everything Goes Wrong.
258: Longer Long Run or Faster Long Run!
257: Workouts are only 40% of the equation. A podcast about the other 60%
256: The science of going out hard and hanging on to win
255: The importance of being good coach, not just a nice coach.
254: Hard workouts: When, Where, How and Why?
253: Race Day Anxiety: How to Confront it, Run with it, and Potentially Overcome It.
252: The secret to winning cross country teams. The power of the 5th man.
251: Doing Things When We Don’t Want To: The Science of Motivation
250: Winning Big When It Counts: The Psychology and The Science of Championship:
249: Fatigue: A deep dive into understanding it and revising workouts around it.
248: Community and Connection: The Core of High Performance Cultures
247: Specific Strength Training for Runners. And how it differs from general strength training.
246: Base Training: Progression Over Career
245: Developing Aerobic Power: A scientific approach to improving specific endurance
244: The Post Peak Peak: What is it and how to set it up.
243: The science of the struggle bus: How people get on and how to get off.
242: Two Feet in Reality: Tips on How to Support High Performance
241: Most common mistakes when coaching distance runners and how to avoid.
240: The Science of Zone 2: Why it’s misunderstood and how to apply it successful in your training.
239: The Science of Overuse injuries and rehabilitation for distance runners.
238: When workouts don’t work: The art of the audible
237: Medium Dig Cycle: When and why to purposefully dig a hole in training.
236: Hard work vs. Overtraining: Finding the Sweet Spot for Optimal Adaptation:
235: The science of Flow states: How to turn it on and recapture it when it’s gone.
234: The Science of Soviet Training Methods: A look back at the history of getting in shape.
233: Traits of a champion: Why some are better than rest
232: Defining the Win: How to stay on track, have success, and have fun doing it.
231: The Athlete’s Hierarchy of Needs. Getting the basics down first
230: Coaching the Modern Athlete: The Role of a Coach
229: Modern Coaching: Ways to Promote Transformation in a Transactional Environment
228: Before and After the Key to Maximizing your Workouts
227: Peeling Back the Layers of Modern Coaching: Manager, Mentor, Teacher
226: The Science of Middle Distance Training: Understanding HIIT
Episode 225: The Magic is in the Man/Woman, Not the Miles.
Episode 224: Anxiety creep: How to fight back, take ownership, and thrive in training and on race day.
Episode 223: The Science of Drive: How to Get Better and Become the Best
Episode 222: What Greatness Really Looks Like: The Characteristics that Drive Elite Performance
Episode 221: PEAK WHEN IT COUNTS: Developing Mental Toughness
Episode 220- Becoming a Great Coach: The Art of Managing Workouts
#219- Managing Change and Uncertainty: Injuries, Going from HS to College, Retirement, and So Much More
Episode 218- Managing Fatigue: Understanding Glycogen Depletion
Episode 217: Dedicated vs. Serious: Difference Between Real and Fake Excellence
Episode 216: Winning culture: Building it, Keeping it, Maintaining it
Episode 215: The difference between direction and magnitude of training adaptation
Episode 214: The Science of the Injury Cycle.
Episode 213: Cross-Country Workout and Trouble Shooting Guide
Episode 212: Wickets for Runners
Episode 211: Traditional workouts reimagined as Flux Training
Episode 210: Adapting Flux Training for Cross-Country
Episode 209: Getting Started and Staying Fresh. A guide for brand new and seasoned coaches.
Episode 208: Freaks of Nature: The Best are Different
Episode 207: Instant Offense: Things you can do today to be better tomorrow
Episode 206: Resiliency: Bounce Back after you bomb!
Episode 205: Risk Tolerance: What is it and how to build it?
Episode 204: Polarized Training vs. Moderate Intensity Training: When, Where, and Why for each?
Episode 203: Do What Works and Don’t Do What Doesn’t!
Episode 202: Genius Revealed: Igloi- The Master Coach You Know Nothing About
Episode 201: Establishing Culture and Setting Boundaries
Episode 200: Experimenting On Ourselves As Coaches
Episode 199: Winning the Self-Improvement Game
Episode 198: Mastering the Art of People. How to Successfully Navigate Working with Different Personality Types
Episode 197: The Finishing Kick: How to Develop It