This is a really honest contribution about and contextualization of the dense forest of training monitoring variables from Marco Altini, PhD

MAKING SENSE OF WEARABLES DATA gssiweb.org/en/sports-scie…

I think all of us who work inthe trainng and performance space need to stay up to date on this discussion. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The #IOC statement on 'fairness, inclusion & nondiscrimination' based on gender identity and sex is spot on—if you ignore the last 200 years of scientific knowledge on the biological basis of performance.

🔓onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Ross Tucker Tommy Lundberg Kerry McGawley

Getting Fit

It's been two years since I put my plan together

Revisiting the quoted chart with Monday's article. The goal is to help those of you who wish to 'get fit'

The amount of work required feels daunting when we look forward.

In reality, we simply need to build a life

It seems that when it comes to using (mechanistically diverse) ergogenic aids during high intensity performances, simple addition does not, well, add up.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Where am I? 3 guesses

I asked a generative AI application to create a picture that included a COACH and a SCIENTIST. In about 8 consecutive iterations, the coach and the scientist were both depicted as men (scientist was old)......I had to add a prompt making one a woman. 🧐

I love a conference where athletes, coaches, and scientists are all connecting. The Nordic Winter Sports Conference in Meråker, Norway was a phenomenal mix of all three, with bridging science and practice in focus.

What single success factor came up most often?

En-JOY-ment

Imagine a single high school with 100-150 students that, in 30 years, has produced this many world championship and Olympic medalists in one sport. The high school is Meråker High School near Trondheim, Norway. The sport is cross country skiing.

Good studies are being performed & evidence seems to be building that the menstrual cycle does not account for clear, systematic differences in physiological capacity/endurance performance across phases. Individual athlete variation is the issue.....

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I see various tweets and articles about 'The Norwegian Method' in endurance sport and training. Some of my colleagues and I here in Norway tried to agree on what that was. This is what we came up with. One thing for sure; it is a process, not a particular workout.

I understand that cycling is like a religion for many fans, but this is ridiculous. You can't make this stuff up.

Do the extra wide dress-jacket shoulders from the 80s count as PEDs? I remember this sketch.

It is interesting, if not surprising, how often simple done correctly is just better.

What is your initial reaction to the enhanced.org Enhanced Games initiative? Basically, a narrowed down 'Olympic'menu of inidividual-only events (athletics, gymnastics, aquatics, combat, strength), with no doping testing (body autonomy). Private sector funded.

Have to agree with Jeroen Swart, this is a really nice series of visuals and explanations about blood lactate measurement and interpretation. Nice work, Jem Arnold

Stephen Seiler I'm working on it...😉

There IS a Zone 0! I am not sure where the lower intensity limit for Z1 is as a % of Max HR, power, or whatever (likely an 'it depends' kind of issue), but I feel confident that this fella is below it.