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Watts Doc 55: The "Right" VO2max Training, and 30/15s Epilogue
Ten Minute Tips 60: The FTP Training Decision Tree
Watts Doc 54: Glycogen's Effects On AMPK
Ten Minute Tips 59: Considerations For Cramps
Ten Minute Tips 58: Why Rest Can Be So Scary
55: The "Right" VO2max Training, and 30/15s Epilogue
54: Glycogen's Effects On AMPK
53: The Origins Of Newbie Gains
52: Hypoxia Inducible Factor's Diminishing Returns
51: The Complicated Relationship Between Performance and Phenotype
50: Hypoxia And Muscular Adaptation
49: Endurance Intensity and Volume
48: How PGC-1ɑ Does and Doesn't Live Up To The Hype
47: The Redox Role In Adaptation, Recovery, and Nutrition
46: Why Low Glycogen Training Probably Doesn't Work
45: How High Intensity Aerobic Adaptations With AMPK Do (And Don't) Work
44: Calcium Is An Underappreciated Aerobic Adaptive Signal
43: Over-Unders Are Not Special
42: The Relationship Between Size And Power
41: Does Overtraining Actually Make Mitochondria Dysfunction?
40: Endurance Adaptation Is Not Substrate Oxidation
39: Why You Probably Can't Hold Your FTP For An Hour
38: Phosphocreatine Is A Critical Aerobic Energy System
37: Your Fast Twitch Fibers Probably As Aerobic As Your Slow Twitch
36: How Power Meters Make Lactate Testing Nearly Obsolete
35: Fatmax Fallacies
34: Why Keto Is Not The Diet You're Looking For
33: Fats vs Carbs Part II - Carnitine and VLamax
32: What Is Aerobic? Fats vs Carbs
31: How and Why We Burn Carbs
30: What Limits Fat Use
29: Why Fat Oxidation Is Anaerobic
28: Why HIT May Not Make You Faster
27: Training Repeated Sprint Ability
26: FTP Testing Revisited
25: Everesting Training and Logistics
24: Listener Questions on VO2max Training and Rønnestad 30/15s
23: Training Your VO2max, and Why Not Rønnestad 30/15 Intervals
22: The Fick Equation Part 2 - Heart Adaptations For VO2max
21: VO2max and The Most Interesting Protein In The World
20: The Fick Equation Part 1 - A VO2 Difference
19: The VO2max Slow Component Explained
18: Why Everything You Know About VO2max Power Is Probably Wrong
17: Why We Really Make Lactate
16: Listener Questions on FTP Training
15: Heart Rate or Power To Pace Endurance Rides?
14: Effective FTP Training
13: What's So Radical About Oxygen?
12: Can Fiber Type Predict Carb or Fat Use?
11: FTP vs VO2max
10: Can Fat-Adaptive Diets Lead To Better Performance Through Glycogen Sparing?
9: Strength, Endurance, and The Size Principle
7: What Is Base Really?
6: Lactate Myths and Truths
5: Can You Lift Heavy While Endurance Training?
4: How High Intensity Interval Training Makes You Faster
3: Is There Anything Special About 2x20?
2: Why You're Training Too Hard For Criteriums
1: FTP Testing
60: The FTP Training Decision Tree
59: Considerations For Cramps
58: Why Rest Can Be So Scary
57: Our Coaches Answer Your Training Questions
56: Resetting Goals and Nutrition
55: When To Take A Rest Week, Trusting Subjective Metrics
54: The Truth About Junk Miles
52: Intermediate Training Mistakes (And Solutions)
51: RPE, Workout Feedback, Adaptation, and Health Outcomes
50: Fat And Carb Burning Myths
49: Practical Proxies for Stimulus
48: Avoiding Over-Optimization
46: Pitfalls Of Science Interpretation And Communication
45: The Simplest Training Plan Thought Experiment
44: What's So Sweet About Sweetspot
42: The Training Implications Of Strength As A Skill
39: An Unexpected Balance, with James McKay
38: Training Intensity Distributions, NIRS, and Iliac Arteries, with Jem Arnold
37: Practical Performance Psychology, with Billy Ryan
36: The Consequences Of Chronic Underfueling, with Traci Carson
35: Continuously Realizing Potential, with Cole Tamburri