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Haute saone, France
Joined June 2011
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Do respiratory muscles display similar metabolic inflection points as what we find in cycling or running incremental tests?
It sure seems that way..
Let's have a look at some N=1 data I collected this week.
1/n
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Altitude or heat training to increase haemoglobin mass and endurance exercise performance in elite sport - Lundby - @JPhysiol - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Where Eric Topol brings scientific rigor into the protein discussion and quashes harmful bro-science BS. Topol is the reverse Peter Hypochondria Attia.
I reviewed all the relevant efficacy and safety data
cc and thanks @nntaleb @KevinH_PhD @maxflowminclout @juliaoftoronto @mackinprof
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120 g/h Carbs in Trail Running is Dead (maybe?). Lessons from winning UTMB.
This weekend 2 of my nutrition clients, @TomEvansUltra and @ruthcrofty, won UTMB. We developeda different strategy, and it worked. Often high carb, but never 120 g/h, even going down to 80 g/h at times.
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Interested in mathematical modelling for sport applications? Here's an interactive on-line course I am building for sports science students.
tiscourse.vercel.app/
🫁VO2 and [La] kinetics
🚲MTB suspensions
💪Muscle F-L-v relationships
... and so on!
Yes, Wbal model also👍
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🚨 The last paper of my PhD is out in @MSSEonline
Regular Long Runs and Higher Training Volumes are Associated with Better Running Economy Durability in Performance Matched Well-Trained Male Runners
🙏🏻 @rich_blagrove & J. Folland
🆓 Download
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/a…
🧵 1/7
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Creatine - therapeutic applications beyond athletic performance
Creatine, a well-established ergogenic aid in sports, is now being investigated for its potential therapeutic applications in various medical domains, including neuropsychiatric disorders, heart failure, etc.
Current and “forward-looking” insights:
🧠 Mental health - recent evidence suggests that creatine supplementation may exert antidepressant effects by enhancing brain energy metabolism and modulating neurotransmitter systems. Some studies suggest it may (*key word) have potential as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder, particularly in cases resistant to a single therapy.
🧠🩸Stroke Management - in preclinical models, creatine has demonstrated neuroprotective properties, including the reduction of infarct size and the preservation of mitochondrial function during ischemic events (i.e., an event in which an organ or body part is not getting enough blood/oxygen). preclinical findings to date suggest that creatine could be used to mitigate occurrence and damage of ischemic events, by stabilizing ATP levels and lowering oxidative damage.
🫀Heart Failure - heart failure is characterized by a mismatch between ATP supply and demand in cells of the heart. Creatine's role in the Cr/PCr/ATP shuttle offers a targeted approach to restoring cellular energetics in failing cells. Although clinical studies present mixed results, the mechanistic rationale supports further investigation into creatine as a complementary therapy in heart failure management.
As the body of evidence grows, creatine's transition from a sports supplement to a therapeutic agent in clinical practice appears increasingly plausible.
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My position on this topic is that the health benefits of physical activity just lie in improving fitness. To achieve this, we need a high volume, but also at an intensity relevant enough to stimulate.
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Officially pubbed in @MSSEonline.
1. Minimum dose RT promotes muscular gains in trained individuals
2. Failure promotes modestly superior hypertrophy results vs 2RIR, but both conditions increase muscle
3. Strength gains similar between failure vs 2RIR
journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/a…
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This is a big step but at the same time when I look at the final, it’s just the beginning! Proud coach!
Fourth on the European all-time list! 🔥
@NadineVisser_ 🇳🇱 drops a 12.28 in the 100m hurdles heats in the Silesia Diamond League!
Fastest time by a European since 1992!
#DiamondLeague
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Recently we published a comprehensive analysis of overtraining syndrome in athletes and recreational exercisers.
Of the CPET variables, decreased VO2max, peak blood lactate and VO2@VT1&2 significantly predicted overtraining syndrome. researchgate.net/publication…
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Are you lifting but neglecting movement work?
DON’T.
Here are 12 upper & lower movements you should do
1. Half kneeling pigeon rock
2. Half kneeling wall t-spine rotation
3. V sit-up
4. Half kneeling t spine to pec opener
5. Hand supported SL RDL to hip sweep
6. Seated t-spine rotation w/ board
7. SL Hip gate (w/ IR) w/ overhead hold
8. Thread the needle w/ foam roller
9. Med ball rocking 90/90
10. Chin-up dead hang
11. Inchworm to side lunge
12. Thread the needle w/ KB
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Let's be honest, athletes want to hear they are overtraining and are thrilled that aerobic work is removed from their program. It allows them to leave earlier, not work as hard, and this enables the coach to be the good cop, thus conditioning is discarded.
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The simplest way to improve your health and fitness: pick an aerobic activity, keep your heart rate around 100–130 bpm, and go for 1–2 hours.
Anyone can do it. All it takes is time and maybe a bit more laundry.
Once you build this habit, you become an endurance machine.
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“When developing young athletes the goal should be long term success while equipping them with the adaptability to perform where the game is going not just look good today.”
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Although it is often claimed that muscle damage occurs during exercise, it actually mainly develops in the post-workout period. Here is another study showing the development of both fatigue and also markers of muscle damage gradually for 2-3 days post-exercise.
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Zone 2 is not about your pace
Some runners misunderstand “Zone 2” and think they should run as fast as possible right at that conceptual threshold. That’s not how it works.
Your pace at aerobic threshold is a good indicator of fitness, but it’s not the target in training. It’s an outcome, not a goal.
The goal is to accumulate a lot of easy volume. Easy running builds endurance. The best endurance gains come when your heart rate stays low for a long time. Pace is irrelevant.
There’s a hierarchy of paces and intensity levels. You’ll get a lot faster by doing intervals at 5k–10k pace or a hill repeats workout each week. That’s when pace and power matter.
What doesn’t matter is if your easy pace is 6% slower because you’re running (or even walking) at 125–130 bpm instead of pushing near your “Zone 2” ceiling at 140 bpm.
Every run is a good run. You benefit from all of them. But pace isn’t important most of the time. That’s why you should keep your easy runs very easy, so you can run more and save your speed for when it matters 🏃🏼♂️
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I told my group ride I was done buying cycling kit. They laughed.
"Wait for the winter sales," they said. "You'll crack."
That was January. I haven't bought a single jersey since.
Here's why I reached breaking point.
I counted my kit. 47 jerseys. 23 bibs. €3,000 spent last year alone. On plastic clothes. To "save the environment" by not driving.
The math wasn't adding up.
Then I went climbing with an old friend.
His entire gear wardrobe had just a few items - one sun-destroyed shirt, ancient approach shoes, a chalk bag from 2012 & a puffer jacket with duct tape on it.
Everything faded to nothing.
At the wall, people trusted him immediately. The wear told his story.
Back at the group ride, someone showed up in a 2018 jersey. "Time for an upgrade, mate?"
That's when it clicked.
We've built a culture where experience is something you buy, not something you earn.
Cycling has become fast fashion, and we're too deep in to see it.
Patagonia tells customers "Don't buy this jacket." They'll repair your gear forever. Because real outdoor culture understands: the best gear is the gear that lasts.
Cycling? We get "limited drops" and "heritage colorways." Artificial scarcity.
Supreme for middle-aged men. Making us collect jerseys like sneakers while pretending we're athletes.
Every brand preaches sustainability while pushing quarterly collections.
Every rider talks environment while drowning in polyester.
The faded jersey you're embarrassed to wear? It's proof you actually ride.
That pristine kit collection? It's proof you shop.
In every other outdoor sport, worn gear equals credibility.
In cycling, it means you're not "serious about the sport."
We've inverted reality.
Nine months into my no-buy experiment, here's what I've learned
My old kit works fine.
The "revolutionary fabric technology" was marketing.
The "essential" winter jacket wasn't essential.
But something else happened.
I started noticing who actually rides versus who collects.
The fast guys? Faded kit.
The Instagram cyclists? Walking catalogs.
The most radical thing you can do in cycling?
Wear your shit out.
Make "destroyed" the new "pro."
Because right now, we're environmentalists in our Strava bios and fast fashion addicts in our closets.
The climbing world figured this out decades ago. When will cycling?
