VLaMax, Polarised training, Fatigue and Complexity with Mark Burnley, PhD | EP#331
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Some papers use two mill moles as as e delignation for the moderate and heavy domain. And i think a lot of affletes are well into what i would call that heavy domain at two milli moles. If you then reclassify it correctly, it may end up being pyramidal rather than polarized. So all these things do need there needs to be a little bit more checking done on this.
Mark Burnley, PhD, is an exercise physiologist at the University of Wolverhampton. In this episode, we discuss the VLaMax, polarised training (and it not being optimal for endurance athletes), and using measures of complexity to assess fatigue. This is part two of a two-part interview with Mark.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-VLaMax: the background, reason for recent surge to popularity, and the mechanistic and practical issues with measuring it
-Polarised training is not optimal for endurance athletes: the arguments against polarised training being an "ideal" training intensity distribution, and why quantifying training intensity distributions may not be the smartest thing to do in the first place
-How measures of complexity (e.g. Approximate entropy ApEn, alpha-exponent of Detrended Fluctuation analysis DFA) can be used to assess fatigue, and the potential applications thereof
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LINKS AND RESOURCES:
- Mark's Twitter, ResearchGate, and Youtube channel
- Critical Power and VO2 kinetics with Mark Burnley, PhD | EP#257
- Lactate threshold with Mark Burnley, PhD | EP#330
- DFA alpha-1: A non-invasive, cheap option for estimating the aerobic threshold with Bruce Rogers, MD | EP#329
- Things you didn't know you didn't know: physiological complexity - video on All Out Physiology
- Polarized Training is Not Optimal for Endurance Athletes - Burnley et al. 2022
- Polarized Training is Optimal for Endurance Athletes - Foster et al. 2022
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