That Triathlon Show Durability in endurance sports with Ed Maunder, PhD and Stephen Seiler, Phd | EP#295
Durability Variation
- Athletes vary in their durability, even within the same sport.
- Some maintain stable physiology for hours, while others experience large heart rate or power increases.
Training with Durability
- Consider athletes' durability when planning training, especially for long sessions.
- Prescribed heart rate zones might not be accurate after several hours of exercise.
Improving Durability
- Athletes can improve durability with long-duration training.
- Incorporate long sessions into training programs to improve resilience during prolonged exercise.
Durability can be defined as the time of onset and magnitude of deterioration of physiological performance parameters over time during prolonged exercise. Dr. Ed Maunder (Auckland University of Technology) and Dr. Stephen Seiler (University of Agder) join us to discuss their recent publication and the overall scientific knowledge on the topic of durability, as well as best practices for assessing and developing durability.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-What is durability, why is it important, and what are the implications of it in racing and in training?
-What do we know about durability and the mechanisms of it from the scientific literature?
-How to assess and quantify durability in the lab or in the field?
-How to train to develop and improve durability?
-What is high-intensity repeatability and how does it relate to durability?
-Practical recommendations for athletes and coaches
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LINKS AND RESOURCES:
- Ed's Twitter and Research Gate profiles
- Stephen's Twitter and Research Gate profiles, and his Youtube-channel
- The Importance of ‘Durability’ in the Physiological Profiling of Endurance Athletes - Maunder et al. 2021
- Temperate performance and metabolic adaptations following endurance training performed under environmental heat stress - Maunder et al. 2021
- Polarised training with Stephen Seiler, PhD | EP#177
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