That Triathlon Show Jem Arnold | EP#420
Jem Arnold is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia, where his primary research focuses on sport-related vascular conditions. Jem is a physiotherapist, a physiologist, and an avid cyclist and trail runner interested in optimising endurance training.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Including training above "threshold" in your program improves VO2max, but may not improve Time Trial performance more than training only up to threshold-intensity (a recent meta-analysis)
-Implications of these findings for athletes and coaches - what does it mean in practice?
-How can we interpret group-level research for individual-level training programming and application?
-Why even big sample sizes and data sets might be of limited value for the individual - the larger the sample size, the greater the confidence in the "group mean", but individual prediction may still be way off
-What is the variability of heart rate, RPE, lactate, and muscle oxygen saturation from day to day?
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LINKS AND RESOURCES:
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Jem's Twitter and Research Gate
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Muscle oxygen saturation and iliac artery flow limitation with Jem Arnold | EP#358
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The Additional Effect of Training Above the Maximal Metabolic Steady State on VO2peak, Wpeak and Time‐Trial Performance in Endurance‐Trained Athletes: A Systematic Review, Meta‐analysis, and Reality Check - Rosenblat et al. 2023
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Comparing the reliability of muscle oxygen saturation with common performance and physiological markers across cycling exercise intensity - Yogev et al. 2023
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Twitter thread 2: "Why cant my apps predict my response when they have so much data on everyone?"
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Twitter thread 3: How does wearable NIRS reliability compare to lactate, V̇O₂, or HR?
- Jem’s blog: “Does High Intensity Training Improve Performance or only VO2max?”
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Jem’s blog: “Study Summary – Reliability of Common Cycling Performance Markers”
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Jem’s blog: “Interpreting Group-Level Data for Individual-Level Application”
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