Breakdown: How Athletes Slow Down with Age
Like it or not, we slow down as we age. Do some parts of our physiological machinery slow down faster than others? If so, what does that mean for training and endurance performance?
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How Long, How Slow? Here’s How to Find Your Ideal Low-Intensity Workout Effort.
At what intensity should athletes perform long, slow distance workouts? Dr. Stephen Seiler lays out a method for athletes to figure out their own, ideal intensity and duration for low-intensity workouts.
Adjusting Training During COVID-19
Endurance athletes at all levels are adjusting to a new reality. Dr. Stephen Seiler shares some thoughts on ways athletes can adjust and make the most of a difficult situation.
Adjustments to Train Indoors
There are four balances to strike when training indoors: 1) bone health, 2) muscular balance, 3) intensity and duration balance in our training sessions and 4) energy balance
How “Normal People” Can Train Like the World’s Best Endurance Athletes
In this Tedx talk, exercise physiologist Dr. Stephen Seiler explains in words and pictures how modern exercise physiology laboratories reveal the body’s remarkable capacity for adaptation.
How to Find Your Maximal Heart Rate
Dr. Stephen Seiler presents the case for why properly measured heart rate data is important to track and about some dos and don’ts to follow when attempting to determine your own HRmax.
War of Attrition: Performance Analysis of a World Championship Cycling Road Race
Here is a lap-by-lap performance analysis of one rider who made it almost to the very end at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Imola, Italy.
Dr. Seiler: Marathon Pacing and “Hitting the Wall”.
Correct marathon pacing can be the difference between fond memory and nightmare in the marathon. So what does good pacing look like?
Overreaching, Overtraining, and Burnout with Dr. Stephen Seiler
Dr. Stephen Seiler discusses the distinction between overtraining, overreaching, and burnout.
The Metabolic Cost of Your Rides—Is It the Same For Everyone?
In this episode we have a classic Coach Connor special. We ask a question not many other physiologists are asking: Is an amateur’s zone 2 ride (in a five-zone model) as physiologically taxing as a pro’s zone 2 ride?
Dr. Stephen Seiler on How to Adjust Your Training in a Pandemic
We bring in Dr. Stephen Seiler, one of the world’s preeminent exercise physiologists, to discuss how to adjust your training now that the world is in a chronic state of disruption.
Zones Are a Range, and Not a Specific Number, Featuring an All-Star Cast of Guests
In this episode we look at the big picture when it comes to training in zones, or ranges, versus training a target number. Because what number is best?
Dr. Stephen Seiler – The Past, Present, and Future of Polarized Training
In this episode we learn about the inception of the polarized method, and we discuss Dr. Seiler’s current research on the all-important aerobic threshold.
Properly Executing Intervals Is Hard; Keep Your Training Plan Simple
Complex training prescriptions are becoming increasingly popular. Does it really need to be that complex? What do you gain from this complexity?
High Intensity Training, with Dr. Stephen Seiler
We discussed the overall polarized approach in episodes 54 and 51. Today, we’re going to talk about the other side: high intensity work.
Applying the Polarized Training Model, with Dr. Stephen Seiler
Dr. Stephen Seiler breaks down the application of the polarized training model, addressing what is meant by the two thresholds—LT1 and LT2—and how to determine yours. We also discuss why it’s important not to over-estimate LT1 or LT2, and how to use them to determine your zones in a three-zone model.
Polarizing Your Training, with Dr. Stephen Seiler
This episode is a deep dive into polarized training with Dr. Stephen Seiler, Grant Holicky, Andrew Randall, Steve Neal, and Larry Warbasse.