The Future of Endurance Sports! With Dr. Andy Pruitt, Kristen Legan, Rob Pickels, and Dr. Stephen Seiler
What will the future of endurance sports look like? From training to research to racing, we examine what is to come.
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- Endurance Performance Data Analysis
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- Environmental Physiology
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- Fast Talk Labs Q&A
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- Female Athletes
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- Gear and Tech
- Goal Setting
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- Illness
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- Managing Athletes and Service Providers
- Mental Toughness
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- Nerd Lab
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- Nutrition Strategies
- Overreaching and Overtraining
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- Periodization
- Planning Your Season
- Polarized Training
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- Power Profiling
- Pro Athletes
- Race Planning and Preparation
- Race Tactics
- Recovery
- Recovery Techniques
- Respiration
- Running
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- Skills and Technique
- Sleep
- Sport Psychology & Mental Training
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