🚴‍♂️💥 NEUROMUSCULAR FATIGUE, CONCURRENT TRAINING & PERFORMANCE: WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN ADAPTATION ⚡ Ever wondered how strength and endurance training compete inside the body? Prof Paul Laursen sits down with Michael Gerhardy to break down the neuromuscular science behind fatigue, recovery, and real-world performance: straight from Michael’s PhD research. Inside this episode: 🧠 How neuromuscular variables reveal the hidden cost of training fatigue 🏋️‍♂️ The sequence of enduranc...

🏎️💪 FITNESS, FOCUS & FORMULA ONE: The ART of PERFORMANCE 🚀 From the ski slopes of France to the F1 paddock, Dr Pete McKnight’s coaching journey has been anything but ordinary 🌍 In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Pete unpack decades of lessons from Olympic sport to motorsport: 🏋️‍♂️ Why “getting fitter” doesn’t always mean better performance 🧠 Emotional control: the invisible skill that separates the greats from the good 🏎️ Inside the training demands o...

🚴‍♀️ RESILIENCE TO RESULTS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE 💥 From the operating theatre to the Olympic start line: Rachel Neylan shows what TRUE high performance looks like 👏 In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul sits down with Olympian, physiotherapist, and coach Rachel Neylan to explore how elite sport principles can reshape how we train, recover, and even perform in high-stakes professions like surgeons 🧠⚡ 💪 The art of resilience and developing mental toughness through adversity ...

❤️‍🔥 HEART RATE, TRAINING ZONES & LOAD: Measuring what really matters in performance 📊 It’s time to bring HEART RATE back into the conversation ❤️ In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Dr ‘Martin Buchheit sits down with Dr Ibrahim Akubat to unpack the real science behind HR, training zones/load, and dose-response adaptation, and why these principles still matter in modern coaching. 💓 The evolution of heart rate monitoring in sports science 📈 Understanding TIME in zone as ...

💉🏃‍♂️ EXERCISE, GLUCOSE & PERFORMANCE — RETHINKING DIABETES MANAGEMENT ⚡ What happens when sports science meets blood sugar science? 🤔 Dr. Sam Scott joins Paul Laursen to unpack how exercise, nutrition, and technology collide in the quest to help athletes, and everyday people, to thrive with diabetes. 📈 The real challenge of blood glucose management for type 1 athletes 📊 Why continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are changing the game 🥩 Carb strategies & fat oxidation: tailoring ...

🏉💬 PERFORMANCE, PRESSURE & PURPOSE IN SPORT After two decades across rugby, AFL, and Olympic programs, Nick Poulos joins Martin Buchheit to reflect on what it really takes to sustain a career in high-performance sport and what comes next when the constant grind finally stops. ⚡ Sustaining energy, passion, and balance in elite sport careers 📊 From Excel spreadsheets to advanced monitoring systems 💥 The real-world lessons from complex training and post-activation potentiation (P...

🚴‍♂️ CYCLING SCIENCE UNLOCKED. Crank length, cadence & single-leg secrets 🔑⚡ From mediocre road racer to world-leading cycling performance scientist! Prof. Jim Martin has spent a career merging engineering and exercise science to crack the code on performance 🚀 In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Jim dive into: ⚙️ Crank length, cadence & aerodynamics 🦵 The surprising power of SINGLE-LEG training for muscle adaptation & efficiency 📉 Debunk...

🏃‍♀️ TRAINING with the MENSTRUAL CYCLE: What the SCIENCE really says 🧬✨ Dr. Madison Taylor breaks down the latest research on how the menstrual cycle affects women athletes, and why INDIVIDUALIZED tracking is the game-changer 🗓️💡 In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Madison dive into: 📊 Why performance variables often don’t change much across menstrual phases 🩸 How symptom tracking can unlock individualized training & recovery 🧠 The importance of combini...

⚡ EVOLVING COACHING for MODERN ATHLETES: INSIGHTS with JONAS DODOO 🏃‍♂️🔥 From sprinting mechanics to AI-driven analysis, Jonas Dodoo is helping redefine what effective coaching looks like in today’s game ⚽💨 In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin sits down with Jonas to unpack how coaches can stay ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape: 🧠 Balancing physical preparation with mental performance 🩺Context matters for injury history & subjective responses 🤖 How AI ca...

Top Episode Replay: Motivation comes from LOVING 💖TRAINING & PURSUING PROGRESS goals - rather than chasing placings, competitions or anything like that. Kilian Jornet wants you to understand that you need to be focused 🥰 on the PROCESS 🔁 itself, especially at the start of any lofty goal. At the beginning of anything physical you will make FAST PROGRESS. But after that, to stay consistent with training, you must MAINTAIN the love & fun for the process 😉. Continual tinkering and experim...

🎿🔬 COOLING STRATEGIES, TALENT ID & THE FUTURE OF SPORTS SCIENCE ⚡ From ski slopes to the NBA, Dr. David T. Martin has spent a career at the cutting edge of performance science — blending PASSION with INNOVATION to change how athletes train, recover, and thrive 🏅 In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul sits down with David to explore: ❄️ Game-changing COOLING strategies to optimize performance in the heat 🎯 Spotting champions in unexpected places 🤝 Why psychology ...

🤝🏃‍♂️ THE ART OF COACHING: TRUST, SCIENCE & LONG-TERM SUCCESS ⚡ From athlete to world-class coach — Dan Lorang shares how passion, science, and human connection shape performance in endurance sports. Inside this episode: 🔄 Dan’s journey from athlete to coach 🤝 Trust as the foundation of every successful coach–athlete relationship 📈 Why time and belief matter in performance Whether you’re a coach, athlete, or simply fascinated by how performance is built, this conversation dives into the...

🥓🔬 KETOGENIC ADAPTATION, CARBS & PERFORMANCE — WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS ⚡ Prof Paul Laursen talks with Dr Matthew Carpenter about what changes (and what doesn’t) when endurance athletes go low-carb and stay there. We get into insulin’s rapid drop, the early-week training dip, the liver’s “small glucose pool,” and why a simple pre-start carb hit can still move the needle, even when you’re fat-adapted. Inside this episode: 📉 Insulin’s rapid drop when switching to low-carb diets 🔥 How Fat oxida...

🥑 FASTING, FUEL & FITNESS — MYTHS, METRICS & INTENSITY 🚴‍♀️🔥 From plant science 🌱 to performance science 🧬 — Kristi Storoshchuk has taken a unique path to uncover what really drives health & performance. In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Kristi cut through the noise on nutrition and training: ⏳ Fasting facts vs. fiction — human data vs. rodent hype 🥩 High-carb vs. low-carb — the athlete diet debate, minus the dogma 🧠 Zone 2 training under the microscope — c...

How do we individualize athlete development in chaotic, high-contact sports like rugby and basketball? Dr. Carmen Colomer shares her science-backed system for unlocking performance 🔬🏉💥 On this episode of the Training Science Podcast, Paul & Carmen dive into practical strategies for maximising physical preparation in team sport athletes, drawing from Carmen’s deep experience across the NBA, NRL, A-League, Super Rugby, and her PhD on tactical complexity in Rugby Union. 🔥 What’s inside: 🧠 Ap...

BREATH TO PERFORM – SCIENCE‑BACKED TOOLS FOR FASTER RUNNING Dr Eric Harbour didn’t start with pace — he started with RESPIRATORY LIMITERS In this lung‑expanding episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Eric translate cutting‑edge breathing research into everyday coaching gold: When your LUNGS, not your LEGS, hit the wall — spotting respiratory choke‑points Nasal vs. mouth breathing — why, when & how to switch gears Locomotor‑respiratory coupling (LRC) — sy...

Top Episode Replay What is the MINIMAL amount of carbs 🍬 that you NEED for ENDURANCE?! WHAT IF taking >= 60g of carbs per hour COMPLETELY STOPS your liver GLUCOSE production 😱? Prof. Tim Noakes wants you to understand that for long endurance efforts you simply do NOT NEED❌ massive amounts of EXOGENOUS carbohydrates. There is a minimal amount of carbs that you need to continuously SUPPLEMENT every couple of hours to tell your BRAIN 🧠 that you are ok - otherwise, you got FAT! In the 77...

🧠 PHYSICS meets PERFORMANCE – AI, DATA & the FUTURE of SPORTS SCIENCE 🔬⚡ Stefano Andriolo didn’t start in the gym — he started in STRING THEORY 📈💥 In this mind-bending episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Stefano dive deep into the intersection of physics, data science, and elite performance: 💡 From THEORETICAL PHYSICS to real-world ENDURANCE performance 📊 DFA Alpha 1 & ventilatory thresholds — measuring what matters 🤖 AI’s potential to TRANSFORM sports rese...

Top Episode Replay From a technology nerd, sailor and entrepreneur, to coaching the world’s fastest triathletes and chasing sub 7 hours for the Ironman distance - that’s just the start of our next guest’s bio! In this episode, we hear from leading Norwegian coach, Olav Aleksander Bu. Olav goes into great detail into his unique personal upbringing and background in technology, farming, sport and entrepreneurship and how he combined this experience alongside the development of a TEAM culture th...

Top Episode Replay: Designing HIIT workouts isn’t just about the session you put down on paper. You need to first know the important basics of WHY you are doing them, and this relates critically to the CONTEXT! The impact of TIME ⏱️, INTENSITY 🔥 or HOW OFTEN 🖩, you do them is often ignored or forgotten, and these factors need to be implemented in line with CONTEXT (see Episode 1). But can’t you just TRAIN HARD all the time to maximise my GAINS 💰? Well, in our second episode we highlight the 3...