The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS

Episode 191: 5 Keys to Long Term Success in Endurance Training, with Alex Hutchinson, PhD


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In Episode 191 of The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast, Outside Magazine's Sweatscience columnist Alex Hutchinson joins Host Adam Pulford to discuss the keys to long term success as an athlete. In particular, they draw on skills acquisition research from Mark Williams of the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition in Florida and Nicola Hodges of the University of British Columbia. 

5 Keys to Long Term Success in Endurance Training:

  1. Balancing Performance with Learning
  2. Choosing Quality over Quantity
  3. Fostering Autonomy
  4. Being Specific
  5. Respect Individual Differences

Resources:

  • Youtube video of this episode  
  • Alex's Twitter(X) @sweatscience
  • Website: https://sweatscience.com/
  • Resources:
    - Alex’s Article on Outside: How to Train for Long-Term Success 
    - Effective practice and instruction: A skill acquisition framework for excellence: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37603709/

Guest: Alex Hutchinson, PhD
Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. His most recent book is the New York Times bestseller Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. Before becoming a journalist, he completed a PhD in physics at the University of Cambridge and worked as a researcher in the National Security Agency’s Quantum Computing group. He also competed for the Canadian national team in track, cross-country, road, and mountain running. He lives (and runs) in Toronto.

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Adam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for more than 14 years and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.

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