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Join host Scott Johnston as he chats with his coached athlete, professional ultra runner Tom Evans. Tom recently made a podium finish at the Black Canyon 100k in Arizona where he beat the course record along with the other two top finishers. Scott and Tom discuss the modulation of Tom’s training, and the essential distinction between capacity and utilization training. All of this forms the backdrop of how they work to ensure that the correct training for Tom is done in critical and essential time windows. 

In this episode, Scott Johnston outlines the common mistakes and misconceptions that derail training, and the methods and frameworks necessary to avoid these pitfalls. No training plan can predict your physical or psychological state. The best way to avoid these mistakes is to pay attention to the subtle signals your body is sending your brain, and to monitor your recovery. 

Training will not produce desired results if you don't allow sufficient recovery. If recovery is cut short before desired adaptations occur, this produces a negative effect on athletic performance. In this episode, coach Scott Johnston discusses characteristic signs the body gives during the recovery process, and some perceptive cues that he has used over the decades to assess training readiness both in himself, and in the athletes he coaches.  

Scott Johnston talks with director of Sports Performance at UC Davis, Judd Van Sickle, about metabolic testing, fat adaptation, and aerobic deficiency.

In this episode Scott Johnston outlines the basic physiology of endurance training. He traces the historical timeline  of our contemporary understanding of how athletes and coaches have evolved their methods through empirical and anecdotal data  to understand the intersections between aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, and how endurance is best trained.

For more information and a deeper dive, refer to our in-depth video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PP7GqpvIVWY 

In this episode Evoke coach Nikki LaRochelle interviews Scott Johnston in a conversation that ranges over some of Scott’s life experiences including overtraining, muscular endurance, and  a serious climbing accident that changed his life.  

This is a recording of a Coaches Corner that took place on January 17, 2023. Join Mike Foote, Jack Kuentzle, and Kylee Toth for a deep dive into how to make the most of ski training for aerobic development, speed work, and technique. 

In this episode, Scott Johnston talks with Kilian Jornet. Kilian needs no introduction in the mountain endurance world. But for those who are new to this, he is one of the most accomplished mountain endurance athletes in the world. Join them as they discuss the fundamental importance of long term training adaptations, and how Kilian and other highly successful athletes modulate their training over the weeks, months, years, and decades according to their individual biological talents and limitations. 

In this Vault Classic, Scott Johnston is joined by Doctor Jesse Charles, M.D. Jesse is a rural medical doctor and longtime adherent to the Evoke's training methods. As a general practitioner in a rural setting, Jesse sees a wide variety of patients, from those at peak health, to the infirm. In this episode, Scott and Jesse discuss changes that take place as the result of regular exercise; exercise as a ‘phase change’ in the functioning of the body; how exercise facilitates learning; responses of the heart to exercise; nervous system changes and loss of motor units through time; the importance of balance practices in aging populations; the evolution of mitochondria; gut bacteria as a health indicator throughout life; dietary considerations for gut health; training progressions and adaptations for increasing vitality; and thoughts on arthritis prevention.

Join us for another Vault Classic. In this episode Scott Johnston is joined by Phil Maffetone to discuss the nuances of Over Training. Over Training is not your garden variety fatigue that a few days of rest will overcome.  It is a medical condition that is misunderstood by most athletes, coaches and medical professionals.  It's difficult to diagnose and harder to treat.  In this episode Phil and Scott discuss diagnosis and treatment as well as strategies to avoid this elephant in the endurance training room that will keep you from falling off the Over Training cliff. Listen for guidance and tips for how to avoid this.