Our focus this week is on people who have GOAT arguments and the super subs who stepped up at the Olympics. We also discuss Olympic medals and happiness as well as discussing some listener questions, our 1% Better challenge for August and a visit to the Doctor’s Office. 

(00:00) Introduction

(00:56) David’s polarized training in Chamonix 

(02:08) Xylon’s Cape Town Marathon Training 

(03:08) The Impact of Travel, Walking & Heat on Performance in Training  

(06:00) Xylon’s Sweat Test 

(09:36) Community Shoutouts, Listener Question on Recovery Supplements

(14:08) Ice Baths and Recovery Boots for Recovery 

(16:08) Optimising vs Adapting

(20:47) Listener Question Omnius Headbands

(25:00) Medal Winners and Happiness

(32:12) GOATs 

(32:25) Killian Jornet Winning Zegama Strengthening his GOAT Status

(39:14) Tia-Clar Toomey-Orr’s Record Setting 7th Crossfit Games Win 

(42:07) GOAT Showdown in the Marathon Bekele vs Kipchoge 

(45:33) Sifan Hassan & Helen Obiri’s GOAT Arguments 

(51:08) Faith Kipyegon’s Insane Achievement 

(54:03) Super Subs - Performances of Olympic Reserves 

(57:55) The Doctor’s Office 

(59:53) August 1% Better Challenge

(61:29) What We’re Watching 

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David’s Article on Walking

https://healthperformancenexus.substack.com/p/walking 

Paper on Recovery 

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/11/11/213 

Link to AIS Supplement Fact Sheets

https://www.ais.gov.au/nutrition/supplements 

Killian Jornet’s Twitter Video Mentioned

https://x.com/kilianj/status/1822550150637576336?s=46&t=rG4B7Qh26_UR3jOG6o_6-w 

Killian Jornet’s Article on Training

https://www.coros.com/stories/athlete-stories/c/kilian-jornet-takes-on-zegama-for-12th-time 

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