The BEST coaches will make sure they are somewhat of a 👍FRIEND👍 to their athletes 👀!

Prof. Øyvind Sandbakk makes it very clear that you will have the greatest IMPACT 🌠 on your athletes if you know more about them and truly CARE. 

This includes everything that makes them HUMAN. Take a true holistic and wellbeing-centred approach as an ELITE coach and / or exercise and sports scientist 💪. 

The importance of wellbeing is not just a new “trend” in the sports world, but it is truly something we need to embrace, meaning appreciating the mental 🧠, emotional ❤️, social 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧, and spiritual ✨ health of athletes.

In our 5th episode of The Training Science Podcast, we talk with Øyvind about plenty of topics - ranging from his early experiences as a VERY GOOD XC nordic skiing athlete, to his progress as a coach, as well as what he thinks about potential challenges at the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing.

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Today’s speakers:

Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com

Prof. Øyvind Sandbakk https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/oyvind.sandbakk 

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References:

Sub7 Sub8 Project https://www.sub7sub8.com/

Solli GS, Tønnessen E and Sandbakk Ø (2017) The Training Characteristics of the World’s Most

Successful Female Cross-Country Skier. Front. Physiol. 8:1069. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.01069 

Sandbakk, Ø., Solli, G.S., Talsnes, R.K. et al. Preparing for the Nordic Skiing Events at the Beijing Olympics in 2022: Evidence-Based Recommendations and Unanswered Questions. J. of SCI. IN SPORT AND EXERCISE 3, 257–269 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42978-021-00113-5

Sandbakk, Ø., Solli, G. S., Talsnes, R. K., & Holmberg, H. C. (2021). Preparing for the Nordic Skiing Events at the Beijing Olympics in 2022: Evidence-Based Recommendations and Unanswered Questions. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42978-021-00113-5