Stryd Power Podcast

We were joined by Justin and Jeanni Metzler! They are both professional triathletes and shared how they are using this time to prepare for an upcoming racing season.

Will Murray is mental skills coach for D3 Multisport, a USA Triathlon licensed coach and training director for the R and R Project (https://thertmprotocol.com/), whose mission is to eliminate Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) in our lifetimes. He is an age group triathlete and is co-author of The Four Pillars of Triathlon, Vital Mental Conditioning for Endurance Athletes.

Gus and Evan from the Stryd Team talk through ways to track your improvements while running with Stryd!

Erin Skinner is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Personal Training, and Certified LEAP Therapist. She has deep experience in athletics, from participation in triathlon to crossfit. She is also the founder and owner of Real Nutrition RX & Erin Skinner Nutrition. Topic List: - How to fuel for your best lactic, anaerobic, and aerobic performances? (i.e. what should your dietary focus be before a long run, track workout, or time trial performance?) - A lot of runners are stuck at home and they have time to experiment with new fueling techniques and diets to improve performance. What are some angles they should experiment with, especially with ambitions of a big Fall racing season? - What supplements should runners focus on for performance-related & endurance-related endeavors?

Dr. Stephen Walker is an award-winning sport & performance consultant whose clients, in their chosen endeavors, have reached the Podium in world championships, the Olympics, and performed in the Kennedy Center Philharmonic. Topic List: - How to effectively run in solitude - How to manage frustration around cancelled races and new goal setting - How to manage increasing work stress (or managing new found free time)

Thanks for tuning in to the Stryd Power Podcast! Today Angus Nelson and Evan Schwartz from the Stryd team covered how to maintain your Auto Calculated Critical Power while not racing.

Today, Dr. Josh Emdur joined us to discuss how runners can maintain a healthy immune system.

• Running helps but running does not guarantee that you have a great immune system.

• It is important to have a balanced approach to your training during this time period. Moderate exercise has been proven to help your immune system. Your immune system may be at risk if you are sustaining excess training loads.

• Stress is stress. Stress can be physical or mental. You have to balance the physical stress from running against the stress from your daily life if you are trying to maintain a healthy immune system.

• If you are trying to figure out the right balance of intensity and volume, here is a good rule of thumb: you should always finish a run feeling better than when you felt when you started.

• It is important to have a tool like heart rate or Stryd to quantify how hard you are training so you can ensure you are running easy.

• and more!

If you would like to follow Dr. Emdur, you can him on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/drjoshruns/ & you can also learn more about SteadyMD here: www.steadymd.com/stryd

Kevin Purvis is a Boulder, CO based strength coach with a focus on endurance athletes. He trains a handful of elite high profile runners and triathletes in Boulder and remotely. Recent results include Jake Riley’s 2nd place finish at the US Olympic Marathon Trials and 2021 Olympic Team Qualifier, Flora Duffy winning her 5th Xterra World Championship (record male or female) and winning her 70.3 debut at IM South Africa 70.3, Sam Long winning IM Chattanooga 140.6, IM Chattanooga 70.3, IM Victoria 70.3, Dede Greisbauer setting the Ultraman World Record at Ultraman Florida, Chris Leiferman winning IM Boulder 70.3 and top 10 at his Kona World Championships debut, and Matt Hanson winning IM Boulder 140.6, IM Traverse City and IM Campeche 70.3.

Physical Therapist & Founder of LightSpeed Lift Malcolm Macaulay joined us to discuss strategies for dealing with long term, nagging injuries and how to effectively train on the treadmill if you are forced to run indoors. Malcolm Macaulay is a physical therapist based out of Duluth, Minnesota with over 33 years of experience. He is the founder of the LightSpeed Lift, a bodyweight support system for rehab and recovery use on the treadmill. His patented system is used by many professional runners and physical therapy clinics across the country.

Kaylee & Lindsay Flanagan are sisters and endurance runners training out of Boulder, CO. They both ran for the University of Washington in college. Kaylee is a Stryd employee and has logged a series of great road racing results over the last few years, including a win at the 2019 Chicago Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. Lindsay is a professional runner sponsored by Asics. She recently ran the US Olympic Trials. She placed 9th at the Boston Marathon last year and 7th at the Chicago Marathon. They will be covering: 

• How their current run training is changing to accommodate a condensed racing season
• How these changes have raised their performance expectations for their upcoming races
• What are some new and improved training habits they are picking up as a result of their normal schedule being disrupted