The VO2 Lounge

This episode includes:

• Lactate threshold [3:00]
• Fat Oxidative capacity [11:20]
• Human Efficancy [16:40]
• VO2MAX [19:00]

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In this episode, I cover:

Muscle Structure and Types [1:15]

Muscle Contraction and Neuromuscular Junction [2:55]

Energy Metabolism in Muscles [4:30]

Muscle Fiber Types and Performance [8:10]

Muscle Hypertrophy and Adaptation [14:05]

Neural Adaptations and Skill Acquisition [16:08]

Fatigue and Recovery [19:40]

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The origins and requirements of hot and cold therapy [2:05]

High-level benefits of hot and cold exposure [4:30]

The physiological response to heat stress [5:31]

Heat shock proteins [7:53]

Brown fat [10:22]

Other benefits and effects of hot and cold exposure [12:40]

The concerns and drawbacks [16:40]

Other heat stress modalities [19:18]

Benefits of heat acclimation introduction [1:00]

Examples of heat acclimation benefits in studies [2:24]

Heat acclimation training plan, what are the adaptions and how long they last [9:57]

Blood plasma volume [17:28]

Effects on thirst and fluid balance [18:54]

Cardiovascular adaptions [22:01]

Effects on sports and endurance performance [27:37]

Outro 

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Should transgender athletes be able to compete with biological females? Thats the question fo today's episode.

Background on transgender athletes in sport [2:00]

What is testosterone and how does it affect female sports performance [12:16]

Does testosterone suppression eliminate male advantage? Can it "save us" [26:29]

Is it fair to ban transgender women from female sports a philosophical question [33:58]

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Performance-enhancing supplements [3:16]

Caffeine effects [4:21]

creatine benefits [10:15]

Nitrate benefits [15:09]

Beta-alanine [22:31]

Sodium bicarbonate [27:40]

Supliment oncotion [32:34]

Ketones [33:16]

Sources used

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsnem/29/2/article-p198.xml

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsnem/28/2/article-p178.xml

https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(16)30355-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1550413116303552%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Introduction to cold therapy, Ice baths, cryotherapy and cold showers and their performance benefits.

Effects of a 5-minute head ice bath on recovery [6:16]

Cold water immersion effects on multi-day and single-day events [11:12]

Health benefits of cold water immersion [20:27]

Cold therapy modalities [27:00]

Cold water saftey [29:34]

Sources

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2015/706141/

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP273796

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33134431/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29351426/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518606/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7134350/

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Losing VO2Max [2:57]

Blood volume change [6:30]

Heart rate effects [9:34]

Stoke volume & cardiac output [10:47]

Cardiac dimensions [12:11]

Substrate utilisation [14:37]

Blood lactate kinetics [18:23]

Muscle glycogen storage [23:41]

Impacts on endurance performance [26:06]

How to maintain fitness on low volume and time [30:31]

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This episode is dedicated to zone 2 training where I am mainly going to be in relation to athletic performance but I will also include takeaways from key points on how they can be applied to longevity.

Heart rate training zones explained [3:45]

What is zone 2 [9:40]

Why is zone 2 so important [16:00]

How to tell if you are in zone 2 [29:00]

Maffatone method [42:15]

DFA-Alpha 1 [46:00]

How much zone 2 training do I need [49:15]

A message to all the Zwift and Trainer Road riders [51:00]

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In this episode, I will be exploring if coffee is in fact good or bad for you.

How much caffeine is in coffee, tea, and other drinks [4:55]

How coffee works [7:20]

Effects on all-cause mortality [14:00]

Cardiovascular disease [16:00]

Metabolic disease [18:50]

Effects on cancer [20:50]

neurological outcomes [22:15]

Improved cognition [23:25]

Coffee and pregnancy [26:25]

Coffee's effects on sleep [28:15]

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