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Some Work, All Play

195. Double Workouts, Running as a Power Sport, Megan's Overall Win, Big Alta Races, and New Mental Health Study!

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

We put on some see-through pants for this great episode! The main training topic was on double workouts, involving two moderate sessions in a single day. Norwegian athletes are notorious for their double threshold days, and over the last few years, we have been using an adapted approach with the treadmill or cross-training that can be implemented for trail runners, non-pros, and aging athletes. There's no "secret"... but this might be the closest thing to a training secret that we have. Don't tell anyone we told you.

We also talked about an incredible new study on the effect of exercise for depression. This area of science is full of confounding variables, but there are some important lessons for understanding population mental health. Now, there's a science-backed reason to dance like no one is watching. The work is the twerk?

And we had a smorgasbord of awesome topics! Other topics: unique approaches to injury healing, Megan's overall win at her backyard half marathon, comparing to ghost versions of yourself, thoughts from the Big Alta finish line, running as a power sport, a new policy on eating disorders from the world of climbing, a follow-up on iron levels and mental health, MLB's pants problem, a shoe durability study, advice for starting a podcast, S2 testing in the NFL, and hot takes.

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0:00.0

Whoa! Welcome to the Summer Call Play Podcast. We are so happy with you today.

0:04.8

Happy Tuesday! It's Tuesday!

0:06.8

I'm doing a little jig over here on this Tuesday.

0:09.0

You're doing a jig, what does that mean?

0:10.7

It's a little dance. I call it like a polka. Usually we warm up for this

0:13.8

podcast and I feel like it's the afternoon, I'm like twirking, grind in, getting low, and it's

0:19.5

530 right now and I feel like that's polka vibes.

0:21.5

530 a.m is polka time? Is that what you're saying? I mean I feel like that's polka vibes. Five 30 a.m is polka time?

0:23.1

Yeah, I mean, I feel like it's not quite,

0:24.9

I feel like my quads are not quite activated to torque.

0:27.0

Oh, I see what you mean.

0:28.7

I'm a little sore, the days a little young.

0:30.8

Yeah, I always think about that.

0:31.9

When they tell you to drop your

0:33.0

poody down low to the floor there you go I'm like I can't do it I don't really have the

0:37.7

mobility in my ankles or in my knees to drop the booty that low so the polka

0:41.8

maybe is made for those types of eyes when you have reduced mobility.

0:45.0

It's so true every time I do like a squat like a regular back squat I'm like how do people go so

0:49.6

low? It shocks me. It is mind-blowing.

0:52.8

And then I see Leo and I'm like, when did we lose it?

0:55.4

Because Leo, our little baby can do that very easily.

0:58.6

Meanwhile myself and like my butt is way off the ground.

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