254. How Heat Training is Changing the Game, Protein Needs for Endurance, VO2 Max Numbers, Workout Success v. "Failure," and What Comes After Disaster!

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Sports, Running

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

We put sensors in all the right places before this HOT episode! The main discussion was on the emerging science of heat training, centered around a 2025 study that showed 3 x weekly sessions could sustain hematological adaptations from an altitude camp.

Heat training is no longer just about being ready for hot weather. It's about helping our blood be full of oxygen, powering performance in all conditions. We try to take a "no secrets" approach to bring you onto the front lines of The Heat Revolution.

And this one was full of amazing topics! Other topics: Megan's review of a harness that helps with running form, David's review of the Core 2 heat sensor, heat training guidelines that the sensor illuminated, a follow-up on mitochondria protein, protein needs for different workouts, protein powders we like, heat suit training and what it tells us about physiology, whether it's beneficial to know VO2 max numbers, what hardship teaches us, how we try to hold onto those lessons, the best distance to race in a partner v. partner showdown, bathroom breaks in races, and lots more!

Thank you so much for being here! HUZZAH!

May your thermometers be warm and lubricated,

-David and Megan

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0:00.0	Woohoo. Welcome to the SomeWork All Play podcast. We are so happy with you today. Happy Tuesday. It's Tuesday. And my arms are in upright and locked position on this Tuesday. I think I know what you're talking about. Are you talking about your very special harness you got to train your running form? My very sexy harness. Yeah, I wonder what the neighbors think about us because you've been running around the neighborhood in a heat suit. I've been running around the neighborhood in an arm harness.
0:23.6	And we got a lot going on over here. We do test everything out. Like, we never talk to you about
0:28.7	anything on the podcast without like indulging our curiosity. And this is the ultimate curiosity
0:33.3	indulgment because we talked on this podcast about how Megan has always struggled with her arm carriage. Like you just carry your arms quite low. I'm not sure. It kind of looks like
0:41.6	you're grabbing something from your pocket every time you run. I was going to ask you to make up an
0:44.7	animal form. It's some kind of like, I don't know, probably uncoordinated velociraptor is what I'm
0:49.9	coming up with at the moment. What do you got for me? I just say more teradactal. You're flapping
0:54.6	your wings very inefficiently. And so I, as the very caring and curious husband that I am,
1:02.3	searched online and wasn't able to really find anything, but then a Patreon listener messaged us
1:08.1	with something called the float run harness. And so I ordered two of
1:11.5	these things. They're just $12. And basically, I wouldn't, it looks kind of like a shoe string. How
1:16.8	would you phrase this? It's kind of, yeah, I would say it's like a stretchy version of a shoe string
1:20.7	that you put around and wear it like a jacket. And then you put your arms through these two holes. And yeah, so I took it out for a test run.
1:28.8	I actually started for it.
1:29.8	I used it first as a warm up.
1:31.1	And then I brought it into the run.
1:32.4	I was like, this is so good.
1:33.3	You don't put your arms through the holes.
1:34.3	You put fingers in the holes.
1:35.7	That's true.
1:36.2	You're fingering.
1:36.8	You're fingering the device.
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