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Some Work, All Play

83. Endurance Performance and the Wild Science of Fatigue Resistance

Some Work, All Play

David Roche and Megan Roche

Running, Sports

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

SEXY SCIENCE CORNER! What differentiates athletes late in endurance events like marathons and ultras? Why can some athletes train the same, pace the same, fuel the same--yet have different results? The answer may be found in the emerging study of "fatigue resistance." Fatigue resistance does not have a set definition, but is generally classified as the extent of performance deterioration late in events, often unexplained by normal physiological profiling while fresh. This episode takes a deep dive into some of the sexiest science and training theory of how the brain and nervous system influence late-race fatigue. We take you on a thrilling ride featuring neurotransmitters, genetics, metabolic variables, and much more, with the goal of highlighting what contributes to physiological breakthroughs over time. It concludes with 10 training theories you can put into practice to accomplish some big, scary goals.

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0:00.0

Woohoo! Welcome to the Summer Call Play podcast.

0:02.8

We are so happy to be with you today.

0:04.6

Happy Friday!

0:05.6

It's Friday!

0:06.4

And it's a young on Friday.

0:08.4

It is dark outside.

0:09.9

We are recording early that the day is young.

0:12.7

Yeah, we are coming to you live here

0:14.5

from the Swat Podcasts or Cording Studios,

0:16.5

AKA Megan's Home Office.

0:18.4

And it is pitch black outside.

0:21.1

It's a little bit like a horror movie in here

0:22.9

with the lights turned down low.

0:24.9

It's pretty darn exciting for a sexy science corner.

0:27.6

I think horror movie is a good way to describe it.

0:29.4

So I last year decided to paint my walls orange

0:32.2

and it was like, this is the color I want to feel.

0:34.4

But the orange actually does give a little bit of a horror

0:36.7

show like GL sort of vibe in here,

0:38.5

especially with like the low light and the dark outside.

0:41.2

So you just have this orange hue reflecting off your skin.

0:44.8

Like our former presidents.

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