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That Triathlon Show

Altitude training with prof. Grégoire Millet | EP#258

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Professor Grégoire Millet is one of the world's foremost researchers in the field of altitude training and hypoxic training. He combines his academic prowess with a background as an elite triathlete and coach, and is therefore in a perfect position to not just do the science, but actually apply it in the real world. In this episode, we discuss all things altitude training, plus general training principles from a few of the world's best athletes that prof. Millet has worked with and published data from.     IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -What happens physiologically when training at altitude or in hypoxic conditions -The potential performance gains from altitude training, and how everybody can be a responder -How to structure altitude training to maximise the performance benefits  -New(ish) paradigms in altitude training: Live high-train low and high, and Repeated Sprint training in Hypoxia (RSH) -Living at altitude year round -Altitude champers and tents -Dissecting the performances of Martin Fourcade (the most successful biathlete of the last decade, and the most successful French Olympian of all time) and Kilian Jornet (mountaineer, trail and mountain runner, summited Mount Everest twice in a week without supplemental oxygen)   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts258/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Prof. Millet's Twitter, Research Gate, and University of Lausanne profile page Eleven Years' Monitoring of the World's Most Successful Male Biathlete of the Last Decade (Schmitt, Millet et al. 2020) Same Performance Changes after Live High-Train Low in Normobaric vs. Hypobaric Hypoxia Live high - Train low guided by daily heart rate variability in elite Nordic-skiers Combining Hypoxic Methods for Peak Performance (Millet et al. 2010) Hypoxic dose, intensity distribution and fatigue monitoring are paramount for "live high-train low" effectiveness (Brocherie, Millet et al. 2017) Individual hemoglobin mass response to normobaric and hypobaric "live high-train low": A one-year crossover study (Hauser, Millet et al. 2017) “Live High–Train Low and High” Hypoxic Training Improves Team-Sport Performance (Brocherie, Millet et al. 2015) RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0

The Traathlon Show, 28.

0:05.0

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:27.6

I'm our host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Professor Gregor Mille.

0:32.4

Professor Millet is one of the world's foremost researchers in the field of altitude training and hypoxic training

0:38.3

in general. And not only is he a great researcher, but he has a background himself as an elite

0:44.0

triathlete and a coach. So he's not just somebody who knows everything about the science,

0:50.1

but actually how to apply these things in the real world as well.

0:54.9

So in this episode we will go into many, many details, both the physiological but also

1:00.1

the practical and training structure-wise about altitude training, how to get the most

1:05.0

out of altitude training camps, why everybody can benefit from them, there really is no such thing as non-responders.

1:12.5

But we also talk a little bit towards the end about a few of the world's best athletes

1:17.4

that Professor Moulet has worked with and published data from, including Martin Foucaud,

1:23.6

who is the most successful by-athlete of the last decade and the most successful French Olympian

1:28.5

of all time and Killian Jorne who I'm sure most of you know who is, a mountaineer, trail and mountain

1:34.2

runner and summited Mount Everest twice in a week without supplemental oxygen in super

1:40.9

fast times for that ascent. So it's an exciting interview we have coming up.

1:45.9

We'll get right into it after thanking our sponsors.

1:49.0

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1:53.5

And they have developed an online sweat test that you can use to get a good ballpark estimate

1:58.3

for how much sodium you lose in your sweat.

2:01.9

And with that information, you also get a good ballpark estimate for how much sodium you lose in your sweat and with that information you also get a really good starting point for a race hydration plan that you can use

2:09.0

right out and then of course as time goes by and you do more races you can do some fine tuning to it

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