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EP 455: Grab Bag with Alex Hutchinson and Dr. Matt Laye

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Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this edition of Grab Bag, Alex Hutchinson and Matt Laye join us as we try an find out the truth behind:

  • Over breathing?
  • Can we become so efficient that we are burning less energy than a sedentary person?
  • Is there a benefit to stretching?
  • How does your microbiom affect health?
  • Can smiling improve performance?
  • Do we have limits to the number of calories we can process?

Links that of stuff we talked about:

  • Stronger by Science Podcast
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6934128/
  • https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1907805
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31872558
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
  • term=gut%20microbiota%20fermentation%20determines%20the%20efficacy%20of%20exercise%20for%20diabetes%20prevention&cmd=correctspelling

Matt Laye is an endurance athlete and PhD in medical physiology and an assistant professor of health and human performance at The College of Idaho.  Matt is a coach at Sharman Ultra and a regular contributor to Ultrarunning Magazine

Visit Matt's Blog: Laying It Down

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Alex Hutchinson is an avid runner and author.  We did a series of podcasts on his book, Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance 

Follow Alex on Twitter

Check out Sweat Science

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Don, we were just talking to the guys over at Path Projects, and they were letting

0:07.8

us know that there have been a lot of TRN listeners that have order Path Projects gear.

0:13.4

And there's a good reason for that because it's awesome.

0:15.6

In fact, Scott, you and I coincidentally, not coincidentally, and we're both sitting

0:19.7

here in our Path Projects gear.

0:22.0

It's almost every day that I have something from Path On somewhere.

0:25.6

The good news is, is those people that ordered have reordered.

0:30.4

That means they've discovered exactly what we've been talking about for over a year now.

0:35.3

Path Projects gear feels good, it's good quality, it's a great price because they do have

0:41.3

a direct to consumer model.

0:44.5

When you look good, you feel good, and I think I look good in this stuff, Scott.

0:49.0

And when you look good and feel good, you usually perform well.

0:52.6

So I think that you need to try it.

0:54.1

If you haven't, go to pathprojects.com, you can also get there by going to our partners

0:59.4

page and linking over, clicking on the banner there.

1:02.8

If you have tried it, maybe it's time for some more.

1:06.6

Go to pathprojects.com and take a look around and see what you would like to wear.

1:12.6

Do you experience stress having anxiety, chronic pain, or have trouble sleeping at least

1:16.7

once a week?

1:17.7

Scott, you had me at stress.

1:19.2

Now you're not alone, Mr. Freeman, because a lot of us do.

1:22.8

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