EP 709: Fact or Fiction? Debunking Myths About Fitness, Nutrition, and Endurance
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
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🗓️ 26 December 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
There are so many new studies and scientific discoveries that it's tough for us runners to discern what is fact and what is fiction. That's why we enjoy every discussion we have with Alex Hutchinson. He dispels the fake news and brings to us the latest and greatest in athletic research in his "Sweat Science" column at OutsideOnline.com. In this episode, we discuss a few of his recent articles on meditation, VO2max differences in gender, and how to fight muscle power as we age.
- Make sure you have his award-winning book, Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance explores the boundaries of human potential on your reading list.
- Visit the Sweat Science website to learn more about Alex and everything he has going on.
- And pre-order his new book, The Explorer's Gene. Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and Blank Spots on the Map - available on March 25, 2025. For sure we will be doing at least one episode on this so do your homework!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, let me start with some context, which is that my natural default position is that |
| 0:06.5 | anything you can't measure is all a bunch of crap. |
| 0:09.2 | So I start with a healthy level of skepticism about things like meditation. Welcome to the trailhead of trail runner nation. |
| 0:27.4 | We go on runs with you. |
| 0:29.6 | Virtually, you can join us with your ear pods or air pods or whatever you call them. |
| 0:35.1 | You can join us. |
| 0:36.1 | We're going to go on a run with experts that are going to help us become better, stronger, |
| 0:41.0 | faster, healthier runners and maybe just in turn, better human beings. |
| 0:47.1 | And if you've ever wondered what it would be like to have an interactive magazine article, |
| 0:53.0 | that's what we're doing today with Alex Hutchinson diving deep into some of his great, |
| 0:58.9 | ingenious writings. |
| 1:02.7 | Happy holiday, trail members, and we hope you're enjoying your break and getting |
| 1:06.1 | some time out on the trail and that time on the trail can be more enjoyable and more comfortable |
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| 1:42.9 | your pack. And if it's colder, the thermal runner insulated jacket. |
| 1:47.2 | And they have a lot of mid-layer solutions too. |
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