Jason Boynton, PhD | EP#379

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Jason Boynton, PhD, is a sports scientist and cycling coach with an interest in critical thinking and epistemology. In this interview, we dive deep into these topics and discuss how to improve our thinking about training, knowledge and evidence. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Critical thinking, skepticism and falsifiability -Different levels of evidence -What does it mean to "train scientifically" or be "evidence driven"? -Pseudoscience, anecdotes, confirmation bias, logical fallacies and the placebo effect -Examples of how to apply these concepts in training, science, and the world of endurance sport SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts379/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes perform at their best through their online tools, patented Sweat Test and range of electrolytes and fueling products. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner and receive a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake. If you want further help, book a free 20-minute video consultation to chat through your plan. Listen out for the code in today's show to get 15% off your first order of PF&H electrolytes and fueling products. If you missed the code, just email hello@pfandh.com. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a unique Dryland Swim Trainer that allows you to improve technique, power, and swim training consistency. With the trainer you can do specific power and technique work, including working on your catch and core activation, and it helps you stay consistent even if you don’t have much time to train. Get the special Zen8 x TTS bundle including the Swim Trainer and a number of ZEN8 training plans and on-demand workouts on zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Jason's website, Research Gate and Twitter profiles The Cycling Performance Club Podcast (Jason is one of the co-hosts) VLaMax, Polarised training, Fatigue and Complexity with Mark Burnley, PhD | EP#331 How World Tour cyclists train, and a discussion on training load with Teun van Erp, PhD | EP#250 Power profiling, critical power, and U23 cycling research with Peter Leo | EP#319 The Skeptic’s Guide To Sports Science with Nicholas Tiller, PhD | EP#239 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, 379.
0:17.7	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:26.4	I'm our host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Dr. Jason Boynton.
0:29.9	Jason is sports scientist and cycling coach and he's the co-host of the Cycling Club podcast along with Damien Ruse and Cyrus Monk.
0:36.7	The topics of today's interview are all related to critical thinking, knowledge, evidence,
0:43.9	and how to make better decisions, smarter decisions, well-informed decisions within endurance
0:50.0	sports. And it is an unusually long episode, you can see but i think that it's good it was
0:56.6	really important to explain all of these concepts in detail and fully and not just brush over any
1:02.2	of them so i hope that we did a decent job with that and that you will enjoy this conversation
1:07.1	and be able to take a lot from it but before we get into into the interview, big thanks to our sponsors, precision fuel and hydration
1:12.8	that help athletes perform at their best with electrolyte and fueling products, as well as
1:16.5	with free online tools, education and a patented sweat test.
1:20.3	You can use the free fuel and hydration planner on their website to get a personalized
1:23.6	plan for carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake.
1:26.6	And you can also book a free 20-minute
1:28.3	video consultation to chat through your plan with the athlete support team. As a salty sweater
1:32.9	myself, their highly concentrated electrolytes are very important to me in long workouts and in racing.
1:38.1	And the gels are super important when I want to be consuming carbohydrates in large quantities.
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1:45.0	with the precision fuel gels without any sort of gastrointestinal issues or even palate fatigue.
1:50.6	You can get 15% off your first order by using the code TTS-23 on precision fuel and hydration.com.
1:56.5	And thank you to Zen 8. The Zen 8 indoor swim trainer is a unique dryland swim trainer that allows
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