s4/e21 Data Driven Training for the Everyday Athlete with Jonah Rosner, MS, CSCS
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
DATA DATA EVERYWHERE! VO2max, heart rate, training status, body battery, sleep score, intensity zones, HRV, heat acclimation status, training readiness, cadence, ground contact time, vertical oscillation... HOW DO YOU SORT THROUGH IT ALL?
Sports scientist Jonah Rosner, MS, CSCS, is here to help YOU understand 1) what's important and what's just noise, 2) how to accurately gather data, and 3) how to implement it in your training! We explore how to effectively use key data points such as distance, pace, heart rate, and subjective feel to guide your training, and discuss the importance of balancing objective data with personal intuition (just like the pros!)
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GUEST BIO:
Jonah is an applied sport scientist, strength and running coach/consultant living in Brooklyn, NY. Jonah spent the past 7 years working with athletes and teams from all major American Professional Team sports. Most recently, Jonah was the applied sports science coordinator for the Houston Texans in the NFL. At 25 he was one of the youngest sport scientist in NFL history. Jonah specializes in using the latest sports science technology and testing to individualize running and strength programs. He currently collaborates with Nike to run the Nike Running Performance Lab NYC. Jonah can be found on Instagram at @rosnerperformance where he shares practical tips on how to optimize marathon performance based on the latest research. His website is www.rosnerperformance.com
HOST BIO: Coach Elisabeth is the Founder and Head Coach at Running Explained, 6x marathoner, multi-certified coach, Boston Qualifier, and enthusiastic believer in your ability to turn the impossible into the possible. Whether you're a brand new runner or have been pounding the pavement for decades, she believes there is always more to learn about running and always more that running can teach us about life. Crush your goals with a Running Explained training plan, masterclass, group coaching, or 1:1 coaching, or learn from her meticulously researched Instagram posts on a wide variety of running-related topics!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explained podcast. I'm your host, Coach Elizabeth. When I started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. So now I'm here to answer all your questions about running and running adjacent topics to help you become a better, smarter, more knowledgeable runner. Whether you're brand new or you've been doing this for a while, there's always more we can learn about running. |
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| 0:43.4 | needed. Then layer on a running-specific strength training program that matches your goals and |
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| 1:17.7 | My guest this week is applied sports scientist Jonah Rosner. Jonah spent seven years working for |
| 1:23.1 | professional American team sports, including major leaguecer and most recently the NFL, where |
| 1:27.8 | he was a sports science coordinator for the Houston Texans. Jonah is the data guy. Collecting, |
| 1:34.4 | measuring, and using data for high-level professional athletes was and is his job. He's currently |
| 1:40.5 | in charge of the Nike running performance lab in New York City. So yes, he is the data guy. |
| 1:45.7 | He knows what data to look for, how to use it, what is noise, what is fluff, and what you should really be paying attention to if you're going to be using data in any capacity in your training. |
| 1:56.4 | Because let's face it, there's almost an overwhelming amount of data available to us as normal humans and |
| 2:03.2 | everyday runners. You buy any smart watch and it comes with a billion different metrics that you |
| 2:08.3 | aren't even sure if you should be using them and if so how and can you trust it and was it even |
| 2:14.7 | measuring times that by all the devices that you wear, especially if you're somebody who's really |
| 2:18.7 | interested in data, sleep scores, HRV, training readiness, body battery, VO2MX. |
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