Zone 2 for Beginners, Hot Tubs vs. Altitude, & Improving Economy with Sport Scientist Jonah Rosner
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Jonah Rosner is an applied sport scientist who spent 10 years working with athletes and teams from all major American professional team sports, particularly the National Football League.
He's a certified running coach and strength and conditioning specialist and he previously partnered with Nike to run the Nike Running Performance Lab in New York City. You can sign up for his Marathon Science newsletter here.
Jonah was also the sport scientist on hand during a fitness retreat I attended last year where I had my VO2 Max measured. Jonah administered the test, which you can watch on Strength Running's YouTube channel.
In this conversation, we myth-bust around the hottest topics in running:
- Heat training
- How to develop better running economy
- Heart rate Zones
- Why beginners shouldn't worry about Zone 2
- Overpronation
- Electrolytes and sodium consumption
If you like this episode, be sure to listen to Facts vs. Fads: Dr. Nick Tiller on Nasal Strips, Organics, Cupping, Detox Diets, & More.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ready, set, go! |
| 0:04.4 | This is episode 437 with Applied Sports Scientist, former science coordinator for the Houston Texans, running and strength coach, and 257 marathoner Jonah Rosner. |
| 0:28.4 | Welcome to the Strength Running podcast. |
| 0:32.3 | I'm Coach Jason Fitzgerald, and I want to help you become a better runner. |
| 0:37.4 | Don't miss our award-winning website at strengthrunning.com, our YouTube channel with more than 100,000 subscribers, |
| 0:39.4 | or feel free to connect with me on Instagram at Jason Fitz 1. My singular goal is to help you become a |
| 0:46.0 | better runner. So make sure you're subscribed to the show, hit follow, and let's get started. |
| 0:51.4 | All right, it's almost Christmas. We're in the middle of Hanukkah, so if you need a special gift for the runners in your life, go to strengthrunning.com |
| 0:59.6 | slash deals to see all the discounts I've negotiated for things like training programs, |
| 1:05.4 | apparel, injury prevention tools, and a lot more. All right. Now, I could not do this show without the support from our |
| 1:12.6 | amazing sponsors. So I hope you'll support the podcast by using their discount codes. |
| 1:18.1 | Thank you, Previnex for offering 15% off your first purchase at Previnex.com with code Jason 15. |
| 1:26.4 | And a big announcement. Prevvenex is now offering international shipping. |
| 1:30.2 | So if you live in the UK, Canada, Australia, or anywhere around the world, you can try Prevenex as |
| 1:35.6 | well. They are a unique and different supplement company that holds itself to standards that the |
| 1:41.3 | rest of the industry doesn't. Their latest product is muscle health |
| 1:45.3 | plus, a unique combination of amino acids, creatine, and ingredients that aid protein synthesis |
| 1:51.7 | and the absorption of amino acids. So this is your anti-sornness supplement, helping you |
| 1:57.2 | prevent muscle damage, muscle loss, and helping you recover faster after hard workouts. |
| 2:02.5 | Just perfect for anybody over 40. |
| 2:05.3 | Now Previnex adheres to the highest of standards. |
| 2:08.0 | Their ingredients are clinically proven to do what they say they're going to do. |
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