Training Science Podcast
Episodes
226 episodes
How Ethiopia's Elite Runners Actually Train With Paulo Galko and Prof Paul Laursen
What can AI reveal about the training habits of the world's best distance runners?In this episode, we dive into groundbreaking new research that combines artificial intelligence with one of the most unique datasets ever collected from el...
From Unpaid Intern to the Champions League With Daniel Caraça and Dr Martin Buchheit
Breaking into elite football isn't always a straight path. For Daniel Caraça, it meant years of unpaid internships, balancing university with part time jobs, and never losing sight of the bigger goal.In this episode, Daniel shares his r...
How Belief Shapes Performance With Assoc Prof Vince Kelly and Prof Paul Laursen
What if one of the most powerful performance tools isn't a supplement, a training method, or new technology, but belief itself?In this episode, S&C specialist Assoc Prof Vince Kelly explores the science behind the belief effect and h...
Supporting Female Athletes Through Puberty and Performance With Dr Julia Casadio and Prof Paul Laursen
Supporting young female athletes requires more than great training programs. It starts with understanding the unique physiological, psychological, and developmental changes they experience throughout puberty.In this episode, Dr Julia Cas...
Nano Dosing Strength in Elite Football With Nick Grantham and Dr Martin Buchheit
How do you build stronger, more powerful footballers when there is barely enough time to recover between matches?In this episode, Nick Grantham shares how his approach to strength and conditioning has evolved after years working in elite...
Top Episode Replay: The Sprint Training Evolution - With Jonas Dodoo & Dr Martin Buchheit
⚡ EVOLVING COACHING for MODERN ATHLETES: INSIGHTS with JONAS DODOO 🏃♂️🔥From sprinting mechanics to AI-driven analysis, Jonas Dodoo is helping redefine what effective coaching looks like in today’s game ⚽💨In this episode of The Tr...
The Physiology First Approach to Endurance Training With Dr Gabriele Gallo and Prof Paul Laursen
Training isn't just about replicating race demands. It's about understanding the physiology that drives performance.In this episode, Dr Gabriele Gallo, founder of Knowledge is Watts, joins us to explore the concept of a physiology first ...
Lactate Reimagined: From Fuel to Signal With Dr Aitor Viribay Morales and Prof Paul Laursen
For decades, lactate was viewed as a waste product associated with fatigue and declining performance. Today, a growing body of research paints a very different picture.In this episode, sports scientist and researcher Aitor Viribay Morale...
Can Running Marathons Help You Age Better? Insights from Multi Marathoners with Leo Lundy and Prof Paul Laursen
What happens when you study people who have spent decades consistently running marathons?In this episode, we sit down with researcher and multi marathoner Leo Lundy to explore what endurance athletes can teach us about healthy aging, lon...
What Elite Football Teams Get Right About Speed, Power, and Performance with Christian Clarup and Dr Martin Buchheit
What does it take to build a high performance culture inside elite European football?In this episode, Martin sits down with Christian Clarup to discuss his journey from academy football in Denmark to leadership roles at FC Midtjylland, S...
Nutrition Myths, Fasted Training, and Individual Responses with Dr Jeff Rothschild and Prof Paul Laursen
What should endurance athletes actually eat before training? Does fasted training improve adaptation? And why do some athletes thrive on high carbohydrate intake while others perform better with less?In this episode, Dr Jeff Rothschild j...
Top Episode Replay: Desolving the Fat Mystery – Are Carbs History? - With Dr Phil Maffetone, Prof Tim Noakes & Prof Paul Laursen
🥑 RETHINKING NUTRITION in ENDURANCE PERFORMANCE 💥🧠Tim Noakes & Phil Maffetone aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo — especially when it comes to CARBS, FAT, and FUELING the brain 🧬In this thought-provoking episod...
The Norwegian Method Applied: From Threshold Training to Muscular Status, with Dr Marius Bakken and Prof Paul Laursen
What if endurance performance is not so much about VO2max, lactate threshold, or running economy… but more about the muscular system itself?In this episode, Dr Marius Bakken shares the thinking behind his latest book The Norwegian Me...
We Built the HIIT Science Taxonomy on Logic. Now We Have the Data. With Dr Martin Buchheit and Prof Paul Laursen
What really happens to your neuromuscular system after different types of HIIT — and how do we know?This episode does something we've been building toward for years: puts real data behind the HIIT Science taxonomy. Using low-frequency fa...
From Screening to Reality What Asymmetry Really Tells Us with Dr Chris Bishop and Dr Martin Buchheit
Are asymmetries something we should actually be fixing… or just better understanding? Dr Chris Bishop is an Associate Professor of Strength and Conditioning and one of the leading researchers in interlimb asymmetry, bringing years of work acros...
The Future of Training with Breathing Data with Arnar Larusson and Prof Paul Laursen
What if you could bring lab level physiology into every training session?Arnar Larusson is the founder of Tymewear and is working to make breathing data accessible outside the lab, giving athletes real time insight into how their body is...
Building a Global High Performance Career with Jon Bartlett and Dr Martin Buchheit
What does it take to build a career across the highest levels of sport and keep evolving along the way?Jon Bartlett has worked across football AFL the NBA and Olympic cycling building a career shaped by curiosity adaptability and a const...
Top Episode Replay: Strength or Not to Strength? Load or Not to Load? Monitor or Not to Monitor? A Worldwide Football Master Class - With Dr Darren Burgess and Martin Buchheit
We all “love” 😍 STRENGTH & gym training 🏋🏻 to a certain degree - but that does not mean that you CANNOT develop SPEED & STRENGTH without it!Dr Darren Burgess want you to understand that WHOLE sport CULTURES ⚽ 🏀 🏈 have been develo...
How Math, Power Data, and Aerodynamics Changed Racing Strategy with Ryan Cooper & Prof Paul Laursen
What if you could predict your race before you even start?In this episode, Ryan Cooper shares the story behind one of endurance sport’s most influential tools, Best Bike Split. With a background in electrical engineering and aerospace, R...
You’re Training Hard—But Moving Poorly: The Missing Layer of Performance with Lawrence van Lingen & Prof Paul Laursen
What if your biggest performance limiter isn’t your fitness, but your nervous system?In this episode, Lawrence van Lingen shares a radically different lens on endurance performance, one that shifts the focus from traditional training met...
The Science of Cycling: Marginal Gains, Talent ID, and What Actually Drives Performance with Dr David Bailey & Prof Paul Laursen
What actually drives performance in professional cycling, and how much of it is science versus experience?In this episode, Dr David Bailey joins us to unpack over two decades of work across Olympic sport and WorldTour cycling. From talen...
The Physiology of Consistency: Why Stable Sleep and HRV Predict Health and Performance, with Dr Greg Grosicki & Prof Paul Laursen
What can heart rate variability actually tell us about training, recovery, and long term health, and where do most people still get it wrong?In this episode, Dr Greg Grosicki joins us to unpack the science and practical value of HRV, fro...
Masters Athlete Training: Strength, Recovery, and Longevity with Prof Peter Reaburn & Prof Paul Laursen
What actually changes as we age as athletes, and how should training evolve if we want to keep performing while protecting long term health?In this episode, Professor Peter Reaburn joins us to explore the science and real world practice ...
Top Episode Replay: Go Hard to Go Fast - New Age Sprint Training - With Prof. Dr. JB Morin & Dr Martin Buchheit
TOP EPISODE REPLAYProfiling and training SPEED🏎️ individually might be 30% (!!!) of any SPRINTING performance - get ON IT!Prof. Dr. JB Morin would like you to consider that if you do not cover, train or assess the WHOLE SPE...
Does Zone 1 Build a Stronger Heart Than HIIT? New MRI Data with Dr Guido Claessen & Prof Paul Laursen
Does high intensity training really build the strongest heart, or is it time in Zone 1 and Zone 2 that truly drives cardiac adaptation?In this episode, Dr Guido Claessen joins us to unpack a landmark longitudinal MRI study on endurance a...