Dr. Duncan French

This is a process that has to begin eight to 10 weeks before the fight so that we can actually get that adaptation and that tolerance to the stressor, to the exposure of heat.

The body is, as an organism, as an organic system, it's hugely adaptable, it's hugely plastic.

But I think the skill is understanding the whens, the whys, and the whereofs in terms of changing the overload, changing the stimulus to drive specific adaptation.

And philosophically, that's how we go about our work here.

We talk about adaptation-led programming.

Now, adaptation-led programming...

fits into every single category, not just lifting weights or running track.

It fits into nutrition.

It fits into sitting in the sauna.

It fits into being in a cold bath or not.

It fits into so many different things because we're driven by scientific insights.

And that's how we really want to go about our business.

for 99% of things that change within the body that physiologically adapt to a training stimulus or an overload stimulus, you're gonna start to see either regression or progression, you know, beneficial or detrimental effects within three months.

Absolutely, I would say.

And I think, you know, the individual interpretation is always has to be considered.

And I think that's where it comes back to be a thinking man's athlete or be a thinking man's trainer, like someone that's going through exercise.

You have to consciously understand where your body's at any moment in time.

You know, you've got to be real with yourself.

You create a journal, create a log of your training, create a log of your feelings, your subjective feedback of, you know, how you felt, your mood, your sleep.

Do your athletes do that?