Dr. Michael Ormsbee

You're welcome. Welcome. I've not been able to come over here and do some podcasting and hang out on this side of the country for a while. So for me, it's a pleasure. I appreciate the offer.

You're welcome. Welcome. I've not been able to come over here and do some podcasting and hang out on this side of the country for a while. So for me, it's a pleasure. I appreciate the offer.

Appreciate it. I can't wait to get into some of this stuff because I love it. It's what I do day in and day out. And speaking to a bigger audience is a pleasure.

Appreciate it. I can't wait to get into some of this stuff because I love it. It's what I do day in and day out. And speaking to a bigger audience is a pleasure.

So, yeah, I played college ice hockey.

So, yeah, I played college ice hockey.

through my junior year at Skidmore College in upstate New York and then went to grad school in South Dakota and coached the Pee Wee Bee State Champs out there which was a great opportunity to coach so I was like my dip into that a little bit and then coming back to go to more graduate school I ended up being at ECU and they're like I saw an email come across and it said anyone ever play hockey before and I'm like well I used to play a lot of hockey so I remember emailing the coach and just saying hey we're we're

through my junior year at Skidmore College in upstate New York and then went to grad school in South Dakota and coached the Pee Wee Bee State Champs out there which was a great opportunity to coach so I was like my dip into that a little bit and then coming back to go to more graduate school I ended up being at ECU and they're like I saw an email come across and it said anyone ever play hockey before and I'm like well I used to play a lot of hockey so I remember emailing the coach and just saying hey we're we're

I'm here. I'm in my PhD program, so I don't know how much I can contribute. Can I come out? And he's like, yep, you got to be on the team. So that was a lot of fun. They dropped me off to study all day, picked me up to play an 11 p.m. game. And that was a great season. That was the end of my eligibility. I ended up coaching two more years at ECU.

I'm here. I'm in my PhD program, so I don't know how much I can contribute. Can I come out? And he's like, yep, you got to be on the team. So that was a lot of fun. They dropped me off to study all day, picked me up to play an 11 p.m. game. And that was a great season. That was the end of my eligibility. I ended up coaching two more years at ECU.

But I finished and was like, there's this void with being competitive. And that came out for me in triathlon, of all things. And I kind of got into it because of my master's advisor. I showed up for an interview, basically, in South Dakota, and he put me on a bike. I'd never ridden a bike more than three miles.

But I finished and was like, there's this void with being competitive. And that came out for me in triathlon, of all things. And I kind of got into it because of my master's advisor. I showed up for an interview, basically, in South Dakota, and he put me on a bike. I'd never ridden a bike more than three miles.

And we went for like a 20-mile, which doesn't sound all that long now, but it was excruciating. And I'm out here trying to ride a bike and keep up, and I thought... if he can leave work and go ride his bike, then I better learn how to ride a bike so that I can go do it with him or get out of here and go train a little bit. So that got me into cycling.

And we went for like a 20-mile, which doesn't sound all that long now, but it was excruciating. And I'm out here trying to ride a bike and keep up, and I thought... if he can leave work and go ride his bike, then I better learn how to ride a bike so that I can go do it with him or get out of here and go train a little bit. So that got me into cycling.

And then one thing led to another and I was training for short distance. And then my wife and I sort of got into some of the middle distance triathlon and ended up finishing my longest were like these 70.3 half Ironman events. And so that was it. I loved the training.

And then one thing led to another and I was training for short distance. And then my wife and I sort of got into some of the middle distance triathlon and ended up finishing my longest were like these 70.3 half Ironman events. And so that was it. I loved the training.

I loved setting it up, figuring out what I needed to do to meet all the different goals and demands I had in terms of increasing VO2 max or being able to push thresholds or what kind of pacing that I want to pull. And then nutrition played a gigantic role in triathlon, which I was obviously into nutrition, and it's often considered the fourth aspect of triathlon.

I loved setting it up, figuring out what I needed to do to meet all the different goals and demands I had in terms of increasing VO2 max or being able to push thresholds or what kind of pacing that I want to pull. And then nutrition played a gigantic role in triathlon, which I was obviously into nutrition, and it's often considered the fourth aspect of triathlon.

And so I got to really put – to practice the textbook recommendations that are given. Like what is a cleaner sport than being able, in terms of like following a textbook to a tee. So many other sports, you can't really do that. And clearly there are curve balls that can come in even with triathlon, but it's pretty specific. Like you know the distance, you know the length,

And so I got to really put – to practice the textbook recommendations that are given. Like what is a cleaner sport than being able, in terms of like following a textbook to a tee. So many other sports, you can't really do that. And clearly there are curve balls that can come in even with triathlon, but it's pretty specific. Like you know the distance, you know the length,