E60: Optimising athletic performance - lessons from the animal kingdom

Dr Mark Burnley (Senior lecturer at Loughborough University) talks to host Stuart McErlain-Naylor about how the study of animals can aid athlete endurance training alongside other performance parameters. Timestamps 00:00 - 07:49 - Introduction to guest and background in field and research of the subject 07:50 - 14:34 - What is the speed duration relationship?14:35 - 18:55 - Why can we benefit from knowledge from the Animal Kingdom?18:56 - 30:01 - How do we control and measure what animals do? 30:02 - 34:13 - How does motivation become an issue when measuring animals? 34:14 - 43:31 - General trends that have emerged from this research43:32 - 45:19 - Mythbusting on the accumulation of lactate45:20 - 48:33 - How can Animals affect the future of Athletes?48:34 - 51:41 - “Lions don’t warm up in the jungle” - Is there truth behind the saying?  51:42 - 53:41 - Final thoughts, Thank you, links and Goodbyes

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