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Two weeks of motivational self-talk moved cyclists from 637 to 750 seconds at exhaustion, and a pronoun swap won 23 seconds. The ultra trial found nothing.
Read the article →Cold water after lifting blocked a 17% gain in fibre size, while five weeks of it changed nothing in runners. Ten studies, and a rule for the tub.
Read the article →A prototype saved 4% of running energy in the lab, and elite marathon times got 1.0% faster. Seven studies on carbon-plated shoes, and a way to test your own pair.
Read the article →Thirteen percent of Boston Marathon finishers ended low on sodium, and 93.9% of ultrarunners took salt pills anyway. Ten studies, and a way to set your own rate.
Read the article →Ten easy days at 40°C lifted time-trial work 8% in the heat and plasma volume 6.5%. The evidence, the sauna and bath alternatives, and the block I run.
Read the article →Two weeks out, cut volume 41 to 60% and leave the hard sessions alone. Nine studies on taper length, what to cut, and the overload block that backfires.
Read the article →Ten studies on caffeine and endurance: the dose that moves a time trial, why your daily coffee habit does not blunt it, and the 45 minutes of sleep it costs.
Read the article →Heavy resistance training beat jump work on running economy and time trials across 22 studies. Eight papers on the load, the frequency and the timing.
Read the article →Marathon runners take in 22 g of carbohydrate an hour against 60 to 90 g of evidence-based advice. Seven studies on fueling rates, gut training and the real ceiling.
Read the article →Elite endurance athletes do 80% of their training at low intensity. Three studies explain why polarized training beats the comfortable middle, with a weekly protocol.
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