Training
The Growing Evidence Behind Exogenous Ketones in Performance & Health
Emerging research reveals exogenous ketones may boost training outcomes and offer health benefits, but their efficacy varies across supplements.
Dr. Dan Plews has a PhD in Exercise Physiology and has over 30 peer-reviewed publications. His athletes have won world and Olympic titles. He's also the 2018 Ironman Age Group World Champion (8:24:36)
Training
Emerging research reveals exogenous ketones may boost training outcomes and offer health benefits, but their efficacy varies across supplements.
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New research clarifies how athletes burn fat, impacting endurance training and diet strategies.
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Defining 'Within-Session Intensity Regulation' - Triangulating inputs like power, HR, and RPE is key to regulating intensity during prolonged, low-stress training sessions as thresholds change.
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Research on how prolonged exercise affects physiological thresholds, finding that a steady ventilation rate could provide real-time intensity regulation and training load monitoring for athletes.
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Power profiling, a field-based method that quantifies the relationship between maximum sustainable power output and time, provides an alternative to laboratory-based assessments for athletes, aiding in training, performance monitoring and potentially assessing 'durability' in endurance sports.
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Exploring the impact of low-carbohydrate diets on substrate oxidation rates during exercise, Noakes and Volek highlight surprising increases in fat oxidation rates, even at high intensities, challenging traditional understandings of metabolic fuel use.
News & Racing
Over 8 years of coaching, professional triathlete Jan van Berkel transformed from a sub-3 hour Ironman marathoner into one of the world's premier long-distance runners, claiming 4 victories at Ironman Switzerland through unwavering consistency and a meticulous training approach.
Nutrition
Recent research challenges the notion that ingesting more than 90 grams of carbohydrates per hour during exercise boosts performance.
Ketone esters may enhance endurance and aid in training adaptation, particularly when used in recovery.
Nutrition
Exogenous ketones, particularly ketone monoesters, may stimulate the production of EPO, potentially enhancing red blood cell count and endurance performance.
Being a good fat burner may have advantages for long-distance triathletes on race day and may also help us accumulate the large training volumes we need to prepare for those long race days.
Opinion
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a hormone that increases red blood cell production, enhancing endurance performance by improving oxygen delivery to muscles, making it a popular choice for athletes.
Understanding shifts in blood lactate profiles can provide insight into an athlete's physiological adaptations to training and help to interpret changes in performance.
Having a high capacity for using stored fat energy is important for long-distance triathlons, as our stored fat is effectively unlimited during exercise, while stored carbohydrate reserves are finite.
Dr Dan Plews takes a look at the benefits and rationale behind training in "Zone 2", a moderate intensity exercise level.