From Ironman New Zealand to The Big Dance in Kona
Daniel Plews
The 3rd March 2018 was a big weekend and a very good one. It marked the 2018 Ironman New Zealand and a race I have had at the forefront of…
Daniel Plews
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Having been involved in elite competitve triathlon from a very early age, the area of performance and individual improvement has always intrigued me. As I've grown and gone through various experiments on myself and in the lab, I've realised that much of what we've been taught is false.
Polarised to Pyramidal Training Intensity Distribution: The Principle of Specificity is Key
A new blog post has been a long time coming (we’ve been busy!; me doing some training, work and the addition of a little girl and Prof writing a book),…
Fat Could Make you Faster, Science Says
We took a stab at debunking one myth – dehydration and exercise and performance. Time to take a swing at another. Fat burning at high exercise intensity. To steal a…
Jan Van Berkel: The Fat Adapted Healthy Athlete
High levels of visceral fat, that is the fat we carry around our organs, is a well-known marker of health decay. Our athlete Jan Van Berkel experienced substantial reductions in…
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