Research Topic
Endurance Training
8 articles
You're Probably Underrecovering — And Training More Isn't Going to Fix It
Stalled performance is almost always a recovery problem misdiagnosed as a training problem. Here's the physiology of supercompensation and what actually drives adaptation.
4 min read · 2026-10-27
Cyclists Who Train at the Wrong Intensity Are Burning the Wrong Fuel. The Number That Exposes the Problem Is a Simple Ratio Between the CO₂ You Exhale and the O₂ You Inhale — and Most Athletes Have Never Measured It.
The respiratory exchange ratio (RER) reveals what fuel your body is burning at any exercise intensity. Learn how RQ and fat max testing work, what RER 0.70–1.00 means for training zones, and how to estimate your crossover point in the field.
5 min read · 2026-10-27
Probiotics and Post-Exercise Immunity: The Open Window Evidence
Intense endurance exercise creates an immunological open window of 3–72 hours during which URTI risk is elevated. Learn how specific probiotic strains restore mucosal SIgA, reduce illness incidence in athletes, and support immune function without blunting training adaptation.
5 min read · 2026-10-20
Polarised vs Pyramidal Training: How Elites Distribute Intensity
Stephen Seiler's research transformed how we think about training intensity. Polarised, pyramidal, and threshold — the data on which distribution produces the fastest adaptations.
5 min read · 2026-10-13
Barefoot Running Science: What Harvard Got Right — And What the Minimalist Movement Got Wrong
Lieberman's 2010 Nature paper changed how we think about foot strike. But the minimalist running movement missed half the science. Here's what athletes need to know about transitioning safely.
5 min read · 2026-09-29
LT1, LT2, and MLSS: Why Coaches and Athletes Keep Confusing the Three Thresholds That Define Training Zones
Most coaches teach one lactate threshold. Exercise physiology recognises three distinct metabolic inflection points — and training programmes built on only one of them systematically mismatch effort to adaptation.
5 min read · 2026-09-15
Fasted Cardio Burns More Fat During the Session. It Does Not Burn More Fat Overall.
Fasted cardio increases fat oxidation during the session but produces no additional fat loss over 24 hours. Here is what the evidence says about substrate use and body composition.
5 min read · 2026-08-25
Compression Tights: Legitimate Recovery Tool or Expensive Placebo?
Born 2013 reviewed 18 RCTs on compression garments. The results are more nuanced than the marketing suggests — here's what actually works and why.
5 min read · 2026-07-28