Dr. Tim Noakes and Dr. Phil Maffetone have followed each other and supported one another’s careers for decades, but they’ve never actually met. Until now. Endurance Planet brings these two brilliant men together for the first time in history, making for an instant classic podcast! LifeBEAM makes the world’s most advanced wearable instruments for measuring Read More

An Endurance Planet exclusive featuring Dr. Tim Noakes, exercise and sports science professor who’s famous for his diet and and hydration strategies for endurance athletes and author of best-selling books  “The Lore of Running,” “Waterlogged,” and hundreds of scientific publications. In this episode we cover three main areas with Dr. Noakes: diet, hydration and fatigue. Read More

On the final day of 2013, we take a walk down memory lane and revisit Endurance Planet’s No. 1 most popular episode of the year. That hit show would be a special interview we did featuring Dr. Timothy Noakes in which we discuss diet, the role of carbs/low-carb, central governor theory and much more. Click Read More

On this show we discuss a couple new studies just released in the NSCA’s Journal of Strength and Conditioning: “The Effect of Rocktape on Rating of Perceived Exertion and Cycling Efficiency” -18 recreational cyclists -4 conditions: 60% vo2max with RT; 60% VO2max no RT; 80% vo2max with RT; 80% VO2max no RT -During the RT Read More

Ben joins us for this episode of Sports Nutrition to talk about what to make of the opposing viewpoints of Tim Noakes’ low-carb diet approach compared with Rich Roll’s high-carb (~80%) vegan approach to diet especially when each proclaim benefits of both, also thoughts on Vinnie Tortorich’s “No Sugar No Grain” approach, as well as Read More

Ben Greenfield joins to answer your questions on transitioning to a more plant-based diet and the pros/cons for athletes, should we follow Tim Noakes’ “Waterlogged” guidelines where it comes to hydration and salt intake, late-night snack after late-night workout, nutritional supplements to help loosen up muscles and discussion on differences in nutritional planning/demands for sprint, olympic, half Ironman Read More

Lucho joins to update us on his Leadman training and racing, as well as answer your questions on calf cramping, can the sub-2hr marathon be broken, ITB issues, food for a 24-hr race, the “Max King Approach” for amateurs, input on Time Noakes’ book “Waterlogged,” does playing a sport (such as basketball) impact endurance training, strength training Read More

Enjoy this special re-release of a show that aired during the lead up to the 2016 Ironman World Championships! Paul Laursen, PhD, is back already to discuss how to race well in the heat and avoid detrimental heat stress especially at a race like the Ironman World Championships in Kona. Paul is an adjunct professor at Read More

1/15/18 Calesse Trouble sleeping and waking up at night hungry My question is related to sleep and was sparked by your episode several months ago about chronotypes (fascinating!) I took the quiz and determined I’m a dolphin, which makes a lot of sense to me given my tendency to have difficulty falling asleep, awaken multiple Read More

On this episode of Ask The Coaches: BQ or bust! With a history of a 3:15 marathon, followed by a couple injury-laden years, how to get back on track for a BQ and/or sub-3 marathon? Is MAF training for the marathon the safest route to avoid re-injury? What kind of timeline for an aggressive marathon Read More