Jason and Greg chat to Gavin Booker, who recently took on and conquered Patagonman. The race is not for beginners. It's  a grueling triathlon that takes place in one of the most breathtaking natural settings in the world. Starting in the Aysen Fjord, athletes must swim 3.8 kilometers, cycle 180 kilometers along the famous Carretera Austral, and then run 42.2 kilometers through canyons, next to lakes and waterfalls to General Carrera Lake. Along the way, participants may encounter a variety of wildlife, including sea otters, sea lions, whales, dolphins, foxes, and even pumas. Turns out Gavin also has an interesting back story, which leads to another inspiring story. 

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Happy New Year everyone. We shoot the breeze with some New Year resolutions and future guests.

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Afer a long hiatus of 6 months where kids exams, the Summer and work/life got in the way Greg and Jason are back for a season 4. We intend to complete delving into our mid life athlete framework plus we're going back to where we all started with mid life athletes and expert guests. 

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Jason and Greg are back interviewing  amazing mid life athletes. In this episode we chat to Matthew Forgham, who was part of a team of 6 men shifting 1 million kg of weight in 24 hours. The challenge was to raise awareness and funds for endometriosis, a condition that affects one in ten women, (176 million women globally). Matthew was the only mid life athlete. The challenge involved using free weights (weighted squats, deadlifts, barbell rows and bench press) to move the 1 million kg. The weight is the equivalent of lifting and moving 200 fully grown elephants!

You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/onemillionkgchallenge

Having seen the benefits of weight training first hand, this challenge has inspired Matthew to create another challenge that inspires  other mid life people & athletes to adopt weight training. This podcast is also a call out to listeners to get in touch with  ideas that Matthew and the Mid Life Athlete podcast team can turn into an annual challenge.

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In this episode, Jason and Greg discuss the importance of strength training in maintaining health and athletic performance, and provide advice on how to create a structured strength training program. We talk about the need to have specific goals and how understanding the principles of specificity, overload, and progression are important in creating an effective program. We outline seven steps to consider, including conducting a needs analysis, selecting exercises, and determining training frequency.

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Listeners may have heard Greg talk about his latest challenge - an attempt at the 24 hr team relay burpee world record.  Instigated by Nick Gibbins a team of 3 men and 3 women will attempt to do over 12,000 burpees in a 24 hr period to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease. Three of the team are mid life athletes and fair to say exploring the boundaries of what we think is feasible for those of us in middle age.

This is the story of their attempt to break that world record over the weekend of 11-12 March 2023.

If you feel like contributing to the charity then here is the Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/24hrburpeeworldrecord?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=24hrburpeeworldrecord&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=c750bb6d2bda44c8be0b4a1eedac5e7e

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This is part 1 of a 2 part chapter on anaerobic training.

Anaerobic training is important for mid-life athletes to combat muscle loss, strength loss, and loss of power as they age. It involves high-intensity, intermittent bouts of exercise that require the regeneration of ATP at a much faster rate than aerobic exercise. Anaerobic training uses the phosphagen and glycolytic system, while the aerobic system is involved in the recovery of energy stores and the expulsion of metabolic wastes during rest and low-intensity exercise. The benefits of anaerobic training include increased strength, power, hypertrophy of muscles, endurance, motor skills, and coordination. The types of anaerobic training include resistance training, plyometrics, speed, agility, and interval training. Neural adaptations occur with anaerobic training, such as increased agonist muscle involvement, motor neuron firing rate, improved timing of synchronous recruitment during high-intensity exercise, and reduction in inhibitory mechanisms. Central changes occur when intent is present in the higher brain centers to produce maximal muscle force. Motor units must be activated to produce maximal force, and an increase in the firing rate results in summation of successive twitches and greater muscle force production.

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Aerobic and VO2 capacity training is important for mid-life athletes as aerobic capacity decreases after the age of 40 years and VO2 max decreases gradually with age. These declines can be slowed down by aerobic exercise, done correctly. The ideal training is a mix between "zone 2" training and high-intensity workouts like interval training. "Zone 2" is moderate intensity characterized by low blood lactate, controlled ventilation, and low perceived effort. This type of training facilitates a larger overall training volume and is favorable for inducing mitochondrial adaptations in slow-twitch muscle fibers. High-intensity training is also beneficial but may have different adaptations. The study by McMaster University in Canada showed that low-intensity and sprint interval training enhances mitochondrial protein content in fast-twitch type II fibers, while slow-twitch type I fibers require low-intensity training for adaptations. Training intensity is linked to adaptations to mitochondrial respiratory function, and overall, training volume is important for building mitochondrial protein, and intensity for tuning them up.

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