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44 Ways To Improve Your Running, Ranked: "Legit or Grift"

44 Ways To Improve Your Running, Ranked: "Legit or Grift"

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Thomas and Brady do a quick(ish)-fire game of the most popular training methodologies, supplements, recovery tools, and random gizmos that are claimed to improve your running:

00:00 Intro

01:22 Social Media Running Advice Credibility Issues

06:50 How to tell if online info is legit

09:26 ‘Legit or Grift’ intro

10:51 ROUND 1 - ACUTE PERFORMANCE ENHANCERS

10:55 Beetroot Juice

11:31 Carb Rinsing

12:14 Electrolyte Drinks

13:30 Ice Vests

14:07 Breathing Strips

15:30 Caffeine (coffee, gels, gum)

16:17 Compression Gear for performance

16:56 Graphite Headbands

18:20 ROUND 2 - RUN TRAINING

18:22 Zone 2

18:50 Zone 3

19:33 Weightlifting for all runners

20:36 Double Threshold

21:10 Running Form Analysis

22:06 Barefoot / Minimalist Running

23:27 Continuous Glucose Monitors

24:35 Cadence of 180

25:43 The 10% Rule

27:22 Altitude Masks

28:24 Heat Training

29:01 AI Coaching Apps

30:48 Warming Up with Ankle Weights

31:51 Weighted Vests

32:56 ROUND 3 - RECOVERY TOOLS

33:04 Whey Protein

33:38 Ice Baths

34:24 Tart Cherry Juice

34:49 Compression Gear

35:27 Massage Guns

35:52 Foam Rollers

36:08 Saunas

37:47 Cryotherapy

38:29 Sleep Trackers

41:20 ROUND 4 - NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTS

41:28 Low Carb Hight Fat for endurance

42:25 Ultra High Carb For Performance

44:19 Training fasted

45:09 Creatine

45:55 Collagen

47:06 Exogenous Ketones (For Endurance, then Recovery)

50:59 ROUND 5 - GENERAL LIFESTYLE, BIOHACKING, HABITS

51:10 Mouth Taping at night

51:35 Wim Hof Breathing

51:59 Red Light Therapy

52:20 Cooling Mattresses

53:33 Blue Light Blocking Glasses

54:21 Ashwaganda

55:12 CBD Oil

56:30 Rounding up Legit or Grift

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