❤️‍🔥 HEART RATE, TRAINING ZONES & LOAD: Measuring what really matters in performance 📊

It’s time to bring HEART RATE back into the conversation ❤️

In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Dr ‘Martin Buchheit sits down with Dr Ibrahim Akubat to unpack the real science behind HR, training zones/load, and dose-response adaptation, and why these principles still matter in modern coaching.

💓 The evolution of heart rate monitoring in sports science
📈 Understanding TIME in zone as a significant parameter
⏱️ Finding the minimal effective dose for adaptations (30 min/week!)

—

#TrainingSciencePodcast #HIITScience #HeartRateMonitoring #TRIMP #TrainingLoad #ExercisePhysiology #SportsScience #PerformanceMonitoring #InternalLoad #ExternalLoad #TrainingAdaptation #Rehabilitation #CoachingScience #PerformanceMetrics #SportsPerformance

_____________________

Today’s speakers:

Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/

Dr Ibrahim Akubat https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ibrahim-akubat-168b0151/

_____________________

References:

New HR monitoring and dose-response paper:
https://sportperfsci.com/revisiting-dose-response-relationships-between-heart-rate-zones-trimps-and-aerobic-related-physiological-and-performance-markers-in-elite-team-sports/

_____________________

💉🏃‍♂️ EXERCISE, GLUCOSE & PERFORMANCE — RETHINKING DIABETES MANAGEMENT ⚡

What happens when sports science meets blood sugar science? 🤔
Dr. Sam Scott joins Paul Laursen to unpack how exercise, nutrition, and technology collide in the quest to help athletes, and everyday people, to thrive with diabetes.

📈 The real challenge of blood glucose management for type 1 athletes
📊 Why continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are changing the game
🥩 Carb strategies & fat oxidation: tailoring nutrition to the individual
🤖 How AI and tools like EnhanceD simplify complex diabetes data

—

#TrainingSciencePodcast #HIITScience #DiabetesManagement #Type1Diabetes #SportsScience #ExercisePhysiology #ContinuousGlucoseMonitor #AIinHealth #BloodGlucoseControl #CarbohydrateStrategies #AthleteHealth #PerformanceScience #MetabolicHealth #NutritionScience #EnhanceD #FatOxidation #EnduranceAthletes #TechInSport

_____________________

Today’s speakers:

Prof Paul Laursen

Dr Sam Scott https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-scott-phd-620a97a2/ _____________________

References:

Sam’s IG:
https://www.instagram.com/sam__scott_/

Enhanced-D:

https://www.enhance-d.com/

Sam’s Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Empowered-Science-Exercise-Type-Diabetes/dp/1068431717

_____________________

🏉💬 PERFORMANCE, PRESSURE & PURPOSE IN SPORT

After two decades across rugby, AFL, and Olympic programs, Nick Poulos joins Martin Buchheit to reflect on what it really takes to sustain a career in high-performance sport and what comes next when the constant grind finally stops.

⚡ Sustaining energy, passion, and balance in elite sport careers
📊 From Excel spreadsheets to advanced monitoring systems
💥 The real-world lessons from complex training and post-activation potentiation (PAP)
🤝 Transitioning skills from high-performance sport into the corporate world

—
#TrainingSciencePodcast #HIITScience #SportsScience #PerformanceLeadership #Coaching #HighPerformance #SportTechnology #AthleteMonitoring #ComplexTraining #CareerTransition #Leadership #PAP #StrengthAndConditioning #PerformanceCulture #AFL #Rugby #SportsPhysiology #TeamCulture #CoachDevelopment

_____________________

Today’s speakers:

Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/

Dr Nick Poulos https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-poulos-phd/