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0:00 Intro – What is "Legit or Grift"?

3:48 #1: NOM (Broccoli Sprout Juice) – LEGIT7:51 #2: BPC-157 Peptides – GRIFT

10:03 Why isn't BPC-157 better researched? + The Cam Haynes controversy

16:56 #3: Carb Maxing – GRIFT

21:01 Should carb intake be measured by distance, not time?26:41 #4: Bicarb for Marathon Running – GRIFT

29:14 #5: Protein Maxing (for runners) – LEGIT

33:00 #6: Downhill Training – LEGIT

37:03 #7: Sauna & Passive Heat Training – LEGIT

40:05 #8: Exogenous Ketones (post-workout) – LEGIT

44:06 #9: Eight Hours of Sleep – GRIFT

55:22 The Enhanced Games: Total Grift

58:20 Outro

Brady and Thomas discuss VO2 Max; why runners should be interested in training it, and how the best ways to improve it areWe do blood testing with RYTH: Rythm is offering our listeners 15% off your first month and free shipping at https://RYTHM.HEALTH/RLRHBrought to you by ProBio Nutrition - your all-in-one daily supplement for runners. Get 40% off with code RLRH (and an additional 10% off + free shipping with a subscription) ➡️https://bit.ly/ProBioRLRH00:00 Understanding VO2Max and Its Importance02:23 Genetics vs. Training: The VO2Max Debate05:51 Measuring VO2Max: Field Tests Explained11:46 Effective Training Methods to Improve VO2Max23:41 The Reality of Building and Losing VO2Max29:33 Additional Strategies for Enhancing VO2Max

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Brady and Thomas discuss VO2 Max - what it is, why it's important for runners, and why it's seen as a marker for longevity:
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Thomas talks to Mark Lane-Holbert Mark - an educational psychologist (PhD), run therapist, certified logotherapist, USATF-certified running coach, and He is a Galloway run-walk-run Training Program Director.

The IART (International Association of Running Therapists) website: https://sites.google.com/view/iartusa/Mark's site, with a recent post about Coach Jeff's legacy and run-walk-run (Jeffing): www.runninganthropologist.com

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00:00 Introducing Mark-Lane Holbert, Running Anthropologist

04:00 What Runners Can Learn From Viktor Frankl

08:20 Finding Meaning Through Running - And Setting Purpose Metrics

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14:20 What can’t be measured - running metrics, journalling

18:18 Masloe’s Hierarchy of Needs and Running

24:20 Joseph Campbell, Hero’s Journey, and Running

30:00 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic motivation

34:30 Advice for runners chasing a time goal

38:15 The emptiness after achieving a running goal; “Now What” problem

44:00 Running burnout, diagnosed and how to respond

49:20 Running therapy explained

53:48 Shoulder-to-shoulder therapy

56:50 Recovery Camino

01:02:05 Remembering Jeff Galloway

Thomas talks to Marius Bakken, former elite runner and pioneer of the Norwegian Method, and author of the new book - The Norwegian Method Applied:

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00:00 Introducing Marius Bakken

03:14 Testing established approaches through curiosity.

07:25 The question that birthed the Norwegian Method

08:40 Kenyan runners finding the pace

10:20 The Golden Zone for threshold

12:30 How to find your golden zone pace for threshold

17:40 Specificity of training

19:50 Muscle tone - a core part of the method

21:30 What heavy legs are telling you

24:10 Two Horses Analogy

26:00 Double Threshold - The Origin

27:40 Why double threshold is so effective

29:30 45/15 intervals

31:00 Norwegian Singles Method

33:55 Double Threshold for recreational runners?

37:20 The cost of going too hard on easy days

40:05 The (controversial) 100-day marathon training plan

43:21 The biggest mistakes recreational runners make

47:27 Marius on super shoes / super trainers

51:40 Changes in the last 5-10 years

53:45 The future of the Norweigan Method

Brady and Thomas delve into antioxidants, reviewing the ISSN's recent position statement on antioxidants: benefits, drawbacks, and reviewing supplements by efficacy

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00:00 Introduction

01:30 The role of antioxidants

05:05 Where we get antioxidants from

06:50 Hard training and antioxidant needs

08:55 Hormesis effect, risk of ‘blunting’ adaptation

12:47 AD ProBio Nutrition

15:00 Introducing the ISSN Supplement List

17:44 High Evidence (Creatine, Beetroot, Tart Cherry)

23:10 Moderate Evidence (Omega-3, Astaxanthin, Blackcurrant)

27:20 Lower Evidence (Ashwagandha, Glutathione, Green Tea, Pomegranate)

35:00 Weak-Low Evidence (Urolithin-A, Sulforaphane, Curcumin)

38:42 Takeaways - When Runners Should Take Antioxidant Supplements

39:00 Post-marathon antioxidants

40:41 Multi-day hard exercise antioxidants

Brady’s article on the discussion:

https://runlongrunhealthy.substack.com/p/should-runners-take-antioxidant-supplements

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Brady explains a new study that looks at the effect that endurance exercise has on the brain, both during and after exercise - and the potential implications for how runners should think about the post-run window.

00:00 The brain’s role in running

02:00 Describing the study: measuring brain activity during

05:40 findings: What happens in the brain during and after exercise

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14:29 Does this work in humans? And neurodoping

16:05 Takeaways for runners: allow a window for recovery

20:18 Can we hack the brain?

Brady’s article on the discussion:

How Exercise Hardwires the Brain for Endurance

https://www.physiologicallyspeaking.com/p/physiology-friday-306-how-exercise

The study:

Exercise-induced activation of ventromedial hypothalamic steroidogenic factor-1 neurons mediates improvements in endurance

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41687612/

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