💉🏃‍♂️ 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

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

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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

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🏉💬 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

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

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Today’s speakers:

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

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

🚴‍♂️ CYCLING SCIENCE UNLOCKED. Crank length, cadence & single-leg secrets 🔑⚡

From mediocre road racer to world-leading cycling performance scientist!

Prof. Jim Martin has spent a career merging engineering and exercise science to crack the code on performance 🚀

In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul & Jim dive into:

⚙️ Crank length, cadence & aerodynamics
🦵 The surprising power of SINGLE-LEG training for muscle adaptation & efficiency
📉 Debunking chainrings & pulling up on the pedals
🧠 Why trusting your spinal cord might be the best coaching cue you’ll ever use

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#TrainingSciencePodcast #HIITScience #CyclingScience #PerformanceOptimization #CyclingEfficiency #CrankLength #SingleLegTraining #VO2max #LactateThreshold #Aerodynamics #EnduranceTraining #Triathlon #ExerciseScience #CyclingMyths #PerformanceCoaching #CyclingLife #SportsScience

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Today’s speakers:

Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/

Prof. Jim Martin https://profiles.faculty.utah.edu/u0238089

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References:

Crank length video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z73unkrBuY

Crank length science:

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10.1152/japplphysiol.01247.2010

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