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#294 ‒ Peak athletic performance: How to measure it and how to train for it from the coach of the most elite athletes on earth | Olav Aleksander Bu

2024/3/18
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Peter Attia: 本期节目邀请了世界顶尖运动员的教练Olav Aleksander Bu，深入探讨VO2max与运动表现的关系，包括VO2max的测量方法、影响因素以及提高VO2max的训练方法。节目中还介绍了一种便携式VO2max测试设备——VO2 Master，并高度评价其准确性和实用性。 此外，节目还探讨了乳酸测试在运动表现中的作用，以及不同强度训练对VO2max的影响。Peter Attia强调VO2max是预测寿命和生活质量的关键指标，并分享了他自己的训练经验。 Olav Aleksander Bu: 从小在农场长大，对科技和极限运动充满热情，后获得电气工程学位，从事运动生理学和科技结合的领域。他致力于将实验室研究成果应用于运动员的实际训练中，并利用科技手段提升运动员表现。他成功指导多位运动员取得世界顶尖成绩，并强调团队合作的重要性。目前正在创办一家利用AI技术提升运动员表现的公司。 在节目中，Olav Aleksander Bu详细解释了人体能量转换的过程及其对运动表现的影响，并强调速度是衡量运动表现最重要的指标。他认为，低强度训练并非“垃圾里程”，只要保持专注，就能提升运动表现。他还解释了VO2max的测量方法，以及为什么他更倾向于使用绝对VO2max值而非相对VO2max值。 此外，他还探讨了乳酸阈值的概念及其测量方法，以及不同训练强度对乳酸值的影响。他指出，在铁人三项等长距离比赛中，最大可持续能量消耗也是一个限制因素，需要根据比赛距离调整训练策略。

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Olav Bu's journey from a farm to coaching elite athletes highlights his passion for technology, exercise physiology, and pushing human limits. He leverages data-driven insights and a collaborative approach to optimize performance, even founding a company, Enthalpy, to scale these principles using AI.
  • Olav's background in electrotechnics and engineering informs his approach to coaching.
  • He coaches elite triathletes and Olympic teams.
  • Olav combines exercise physiology and technology to study athletes in their training environments.
  • He is building a company called Enthalpy to scale his coaching principles using AI.

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Olav Aleksander Bu is an internationally renowned sports scientist acclaimed for his coaching prowess with elite athletes spanning a diverse range of sports disciplines. In this episode, Olav delves deep into the intricacies of VO2 max and its profound impact on performance. They explore the relationship between VO2 max and ATP production, energy efficiency, and power, as well as the impact of low-intensity training on VO2 max. The conversation extends to Olav’s experiences pushing the boundaries with high-performance athletes and the data driven interventions he uses to improve performance. They also dissect the role of lactate threshold, discuss other important metrics to track, and explore the exciting possibility of utilizing a portable VO2 testing device as a practical alternative to traditional lab-based assessments.

We discuss:

  • Olav’s background, expertise in exercise physiology, coaching experience, and interest in the extremes of human capability [4:15];
  • The processes of energy conversion within the human body and its implications for performance [9:30];
  • Improving movement efficiency, and the importance of mindfulness in training to optimize performance [20:00];
  • The relationship between VO2 max, power output, and endurance performance in different sporting contexts [34:45];
  • How VO2 max is measured in the lab, and why it’s a crucial predictor of both lifespan and quality of life [44:45];
  • Absolute vs relative VO2 max, the significance of functional threshold power in cycling, and the importance of longer duration tests for accurate assessments [54:00];
  • Portable VO2 testing devices as a practical alternative to lab-based tests [1:05:15];
  • The complexities of measuring ventilation and its impact on performance metrics like VO2 max and heart rate [1:15:45];
  • Training interventions to increase VO2 max, and factors that impact performance outcomes [1:23:30];
  • The respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and endurance sports, and how factors such as diet composition and exercise intensity influence RER values and performance [1:32:45];
  • Science-guided training for versatile athletes: maximizing VO2 max, power, torque, and cadence in cycling, and the importance of incorporating diverse stimuli to enhance performance [1:41:00];
  • Physiological limitations on VO2 max [2:02:15];
  • The different energy systems used during work, and other things to monitor like VCO2 and heart rate [2:06:00];
  • Lactate threshold and other metrics to guide your training [2:10:30];
  • Analysis of a lactate power curve: exploring lactate dynamics in endurance training and performance [2:23:15]; and
  • More.

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