🏎️💪 FITNESS, FOCUS & FORMULA ONE: The ART of PERFORMANCE 🚀

From the ski slopes of France to the F1 paddock, Dr Pete McKnight’s coaching journey has been anything but ordinary 🌍

In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Pete unpack decades of lessons from Olympic sport to motorsport:

🏋️‍♂️ Why “getting fitter” doesn’t always mean better performance
🧠 Emotional control: the invisible skill that separates the greats from the good
🏎️ Inside the training demands of Formula One drivers

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#TrainingSciencePodcast #HIITScience #StrengthAndConditioning #FormulaOne #PerformanceScience #EliteSport #Coaching #AthleteDevelopment #EmotionalControl #HighPerformanceTeams #SportsScience #MindsetMatters #MotorsportFitness #Resilience #LeadershipInSport #PerformanceOptimization

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Today’s speakers:

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

Dr Pete McKnight https://www.linkedin.com/in/petemcknight/

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🚴‍♀️ RESILIENCE TO RESULTS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE 💥

From the operating theatre to the Olympic start line: Rachel Neylan shows what TRUE high performance looks like 👏

In this episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul sits down with Olympian, physiotherapist, and coach Rachel Neylan to explore how elite sport principles can reshape how we train, recover, and even perform in high-stakes professions like surgeons 🧠⚡

💪 The art of resilience and developing mental toughness through adversity
🧩 Balancing data, intuition, and human connection in high performance
🏥 Why surgeons are the “athletes” of medicine
🚴‍♀️ Lessons from a lifetime in sport

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#TrainingSciencePodcast #HIITScience #Cycling #Olympics #PerformanceScience #AthleteMindset #Resilience #MentalToughness #Coaching #AIinSport #SportsScience #HighPerformance #Physiotherapy #CoachingPsychology #Recovery #HealthAndPerformance

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Today’s speakers:

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

Rachel Neylan https://rachelneylan.com/

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❤️‍🔥 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!)

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

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Today’s speakers:

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

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

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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/

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