The Endurance Lab Coaches’ Corner 68 – Caloric restriction when recovering from injury

In this episode, our topics include:

• Caloric restriction when recovering from injury (02:00)
  1. Energy Availability Defined
  2. Relative energy Deficiency (RED)
  3. Lionel Sanders broken Sacrum – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bveOtX-f3c
  4. https://www.precisionnutrition.com/nutrition-for-injury-recovery-infographic
  5. Focus on whole food anti-inflammatory diet and proper supplements
• Article of the week: (25:30) By the numbers: What it takes to be competitive at the women’s Tour of Flanders
  • 40% more power required to stay in the break than in the peloton for the first 30 minutes
  • In the early climbs, the breakaway had much more steady power compared to the chaser.
  • Pace only continued to steepen as they approached the final sprint–final climbs were much more aggressive as riders fought to stay with the break and the chaser fought to compete
  • 13.75 W/kg for 10 sec with peak power of 15.52 w/kg to win
• Edible seaweed water pods (36:30): The London Marathon did its part in reducing plastic waste by swapping water bottles with edible seaweed water pods that biodegrade in weeks. Read more >
• Highlight Mike Pugh for completing his first 70.3 in 5:34 on Sunday

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggHWKsgv34c&w=560&h=315]

Recording Date: 05/05/2019