Shortcuts Ruin Athletes with Jan Frodeno

About this episode

Scott Tindal and Jan Frodeno discuss the impact of shortcuts in sports and the importance of consistency and real-food fueling.

Are shortcuts killing what makes sport worth doing? Scott Tindal and co-host Jan dig into the Enhanced Games and performance-enhancing drugs — and why taking the easy route strips away the consistency, the work, and the discomfort that give endurance sport its meaning.They also take on the optimization trap — why athletes become "prisoners to the numbers" with wearables like Whoop and Oura — before getting practical on real-food fueling, protein and meal timing, and the carb-loading science most athletes get wrong. Referenced Study: Carbohydrate ingestion eliminates hypoglycemia and improves endurance exercise performance in triathletes adapted to very low- and high-carbohydrate isocaloric diets ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fuelin on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check Out The Fuelin App⁠⁠

People in this episode

Host: Scott Tindal

Guest: Jan Frodeno

Topics covered

• performance-enhancing drugs
• endurance sport
• optimization trap
• real-food fueling
• carb-loading science

Keywords

• shortcuts
• performance-enhancing drugs
• endurance sport
• wearables
• carb-loading

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Whoop, Oura

Books & works: Carbohydrate ingestion eliminates hypoglycemia and improves endurance exercise performance in triathletes adapted to very low- and high-carbohydrate isocaloric diets

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