Masters Athlete Training: Strength, Recovery, and Longevity with Prof Peter Reaburn & Prof Paul Laursen

About this episode

The episode discusses how training for masters athletes should evolve with age to maintain performance and health.

What actually changes as we age as athletes, and how should training evolve if we want to keep performing while protecting long term health? In this episode, Professor Peter Reaburn joins us to explore the science and real world practice of training as a masters athlete. Drawing on decades of research and personal experience as an endurance athlete, Peter explains why resistance training becomes essential with age, how recovery changes, and why training the same way you did in your twenties n...

People in this episode

Host: Prof Paul Laursen

Guest: Prof Peter Reaburn

Topics covered

• masters athlete training
• strength training
• recovery
• longevity
• aging athletes
• endurance training

Keywords

• masters athletes
• training
• strength
• recovery
• longevity
• aging
• endurance

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