ATP & The Energy Systems That Make It

About this episode

Coach Donald and Coach Tim discuss ATP and the energy systems that produce it while sharing their reading habits and coaching moments.

Summary: Coach Donald & Coach Tim talk about their reading habits, share some Coaching Moments and explore ATP and the energy systems that produce it. Key Discussion Points: Addressing Common Misconceptions: 1) Correction about LAH 2) Fat cells don’t decrease, they get smaller 3) ATP is mostly just used to keep your body temperature up Deep Dive: 1) What is metabolism? 2) ATP review 3) Anaerobic vs Aerobic: The Big 3 energy systems Webinar Pitch, Outro & Feedback 1) Link to webinar Noteworthy Moments/Quotes: 0:22 - The coaches discuss what books they are currently into, and what their reading habits are. 8:00 - Coach Donald and Coach Tim share their Coaching Highlights & Learning Moments. 13:09 - Coach Donald brings up an interesting thought experiment about what it means to be a “good person.” 15:03 - The coaches finally get into the show and introduce the training topic for the episode. 19:40 - The coaches start their Deep Dive into ATP and the energy systems that create it. 28:04 - Coach Donald shares some insight into the aerobic vs. anaerobic systems. 42:58 - Coach Tim shares a personal coaching experience, and Coach Donald dives into the glycolytic system and…

People in this episode

Host: Coach Donald

Guest: Coach Tim

Topics covered

• ATP
• energy systems
• metabolism
• anaerobic
• aerobic
• coaching

Keywords

• ATP
• energy systems
• metabolism
• anaerobic
• aerobic
• coaching moments
• fitness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GH Performance

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