Andrew Buckrell of STACPerformance / 4iiiicom and fellow endurance nerd Michael Liberzon of X3 Training are excited to present the Endurance Innovation Podcast! Each week, we’ll bring you stories of relevant and interesting goings-on in the world of endurance sport.
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HRV DFA a1 superstar Bruce Rogers is back with a couple of important updates, answers to listener qu
Dr. Wanja Wolff and Prof. James Danckert are on the show to cover the surprisingly interesting topic
Physiotherapist and fellow podcaster Brodie Sharpe is back to talk about his research into pain scie
Four engineers walk into a (virtual) recording studio … Danish Hour Record holder Martin Toft
Andrew and Michael fly solo? duo? to cover UCI position bans, Michael’s experimentation with a
Friend of the show, Paul Laursen is back to tell the story of his recently-released a AI-assisted co
Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary Dr. Amy Bender is on the show this week to
Spok’d founder and CEO Richard Lang joins us this week to explain his company’s approach
Andrew and Michael take a break from deep physiology and tech dives to look ahead, thank their liste
Brunel University London professor Costas Karageorghis joins us to discuss the ‘small but reli
University of Florida’s Bruce Rogers is on the show this week to explain a novel approach in u
Race emcee and co-founder of the new Canadian Endurance Sports Alliance Steve Fleck joins Andrew and
Andrew and Michael give thanks, look back on a couple of highlights in this less-than-optimal year a
Reynolds numbers, drag crises, computational draping oh my! British time trialist and track athlete
In this ‘Compression Shorts’ episode, Michael and Andrew examine novel bike chains, virt
Michael tells Andrew all about his early experiences with the Core Body Temp sensor and the value of
Michael welcomes Griffith University researcher Phil Bellinger to discuss the symptoms and effects o
Brad Bradford is not a sport scientist or an aerodynamicist, but he is leading the effort to expand
Andrew and Michael take a deep dive into a recent study on the astonishingly high drag reduction fou
Pro Stergiou of Sport Product Testing and the Canadian Sport Institute delves into the process of th
Chris Blomfield-Brown of Greenteg AG joins Andrew and Michael to present the Core Body Temp: a weara
Running physiotherapist and host of the Run Smarter Podcast joins Andrew and Michael to cover the ca
In maybe our most contentious episode to date, Andrew and Michael debate the pros and cons of Crossf
Andrew and Michael talk about the risks of training in smoke-filled air, respond to a listener comme
Andrew’s friend and STAC co-founder Art Hare joins us this week to tell the tale of the rise a
Product manager for the fabled French bicycle and component maker Look and chaser of two-wheel effic
Frame builder and fantastic bike nerd Tom Sturdy is on the show to educate us on the implications of
Friend of the show and sport scientist at Cycling Canada, Kurt Bergin-Taylor is back to share (what
Today we climb into the way-back machine and travel to summer of 2017 to listen to an interview that
Triathlete, coach, and new author Ali Meeks joins us for a deep dive about the psychology of comfort
Friend of the show, podcaster, and coach Mikael Eriksson joins us this week for a conversation about
‘Compression Shorts’ make a comeback – and maybe grow a little longer – as A
Brian Metzler and Joe Cavarretta explain the LEOMO motion analysis system and how it can be used to
Serial entrepreneur and beer nerd Alan Wood joins Michael to tell the story of his Rally Beer brand
Michael’s good friend and long-time athletic therapist Peter Kissel is on the show to deliver
Our friend, coach David Tilbury-Davis pops by for his third interview and covers recovery, training
Founder of AeroLab and associate professor of engineering at the University of Calgary, Chris Morton
Andrew and Michael welcome Toronto Triathlon Festival founder Jeff Chong to talk about race logistic
Andrew and Michael revisit an oldie but a goodie: our first episode on drafting and aerodynamic drag
Andrew and Michael look at the effects of music on training and racing. Hint: there are effects! If
Andrew and Michael cover the performance enhancing effects of swearing and the Notio Aerometer. We a
Paralympic basketball player and sports science graduate student Erica Gavel speaks on the startling
Andrew does some back-of-the-napkin math on the possible aerodynamic benefits of the Nike Vaporfly.
Cycling Canada’s sport scientist Kurt Bergin-Taylor dives deep into the demands of track cycli
FLO Cycling co-founder Jon Thornham is on to cover the history of his innovative – ‘best
Ventum Racing founder and CEO Diaa Nour talks about the history of the brand, his relentless positiv
Andrew wants to know how to approach missed workouts, and Michael has answers – answers and ca
Andrew’s former university professor Sean Peterson is on the show this week to talk about rese
Founder of Velocite Bikes and Venn Wheels, Victor Major is on the show to discuss innovations in des
Jon Gabai, owner, physiotherapist, and bike fitter, at Calgary’s Intrinsi Clinic, is on the sh
Master wheelbuilder Corey Mahailiuk of Cognoscenti Cycles is on this week to talk about wheels, the
Notio Aerometer designer Guillaume Lamy and engineer Simon Demers drop by (virtually) to talk about
Sport nutritionist Tara Postnikoff is back to cover the role of nutrition in immune health, the util
In the third installment of our ‘Go Faster’ series, Andrew and Michael revisit aerobars
HRV4Training founder Marco Altini is on the show this week to explain heart rate variability (HRV) a
The second episode in our series on getting you a faster bike split covers clothing, shoes, bike fit
Coach and friend of the show David Tilbury-Davis is back on the show to share his advice on first ti
Andrew and Michael speak with Gebiomized CEO Daniel Schade about bike fit, triathlon saddles, and ho
Michael takes three questions from listeners and offers his thoughts on selecting chainrings for 1x
Andrew and Michael kick off a new mini-series devoted to making you faster on the bike with an episo
Allan Hovda is back on the show to help Michael plan for his first extreme triathlon race: Canadaman
Andrew and Michael pour over a limb-by-limb-by-front-fork breakdown of the aerodynamics of Andrew
You saw it cooling the heads of some of the top finishers at last year’s IM World Championship
TriRig founder and CEO Nick Salazar talks about the origin story of TriRig and some of its key produ
The Endurance Innovation crew kick off the new year with some thoughts about motivation, planning, a
3:30 the sources of heat stress and its effects 10:45 the heat ‘bucket’ 12:30 the bucket overflowing
Andrew recounts the early days of STAC and the struggle to bring their first trainer to market. Then
Cody Beals – our friend and the person who introduced Andrew and me in 2016 – is on the
Andy Blow of Precision Hydration is on this week to share his experience about the importance of get
Sport physiologist, coach, and co-author of the comprehensive HIIT Science book Paul Laursen is on t
Andrew and I are launching a recurring episode format. Every few weeks, we’ll collect the inte
Monash University’s Steph Gaskell comes on the show to discuss FODMAPs, and the role that this
5:00 intensity, duration, and frequency 6:30 the decision tree 9:00 the role of frequency and durati
Andrew’s back from Kona with stories of new and nearly-new tech that caught his eye on the big
With a hectic week of racing and travel, Andrew and Michael pull out the Way Back machine to have an
Michael welcomes fellow Toronto-based triathlon coach and sports nutritionist Tara Postnikoff for ch
Andrew is back from Maryland with battle scars and tall tales. Learn about his encounters with jelly
Michael talks about his first trail ultra experience. Using power to pace the effort, long race psyc
Fresh off the plane from the world’s premier bike showcase, Andrew talks about a few of his fa
Andrew is at Eurobike, so Michael’s flying solo. In this episode, he covers his favourite new
Allan Hovda returns after an epic finish at Norseman Xtri and a big win at Lofoten to tell the tale.
Running coach Steve Palladino speaks with Andrew and Michael about the role of running power meters
Ever wonder if getting high is worth it? This week, Andrew and Michael talk about the effects of alt
This week, Andrew and Michael speak with Tristan Lehari, founder and CEO of Tritonwear. Tritonwear d
Michael speaks with Sebastian Weber of INSCYD about his journey through academia and coaching, the r
Andrew and Michael discuss the components of metabolism and its role in endurance performance.
This week, we speak with Andrew’s colleague Scott Cooper. Scott is a product engineer at 4iiii
This week we chat with Allan Hovda, a Norwegian pro with wins at the Norseman extreme triathlon abou
In our latest installment of the Endurance Innovation Podcast, Andrew and I talk about our newly dis