Welcome to the Critical Oxygen Podcast! In this episode Dr. Robby Jacobs and I talk about how we started to work together, why we decided to go into academia, the benefits of proper training, and the physiological training plan.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:23 – How Dr. Jacobs and I met: the origin story!
9:26 – The podcasts goals
10:05 – Dr. Jacobs background: why researchers choose academia?
15:00 – On optimizing performance
17:48 – Scientific communication is key!
19:06 – Thoughts on altitude training
20:14 – Differences between males and females
23:55 – More podcast goals
25:25 – Sensationalizing science in media
28:27 – Damage plus rest equals improvement
30:48 – Is your psychology ruining your training?
31:50 – How to combat a sedentary lifestyle
34:20 – The definitive zone 2
39:03 – How to determine physiological intensity domains
42:11 – Are there three legitimate thresholds?
45:23 – Are thresholds occurring at the same intensity? No but who cares?!
46:49 – The physiological training plan
49:00 - Outro