Ep 1 Pilot - Stairway to the Stratosphere
Welcome to episode 1 of the Progress Theory Podcast.
In this episode, Freddie Readhead and Dr Phil Price reflect on Freddie's 'Stairway to the Stratosphere' challenge, where Freddie ascended and descended his staircase 3,846 times, the equivalent height of sea level to Earth's the stratosphere (10 vertical kilometres). Freddie and Phil discuss how this challenge came about and how it eventually lead them to start up the 'Progress Theory Podcast'. We believe that with the right knowledge, preparation and mindset, you are able to take on any challenge, regardless of what discipline, format, distance, time or prior experience. Fundamentally, it's about creating a culture of small wins, marginal gains and consistent progress towards a specific goal.
In our first episode we discuss Freddie's training programme and cover topics such as:
* Strategy - How Freddie broke down the number of flights of stairs needed per hour to reach The Stratosphere in a 48 hour window.
*Problem Solving - How Freddie used the training climbs for the challenge to identify areas which could potential cause problems.
*Training Methods - How Freddie used a gradual approach to his training, hoping to expose his body to the stresses and physical demands of climbing stairs for long periods of time.
* Strength and Conditioning - How Phil programmed Freddie's strength training to focus on developing key physical qualities necessary for the climb.
* Reflection - What would Freddie change about his preparation for the climb and overall thoughts about the climb itself.
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The Science of Hybrid Training
It was originally thought that you could not effectively train for both strength and endurance at the same time because they required different adaptations which were not compatible with each other. It was claimed that ‘an interference effect’, blunted the adaptations for strength if you simultaneously trained for endurance. However, recent developments in sports which require both strength and endurance have really challenged this idea, with hybrid athletes producing impressive performances in both strength and endurance sports together. This had led scientists, coaches, and athletes to rethink what is humanly possible and suggests the interference effect is not as influential as originally thought. But what is a hybrid athlete? What is the ‘interference effect’? And how can we maximize our training to improve at the same time our strength and endurance performance? In this book, Dr Phil Price provides insight into the misconceptions surrounding strength and endurance training by distilling the past 50 years of research and drawing on the conversations he had with great scientists, coaches, and athletes on The Progress Theory podcast. This book is essential reading for hybrid athletes and coaches who are looking to understand the key training variables and their effect on the simultaneous development of strength and endurance performance.
