Stephen Seiler on current trends in sports science

[@quengmingmeow]

Love the fact Seiler brought up that these sports tech companies like Garmin are just using the same tech and trying to improve the algorithm. I found out long ago that the only data I trust from my Garmin+chest strap is my pace and my HR. Nothing else. I love my Garmin, but a lot of people get down right angry that I don’t sing the praises of performance score, VO2 max, and the like. My training absolutely confuses my Garmin--my VO2 max has jumped by 10 points after a max effort road run after 3 weeks of trail running. It’s garbage--but I love the watch for what it does give me--my pace and HR give me all I need as an amateur. I am excited for something to measure breathing--I use breathing as a way to gauge my easy runs. At my best, I can be at the ceiling of my Z2 by breathing in for 6 strides and out for 6 strides. Those mornings where it’s 5 in and 5 out is a sign I’m a bit more fatigued.

[@Globiworld2000]

Problem with recording feelings is that in past we believed that exercising bring up happines,releasing endorfines etc- therefore nobody thought about possibility of it affecting nagativly mental state- and in overall having negative effect - mainly because dragging mental state so down that health benefit of exercising does not compensate.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

The sound seems very quiet unfortunately,though if I put my headphones on sounds OK

[@supportingchampions]

Just tested, all seems fine this end!