PubCrawling with Thomas Solomon PhD.
Educational "deep-dive" exercise science articles that filter the signal from the noise.
For scientists, clinicians, coaches, students, and athletes.
Fully-referenced, nerdy, but readable.
For scientists, clinicians, coaches, students, and athletes.
Fully-referenced, nerdy, but readable.
PubMed is a scientist's resource for peer-reviewed publications. But, there is a disconnect between scientific advance and public knowledge. Social media is awash with anecdotes and popular media often skews public knowledge with inaccurate interpretations of scientific work, sometimes simply to fit a predetermined alarmist headline. Even scientists occasionally up-sell their work to the media to create inappropriately melodramatic impact. This results in the true signal being lost among the noise. My goal is to filter the signal from the noise. So, come PubCrawling with me, Thomas Solomon PhD, and get your science snifter fix by chugging from the glass of knowledge while I attempt to add some clarity to the obscurity.
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Performance nutrition: Part 6 of 6.
Putting it into practice — Understanding how you can maintain high carbohydrate availability.
Performance nutrition: Part 5 of 6.
Understanding why you should consider maintaining high carbohydrate availability during a race… and whether doing so will improve performance.
Understanding why you should consider maintaining high carbohydrate availability during a race… and whether doing so will improve performance.
Performance nutrition: Part 4 of 6.
Understanding how to establish a high carbohydrate availability before a race.
Understanding how to establish a high carbohydrate availability before a race.
Performance nutrition: Part 3 of 6.
Understanding how long your stored fuel allows your body to go.
Understanding how long your stored fuel allows your body to go.
Performance nutrition: Part 2 of 6.
Understanding how your muscles use fuel to produce energy.
Understanding how your muscles use fuel to produce energy.
Performance nutrition: Part 1 of 6.
Understanding how much fuel is available in your body to produce energy.
Understanding how much fuel is available in your body to produce energy.
Nocarbozade:
A ground-breaking advance in nutritional products that will boost your performance.
A ground-breaking advance in nutritional products that will boost your performance.
VIEWPOINT:
What do you say to a (vapor)fly? … “Shoe”. But supershoes are probably here to stay.
What do you say to a (vapor)fly? … “Shoe”. But supershoes are probably here to stay.
Nutritional manipulations for training — Part 6 of 6.
Carb Wars: A New Hope. Carbohydrate periodisation.
Carb Wars: A New Hope. Carbohydrate periodisation.
Nutritional manipulations for training — Part 5 of 6.
Understanding the “carb wars” using context and perspective.
Understanding the “carb wars” using context and perspective.
Nutritional manipulations for training — Part 4 of 6.
Does a low-carb, high-fat diet offer a performance advantage to an endurance athlete?
Does a low-carb, high-fat diet offer a performance advantage to an endurance athlete?
Nutritional manipulations for training — Part 3 of 6.
Chronic dietary manipulation of carbohydrate availability — 100-years of the low-carb, high-fat diet epic.
Chronic dietary manipulation of carbohydrate availability — 100-years of the low-carb, high-fat diet epic.
Nutritional manipulations for training — Part 2 of 6.
Increasing fat burning during exercise — acute manipulations of carbohydrate availability.
Increasing fat burning during exercise — acute manipulations of carbohydrate availability.
Nutritional manipulations for training — Part 1 of 6.
What are fat oxidation rates and why do they matter?
What are fat oxidation rates and why do they matter?
VIEWPOINT:
We are not getting faster; there are just more of us and we are more accessible.
We are not getting faster; there are just more of us and we are more accessible.
Recovery — the conclusion:
Optimal recovery is achieved by keeping it simple.
Optimal recovery is achieved by keeping it simple.
Going beyond nutrition, sleep, and rest for recovery — is there anything else? What about a splash of “magic”?
Recovery magic tool.
A free resource for scientists, practitioners, coaches, and athletes to help inform their choices in using various approaches for recovery.
A free resource for scientists, practitioners, coaches, and athletes to help inform their choices in using various approaches for recovery.
Recovery nutrition Part 5:
Carbohydrate plus protein is your recovery super power.
Carbohydrate plus protein is your recovery super power.
Recovery nutrition Part 4:
Eating protein supports muscle protein synthesis to repair and build tissue.
Eating protein supports muscle protein synthesis to repair and build tissue.
Recovery nutrition Part 3:
Eating carbohydrate replenishes muscle glycogen.
Eating carbohydrate replenishes muscle glycogen.
Recovery nutrition Part 2:
The “post-exercise nutrition window” is your between-session period for nutrient optimisation.
The “post-exercise nutrition window” is your between-session period for nutrient optimisation.
Recovery nutrition Part 1:
Recovery nutrition starts with a healthy eating pattern.
Recovery nutrition starts with a healthy eating pattern.
Recovery. Rest your body and your mind to get ready to go again.
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Sleep will supercharge your recovery. But what about napping and your chronotype?
Training adaptations:
What is happening in your skeletal muscle?
What is happening in your skeletal muscle?
Training load Part 1:
Monitor your training load with help from your self-assessing brain.
Monitor your training load with help from your self-assessing brain.
SuperMooJuice:
A ground-breaking advance in nutritional products for recovery.
A ground-breaking advance in nutritional products for recovery.
Should you consider breath-hold training to boost your running performance?
It’s getting cold in here; please don’t take off all your clothes.
Training in the cold: Part 3. Acclimating to brace the cold.
Training in the cold: Part 3. Acclimating to brace the cold.
It’s getting cold in here; please don’t take off all your clothes.
Training in the cold: Part 2. Cold risk management.
Training in the cold: Part 2. Cold risk management.
It’s getting cold in here; please don’t take off all your clothes.
Training in the cold: Part 1. Understanding hypothermia.
Training in the cold: Part 1. Understanding hypothermia.
VIEWPOINT:
World Athletics + rule change = confusion + sadness.
World Athletics + rule change = confusion + sadness.
Be the architect of your training. Plan, design, then review.
Part 3: Review your training.
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
Part 3: Review your training.
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
Be the architect of your training. Plan, design, then review.
Part 2: Design your training.
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
Part 2: Design your training.
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
Be the architect of your training. Plan, design, then review.
Part 1: Plan your training.
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
Part 1: Plan your training.
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
Stress. Rest. Adapt. Grow. While being patient, staying calm, and having fun
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
Thomas Solomon, PhD.
The author of these articles, Thomas Solomon, is a physiology academic turned coach and scientific consultant. He describes himself as a trail-running, rock-climbing, photograph-taking, craft beer enthusiast with a big orange beard.
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Disclaimer: I occasionally mention brands and products but it is important to know that I am not sponsored by or receiving advertisement royalties from anyone. I have conducted biomedical research for which I have received research money from publicly-funded national research councils and medical charities, and also from private companies, including Novo Nordisk Foundation, AstraZeneca, Amylin, the A.P. Møller Foundation, and the Augustinus Foundation. I have also consulted for Boost Treadmills and Gu Energy on their research and innovation grant applications. These companies had no control over the research design, data analysis, or publication outcomes of my work. Any recommendations I make are, and always will be, based on my own views and opinions shaped by the evidence available. The information I provide is not medical advice. Before making any changes to your habits of daily living based on any information I provide, always ensure it is safe for you to do so and consult your doctor if you are unsure.