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Optimizing Your Training Within Real Life Constraints: Answering Listener Questions
Episode 82
In this Q&A-focused episode of The Athletes Compass, the hosts respond to listener questions around balancing endurance training with busy lives. The…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Truth About Overtraining and Recovery with Dr. Phil Maffetone
Episode 81
In this episode, hosts Paul Warloski, Dr. Paul Laursen, and Marjaana Rakai welcome Dr. Phil Maffetone—renowned clinician and pioneer of holistic endu…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Homeostasis: Finding Balance in Training and Life
Episode 80
In this episode of the Athletes Compass, Paul Laursen, Marjaana Rakai, and Paul Warloski navigate the overwhelming world of training advice by highli…
1 year ago
Is Walking the Key to Running Faster? MAF Tests and Base Training Explained
Episode 79
In this episode, the hosts explore two seemingly distinct but deeply related endurance training concepts: MAF testing and Fat Max workouts. Dr. Paul …
1 year ago
The Everyday Athlete’s Guide to the 6 Pillars of Performance
Episode 78
In this back-to-basics episode, the hosts—Paul Warloski, Dr. Paul Laursen, and Marjaana Rakai—strip away the noise of elite training paradigms to foc…
1 year ago
Mastering VO2 Max Intervals: Listener Q&A Session
Episode 77
In Episode 77 of the Athletes Compass Podcast, hosts Paul Warloski, Marjaana Rakai, and Dr. Paul Laursen dive into listener questions about VO2 max t…
1 year ago
VO2 Max from the Muscle’s Perspective: Building Endurance from the Inside Out
Episode 76
In this episode, the Athletes Compass team continues their deep dive into VO2 max, shifting the spotlight from the heart and lungs to the muscles, ca…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Role of the Heart in Peak Athletic Performance
Episode 75
In this episode of the Athletes Compass podcast, hosts Paul Laursen, Marjaana Rakai, and Paul Warloski explore how the heart functions as a major lim…
1 year, 1 month ago
Lung Training 101: Breathe Better, Perform Better
Episode 74
In this episode, Paul Laursen, Paul Warloski, and Marjaana Rakai tackle one of the least understood but critically important VO2 max limiters: the lu…
1 year, 1 month ago
How to Train Smarter with VO2 Max Insights
Episode 73
In this episode of the Athlete’s Compass, the team—Paul Warloski, Dr. Paul Laursen, and Marjaana Rakai—breaks down VO2 max: what it really means, why…
1 year, 1 month ago