peak performance for older athletes, and achieving athletic longevity
Upper body strength plus ability to lock the hips and ribcage together to resist twisting plus other function movement pieces form a holistic approach to making a cyclist stronger on the bike.
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Dr. Jeff Sankoff is the TriDoc, an emergency physician, triathlete and USAT and Ironman University certified triathlon coach. Jeff shares his thinking on masters athletic performance and balancing the pursuit of performance today with maintaining health and fitness for performance late into life.
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Our topic today is mushrooms, and whether mushrooms are a missing element in the older athletes’ arsenal of performance, recovery, and longevity. Helping Glen and I to better understand mushrooms is Jeff Chilton, an expert in the study of historical uses and impact of medicinal mushrooms, and who is also the Founder of Nammex, the very first company to supply medicinal mushroom extracts to the nutritional supplement industry.
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SBT GRVL is a world-class gravel race experience held on the amazing gravel roads in and around the iconic Steamboat Springs, CO. The combination of the great views and fun people make for an unforgettable gravel riding experience.
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Racing is a special opportunity. As an adult, you don’t get to feel this alive very often. Enjoy it, and avoid wasting it or turning it into a disaster you’ll regret. To do your best, remove impediments that CAN be removed quite easily. This stuff isn’t hard or expensive. It just requires a little planning ahead.
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Gavin and his team built one of the most challenging gravel races in the world. They built organized rides for all of us out of their regular fun rides, which have a ton of climbing and technical sections, and all at an elevation of 8,000-10,300 feet. The 3 courses pay homage to the hardened miners, dreamers and misfits who came before us as we ride through ghost towns, past mines and up mountains. The 3 courses vary in length and difficulty to accommodate a wide range of skills and desires for suffering.
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Jesse and his team designed the MyVeloFit system to mirror the process you would experience during a professional bike fit. This starts with assessing your mobility, then analyzing your on-bike position, making adjustments to that position, assessing the changes, and repeating this process until you find a fit that works for you.
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Triny Willerton is the founder of ItCouldBeMe, a non-profit on a mission to change the relationship between drivers and vulnerable users of the road by re-humanizing cyclists and creating a movement of mutual responsibility and respect to make roads safer together.
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LoveYourBrain is a non-profit that improves the quality of life of people affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) and raises awareness about the importance of brain health.
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Even if you aren’t sitting on your bicycle for 20 or more hours a week, you ARE sitting in a chair and/or a bike for 50, 60 or more hours a week. After so many years of sitting, our bodies adapt to the sitting position, making us susceptible to injury and pain, and making us weaker on the bike and in life.
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Wise Athletes is a production of a couple old guys who are determined to keep it going. Join us as we figure out how to be high performing athletes for a long time.
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