Nicola Giovanelli

I am turning 40 this year (feeling like 20 🤗) and I have decided to return to my roots. I decided to treat myself: take part in some races of Skyrunner World Series. My goal is to qualify for the final.. Difficult, but not impossible… 🔥 📸 @kilianj (yes, the GOAT)

Differences in Top 10 males vs. Top 10 females in the past 7 editions of #goldentrailseries 🏃‍♀️ 👉🏻 The gap is getting smaller, but men are still ~20% faster than women. Moreover, the gap is larger than the sex differences in other endurance sports such as road running, swimming

After a 30 km (2200 m D+) trail run, the use of poles allows to save more energy than when the athletes are not fatigued ⛰️ (Work in progress 😉)   #trailrunning #poles #uphill #mountains #mountainrunning

Thanks @sweatscience for this article on our paper 👇🏻

Do poles really “save the legs” during uphill pole walking at different intensities? Paper available here 👉🏻 bit.ly/3NoxcPi

Accepted by @EJAP_official 🥳 For the first time we measured foot GRF using (or not) poles during a maximum uphill effort 👉🏻 lower foot GRF when poles are used 👉🏻 more force applied on poles = less force applied on feet #polewalking #uphill #trailrunning

🎤 New episode out now on all platforms- "Do Poles Improve Performance in Trail Running?" with Nicola Giovanelli, PhD (@nicgiovanelli) 📊In his study, Nicola concluded that athletes should use poles during steep uphill maximal efforts to obtain the best performance. In the study, 12 out of 15 participants were faster using the poles versus not using the poles in the 1.3 km vertical test. Conversely, during submaximal steep uphill walking, the use of poles does not necessarily provide advantages from a physiological point of view. In the submaximal condition, which simulated the intensity of a 6 hour ultra-trail race, there were no differences in physiological conditions (like oxygen consumption, heart rate, lactate) with poles versus without poles. From this data, and with a focus on physiological measurements, we can't say that poles are more useful or less useful in a longer race. 🧐However, we can't help but speculate that even if you're using the same amount of energy with the poles versus without, there may still be muscular or psychological benefits. How many times have we heard "I'm saving my legs with these poles" in a steep race? We know that when we use poles, we use less force in the legs and more force in our arms. There could be benefits to feeling fresher later on in the race, especially runnable, downhill sections. “Saving your legs” might actually not be too far off. 📚This leaves us encouraged and inspired to use technology and future research to explore whether the output from our arms pushing is saving energy or work in our legs. It could be a major research breakthrough for trail runners.

Allenamento e alta quota: esperienza sull’Aconcagua nicolagiovanelli.com/2023/04/01/all…

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Wondering if you should run or hike? Pole or no pole? I summarize some of the latest research in these areas with help from @nicgiovanelli , a runner and PhD with a ton of experience in this space. Read it here: freetrail.com/climb-the-moun…

Guillaume Millet (@kinesiologui) hosted a pair of great free webinars on trail/hill running recently, with talks by leading researchers. Here are my five takeways from the first one, on the science of running uphill as quickly and efficiently as possible: outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

In this thread, find the detailed program of our free trail running webinar Part 1 : uphill 👉📅June 23 Registration bit.ly/webinarUHDH Part 2 (different speakers) will be on downhill running (📅 July 7). @LIBM_lab @Univ_St_Etienne @chaire_ActiFS #trailrunning #training

il 23 giugno presenterò in anteprima i risultati preliminari del nostro ultimo studio sull'utilizzo dei bastoncini in salita 👇🏻👇🏻

@ScienceOfUltra @RodgerKram maybe you can find some answer in this study (we have seen that RCP can be sustained for ~19 min during steep uphill walking with/without poles …colagiovanellicom.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/ijspp.…

Three days after the first test (with poles - see previous tweet) Tiziano is back for the same protocol but without poles. Same VO2max but one step less (4.2 km/h - 62% --> ~2200 m/h vertical velocity)

@d23ward no, there is not. We have tried to find out a point a couple of years ago. It is personal preference, and athletes who can power walking efficiently seem to be only the ones who train a lot by power walking.

@nicgiovanelli Is there an agreed point where it is better to power walk than run or is it personal preference?

@RodgerKram I think it is genderless, but not sure about it 😂 "stage"is much better than "step" btw

@MikeyFriesen @woutersinas @locko911 Here you can find the comparison between maximal and submax effort with/without poles …colagiovanellicom.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/ijspp.…

Tiziano Moia is one of the strongest guys in uphill performance in Italy. Actually, only Henri Aymonod is faster. Here, Tiz is performing his test, at 2300 m/h of vertical velocity 🙌🏻

@jayruns4fun in his garage 😅

@MattiaMichelusi in quel momento era a 65% di pendenza e 4.2 km/h di velocità 🏎 VO2max sui 78-80 ml/kg/min

@nicgiovanelli 2300m/h??!! cavoli che ritmo! A che pendenza stava sostenendo il test?