The Brick Session

When collegiate men are upset about a doping accusation and so refuse to share the podium with another athlete who might have had a sliver of advantage, they are praised by the public. When collegiate women refuse to play games against men, they are shamed, insulted, threatened, told they are sore losers, told to "get good," told they are lazy, lectured by senators who would have "welcomed the chance" to compete against someone with an unfair advantage.

@ORION_coaching @bbculp Or prone position

@bbculp USADA will come knocking later today. Hide behind the couch.

Tour of Hormuz 2.1

Sat here watching the @worldtriathlon in Lanza. I think next time put the commentators in a sound proof room and some metrics would be helpful. Asking for a friend

@sharrond62 True story this one.

I loved obstacle courses in gym lessons, anyone else?

@liltriprincess @AliBrownleetri @TerraAPI

@thebricksession @AliBrownleetri @TerraAPI That’s a superficial comment to a very complex problem. Start with food industry, then the big socio economics. Not everyone has the same access to positive choices.

GLP-1 meds (Ozempic, Wegovy, etc.) are transforming weight management and health, but what’s happening under the hood according to real-world wearable data? A fascinating analysis by Rocio at @TerraAPI Research looked at 538 users tracking daily steps, heart rate, and HRV around their GLP-1 doses: • Activity drops noticeably, fewer steps on dosing days, with the effect persisting up to 7+ days (and sometimes longer). Effect sizes grow over time windows. • Resting heart rate rises slightly but consistently, peaking 2–7 days post-dose. • HRV drops (a marker of autonomic recovery/stress resilience) and stays suppressed for weeks. These are within-person trends, each user compared to their own baseline, so not just noise. Likely tied to side effects like fatigue, reduced appetite, or autonomic shifts, though causality isn’t proven. If you’re on a GLP-1 and your wearable shows lower steps or weirder HR/HRV patterns around injection days… you’re not alone. The big takeaway? These drugs deliver powerful benefits, but tracking wearables helps spot the full picture, including trade-offs we don’t always hear about. Time to consider prescribing them with an exercise routine? Very interested to hear if anyone had noticed these kinds of changes? Drop your experience below. Curious to read more? Check the full Terra Research post in the comments below. #GLP1 #Ozempic #Wegovy #Wearables #HealthTech #WeightLoss #DataDrivenHealth

@liltriprincess @AliBrownleetri @TerraAPI I think the problem is having access to excessive food though the mouth. Obesity isn’t an illness, it’s gluttony, lack of discipline, and lack of exercise. The medical industry should be banned from prescribing this crap. This is indicative of the world we live in now. Easy fix

RED-S, trabecular bone Mountjoy et al., IOC RED-S Consensus, BJSM 2023 Gordon et al., Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Guideline, JCEM 2017 Misra et al., Bone Microarchitecture in Amenorrheic Athletes, JCEM 2011 Baxter-Jones et al., Peak Bone Mass Development, JBMR 2011

Best conference I’ve ever attended on RED-S, led by Professor Alan Currie, in terms of the depth and quality of evidence presented, PROMISE Conference. Edinburgh 2025 Here’s the link for anyone interested: USA 🇺🇸 August 2026 promiseconference.co.uk

@andrewwoodroffe Start a podcast, everyone has one now. You won’t make money though!

Hypothetically, if you have coached for around 10 years and built your own business for the last 3.. What other careers, options or ideas would be out there?

@andrewwoodroffe Selling performance-enhancing drugs around Girona

@andrewwoodroffe Lumberjack

Next episode of The Brick Session 🎙️ Mark is joined by co-host Caroline Livesey to cut through the noise in modern triathlon. We talk the PTO buying everything not nailed down, why Ironman banning in-race filming is actually a good thing, plus a bit more. Buckle up

Tendons decondition fast. Just 1–2 weeks of reduced load can drop collagen activity & reduce stiffness. they lose spring. progressive loading matters. reload properly, collagen activity rises Tendons don’t rest back to performance. They load back to performance. ⚡

UlS 2015 used once severe calcific insertional Achilles. Rehab failed. Shockwave surgical opinion Prof Maffulli Surgery avoided. Full return to running for years no reoccurrence 70 years now Imaging isn’t destiny. #Achilles #Shockwave #insertionalachilles

Congrats 🥳 2015: Severe calcific insertional Achilles. Surgery considered. Under Prof Maffulli’s supervision, shockwave + load restored adaptation. Surgery avoided. Now applied in-season with elite athletes.

Been using focused shockwave for lumbar facet joint pain for 8 years. Now supported by a 2025 sham-controlled RCT Nedelka et al., 2025 High-energy focused ESWT for lumbar facet pain Int J Surg. DOI: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000002538 Evidence catching up with practice.

On today’s the_brick_session, I chat with Gary Howells, fresh off completing the brutal Oman 165 ultramarathon. We discuss what it takes to run through the Wahiba Sands, the mental & physical demands of multi-day ultras, smart foot care, blister prevention, and what not to carry!