Tim Reed

There is a direct correlation between the coached athletes who think they're amongst your 'lowest maintenance' athletes and who are actually your 'highest maintenance' athletes. Whereas the athletes who constantly worry they're taking up too much of your time, typically don't take up enough time and are super low maintenance. The disconnect from reality amongst all of our perceptions is always fascinating.

I’m one of the lucky ones on the tail end of somewhat affordable housing and yes we worked hard for it. However do the maths on what you would earn now for the same work, factor in current cost of living and house prices and it’s far harder for the younger Aussies than even 10-15 years ago. With zero regulation of AI it will only get harder too. Most that own a house and have gotten ahead don’t actually work out whether it would work out if they had to do it now. The answer is normally ‘ it wouldn’t ’ but we all like to pretend it would. The obvious fixes are there but most don’t want to lose out on their lucky generation perks. Among the low hanging fruit; End neg gearing, incremental increasing tax on multiple properties, scale income tax to inflation so that middle class earners aren’t being taxed billionaire rates

@markgardn @eddylight95 No doubt challenging but for anyone with some 💪 there are ways to skin the cat. Equally I would encourage a younger me to get better tax advice and investment advice earlier. Still glass half full 😉

Australia is a poster child of political shambles... 48.5c in the dollar, pay for your own healthcare, your own retirement, your own education, 10% GST, 30% fuel tax..... Houses are the most expensive in the world, we are a net exporter of coal, uranium, LNG and have expensive electricity Remind me what we get for our 47-48c in the dollar? @AlboMP

The kicks that helped him run there..

1:06 half mara for @kristianblu is absolutely crazy fast with a fair chunk of solo riding and 2 weeks post IM NZ. Incredible

Close up of the man to beat at #Im703geelong , Hayden Wilde’s race set up. He managed to tread on a sea urchin during his practice swim this morning but the spines are all out and it shouldn’t affect him. 🤞🏻

My argument against super shoes from the start is that the benefit gained is not equal. There are responders and ‘far-less responders. From my own testing, I’ve found bounding long legged gazelles getting up to 6% advantage over standard trainer while shorter stride high cadence runners less than 2.5%

I have a theory. I think Connor Mantz is a “super responder” to super shoes. Just listen to how his feet strike the ground. He’s putting so much force into each foot strike, especially at his body weight. The energy return he gets from carbon-plated shoes has to be insane.

Reached that point as a business owner where I don’t mind at all if contractors and employees use AI for tasks. It demonstrates it was likely an efficient use of their time provided the end result is sufficient. I have total disdain though when people try and pass AI assistance (or more than assistance) as if they spent hours doing it all themselves. It’s obvious when you haven’t and you’re only exposing yourself as untrustworthy.

Quote of the week.. “I think this war is more likely to accelerate regime change in America than in Iran.” Joe Cirincione, a national security analyst and nuclear weapons expert.

@feelthebyrn1 @andrewjgunn @inaki_delaparra Thanks Gordo, will watch tonight

@andrewjgunn @inaki_delaparra @Timboreed Some resources that might help - Peak Like A Pro Video: youtu.be/VT6jVYOWqw4?si… Article: feelthebyrn.substack.com/p/gordos-guide…

I’m convinced a big part of ‘taper lethargy’ is simply the fatigue of operating in significant calorie surplus. Anyone else? If you haven’t tested it, try backing off the carb load a lot and see if you still have the same taper fatigue.

👊. Side topic you just got me thinking about.. I’m always fascinated by the delayed appetite adjustment when training load reduces. Like the body is saying to itself ‘ I know your energy requirements have dropped off but I don’t trust what you’ll do in the next few days you maniac, so keep eating’. Feel like it takes me about 2 weeks before my appetite becomes more appropriate to my energy output.

@inaki_delaparra @Timboreed I work in a similar way. I have found I need to keep my nervous system firing frequently, even if short bursts, to avoid the slump. 10 days seems ideal for me, with a long day on the last day before taper. But I’m always so hungry in these 10 days! This takes some managing.

@max_stoneking @CrowieAlexander Ha yeah the taper injuries that come out of nowhere then you don’t notice them at all on race day is a real phenomenon!

@Timboreed @CrowieAlexander I’ve also hypothesized that those random niggles during taper are from shifts in muscle tension. Likely from nervous system changes and also just not being tight from lots of training. Body doesn’t know what to do! 😂 Can be a confusing time that taper.

Great info thanks Inaki. Love it. Would never suggest removing carbs my not well veiled skepticism is more around the typical sports dietitians carb loading approach, which I’ve rarely seen top pros implement, of very frequent high GI carbs combined with reduced movement. The result from my own racing experience and coaching observations is the excessive fatigue both in the lead up to race day and then often during first 1/2 of an event. Smashing high GI carbs frequently at rest (with not enough movement like you said and maybe not enough protein, fat and fibre to reduce the blood sugar spikes) = frequent post prandial somnolence . Basically a rambling agreement with you while further suggesting athletes shouldn’t stray too far from what their body is used to. Rest more but still maintain movement. More carbs or at least the same resting carb intake and snacking on processed carbs at the rate often recommended could drastically increase taper fatigue and decrease early race ‘spark’/ performance while the body tries to get out of hibernation mode.

In my opinion as coach and engineer, I’d frame it differently: “Taper lethargy” is often an energy flux problem, not simply calories. During heavy training your body runs at high metabolic throughput: high glycogen turnover, high mitochondrial flux, high neuromuscular activation. During taper: - energy expenditure drops fast - metabolic turnover slows - but intake (especially carbs) often rises. So you temporarily move from high flux → low flux + surplus. That can feel sluggish. The fix isn’t removing carbs (you still want glycogen full). It’s maintaining small neuromuscular stimuli and metabolic flow during taper. Energy systems like movement. Is really interesting this conversation I hope more people with experience can provide their perspective. Good one Timbo 🤙

@CrowieAlexander I suspect also a big part. Chronic cortisol reduction also helping the body / brain go into hibernation mode. Surplus cals maybe assisting that cortisol drop off

@Timboreed Do you think there is a psychological or neural/hormonal component (ie. fight or flight response)?

I think deep down, as a broad generalisation, most Australians agree that New Zealanders are more likeable than Aussies. Or at a minimum, as likeable. Got me wondering if there are countries out there who actually prefer their neighbour over their own nationality.

Possibly very true but only if the parent understands why the ban is in place. Clear evidence that when the government really invests in education and warnings this can affect great change. Ie- cigarettes with adults. No ban, massive health education campaign resulting in massive change over time. The ban alone, I’m sceptical of any large change because there are new apps all the time and other ways kids can do problematic behaviour like cyber bullying without the use of social media. Perhaps a ban on phones with internet for kids under a certain age combined with a far bigger campaign likely the best combo.

@Timboreed @ausgov As a general rule parents are not great at imposing limits on social media use. The ban will makes it easier for parents of younger kids, not yet on/influence by social media, to say no. It’s a step in the right direction. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

The @ausgov 's ban on social media for kids is up there with one of the more laughable laws created. Completely unenforceable, every kid is more tech savvy than members of parliament and will circumvent any attempts to restrict access in seconds. The Aussie Gov should instead invest in a educational campaign to ensure all parents are fully informed on why social media can be so damaging for their kids. Then let the parents do parenting.

Reporting from battle ground, the ban has proven completely futile except potentially in better educating parents of the harms of social media. We await longer term data on that. As expected all my kids friends found ways around the ban within minutes and it hasn’t changed their social media usage at all. Additionally, much of the harm of social media is that kids don’t have valuable time sans screen and for those getting bullied, safe time without that. Even if the socials ban worked, the shift will go to group messaging as come standards on every smart phone. Keep educating parents, change the culture because gimmicky unenforceable app bans won’t work.

There are a lot of sweat testers out there. Sometimes the testing is fine, sometimes the testing system (like collection patches) can be really hit and miss when it comes to accuracy. However the biggest problem is the poor advice given off the back of the tests. I know because many of their customers come to me when their prescribed plan is not working. 1) Most over-recommend electrolyte intake. 2) Rarely do I see recommendations around how to change the electrolyte to water ratio replacement in dry or humid conditions. 3) I also think it's super important to encourage athletes to listen to what their body /brain is telling them and be flexible out there. The recommendations I give post testing and consult can all go out the window in salt water swims when salt water is incidentally consumed or if they decide to take on a salty snack on a whim mid race from an aid station. If they're craving water, don't drink more electrolytes. Drink water. If you're coming up to aid stations and nothing seems more appealing than a mouthful of Vegemite, you need more electrolytes. 4) Sweat testers like to say that sweat electrolyte levels are set genetically which is not incorrect. They are heavily genetically influenced but with heat adaption it's typical to see a 10-25% drop in sodium concentration in sweat. For 10%, no real need to change an athlete's plan. Electrolyte intake is not like carb intake where it has to be very concise for the athlete to tolerate the amount well. 25% however, definitely good to lower the intake so that carb absorption and fluid replenishment is optimal. Important to note that many of the athletes I test who are training a lot are already quite heat adapted before even starting a specific heat adaption protocol. I often see little change after a couple of weeks of heat stress especially in triathletes because they regularly incur heat stress in the pool, on the bike trainer most of the year round.

Semantics I know but the ‘assumption you’re incorrect’ seems strange. In the absence of clear scientific evidence, would it not be better to do or believe what you feel is the most logical or anecdotally proven hypothesis or practice assuming you ‘could’ be wrong instead of you are ‘wrong’. An absence of conclusive evidence simply shows something might be correct or might not be. Not that’s incorrect.

@Timboreed A reasonable hypothesis but in science you assume your theory isn’t true until you have evidence to prove it. Clinically this means there is no short cut to assessing the individual needs of each child including their unique educational needs

It's up to those who claim ADHD is ‘genetic’, ‘neuro’ or a ‘chemical imbalance’ to demonstrate this is the case before we can accept any of those propositions. As a scientist my only job is to scrutinise studies to see if such claims have been supported - and they haven't