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The science of training smarter.
Evidence-based deep dives on recovery, sleep, and performance.
Winter viral illness season
LATEST · EPISODE 25December 1, 2025
Winter Viral Illness Season: Breathe Easier with Athlytic
How your wearable data can flag illness before symptoms do — and what to watch in your HRV, respiratory rate, and wrist temperature this season.
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EPISODE 2410/8/25
Higher isn't always better — the lowdown on high blood pressure
EPISODE 238/11/25
Everyday I'm hustling — nutrition and hydration for base training
EPISODE 227/7/25
Zone 2 — is it all you need to do?
EPISODE 215/16/25
The timing of exercise
EPISODE 204/1/25
PEACE & LOVE: the RICE has expired for injury recovery
EPISODE 192/20/25
Strength + endurance training — killing your gains or the optimal train?
EPISODE 181/5/25
New year, new goals: making the most of your goal setting
EPISODE 1711/24/24
Connective tissue injury and prevention: connecting the dots
EPISODE 1610/27/24
Heart rate variability: the variety of metrics (SDNN or rMSSD)
EPISODE 159/30/24
Sleep debt — can you catch up? Or are you just dreaming?
EPISODE 149/16/24
Taking off the training wheels: is there an optimal training intensity?
EPISODE 138/20/24
The science of training load: the sweet spot between fitness and fatigue
EPISODE 122024
Does your menstrual cycle affect how you perform?
EPISODE 112024
Race day prep — put more pep in your step
EPISODE 102024
Sun exposure and protection — benefits and risks
EPISODE 92024
Warm-ups and cool-downs: not stretching the truth
EPISODE 82024
Sleep part 2 — getting quality sleep
EPISODE 72024
No pain, no gain — strength train!
EPISODE 62024
The lactate threshold — more like lac-GREAT threshold
EPISODE 52024
The art of the Met: energy metabolism
EPISODE 42024
Heart rate recovery — give me the beat
EPISODE 32024
A brief review of sleep: from A to Zzz…
EPISODE 22024
VO2 max: how to be an over-air-chiever
EPISODE 12024
What exactly is "HRV?"
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