🎙️ The Performance Connection Podcast (Feat. Evan Peikon)

Understanding and Applying Contemporary Energy System Models to Create Better Conditioning Programs

How can understanding energy systems revolutionize your training methods? In this episode, Evan Peikon, an exercise physiologist and computational biologist who has worked with professional athletes, sports teams, and military special operations, joins to shed light on advances in our understanding of energy systems and what it means for training.

We start by reviewing traditional energy system models and introducing a more integrated approach that reflects recent advancements in research and technology, helping to clear up confusion caused by differing terminology among coaches. Evan unpacks contemporary bioenergetics and redefines training approaches by highlighting the rapid and simultaneous processes of ATP breakdown, phosphocreatine restoration, and glycogen breakdown.

Evan highlights the role of data science in professional sports, where teams use various performance and physiological metrics to enhance athlete performance. With insights from wearable technology that measures mult…