Training With Olympians For A Month Changed My Life
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Well sort of.. I trained at altitude in Flagstaff for a month with professional world class athletes, Olympians and more importantly, my team mates. This video shows the impact its had on me, the expected and the unexpected, and how it's been a game changer for my running performance.
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If anyone can spot the frame where I make the fatal mistake of walking past the Jamba Juice I’ll be impressed… even the editor missed it! 😂
you have an editor?
10:52 but only because i rewound!
Literally the point where you say, "Going to find Jamba Juice", you are walking past. I'd recognize that logo even out of focus.
@GURU EPIC ADVENTURES i think her fella helps her with it, i seen in another video i watched
I read Running With The Kenyans at Christmas and had the realisation that the sleep, diet, rest, focus on recovery and consistency are clearly the keys I lack. Tracking my sleep now, going to bed early, eating is on point, no booze, rolling and focusing on recovery and in one month alone my expectations of my progress have been smashed. I'm so annoyed I didn't see this obviousness sooner.
My favourite UA-cam channel, great to see an elite runner put a fun side to running as well as serious training, would love to see quick fire questions wit ciara
I'm so glad you enjoy making videos as it means you're more likely to continue, which is great for me as I love to consume running content, and your goofy antics, hard running ethics, amazing positivity makes your content really enjoyable as a very average club runner from the north. I just ran a 20:05 the other day, a pb for me without trying to break 20mins, so I feel like I'm on this running journey to improvement (as we always are) with you. So yeah, thanks for the content! Love the grind!
I think you make your own good fortune. Your hard work, positive attitude and willingness to chase your dreams is epic!!! Those of us with very little talent get the opportunity to live vicariously through you and these videos. Thanks again for taking us along on this journey.
Thank you so much this means a lot!
What an awesome experience! So interesting to hear about your sleep observations while out in Flagstaff - I have noticed proper sleep has had such a huge effect on my workout days as well. It's one of those things people vastly under-prioritize!
Legend! Thanks for bringing us along the journey, Phily!
More to come!
Glad to see you coming out of the camp feeling really positive. I bet I speak for others when I say that seeing the low points was really interesting and valuable to understanding what going through altitude camp is like. As you said, those are moments when you get tough, and they make the good days feel that much better.
You crack me up Philly, that line about oxygen during your first run back 🤣🤣
Can you explain the selection process for the Olympics, and how you plan your calendar for that?
Depends on country to country, sometimes its a coaches choice, sometimes there are race that if you qualify that's it your in, if your part of a national team ie British cycling as part of their Olympic selection
Always keep up with your updates 👍🏻 be really good to see how training at altitude (plus the quality training) translates back at sea level 👍🏻👍🏻
Go Phily! 🤩
Glad you made it through camp! It was enjoyable to watch !
Danny boi!!!!!!! We missed you!
The only drawback to the camp must be the flights out and return. These must disrupt training to some extent. Was any consideration given to using any of the European high altitude sites such as Font Romeu or the ones in Spain or even Bulgaria (where the East Germans used to train in the 70s and 80s)?
Barometric pressure is lower at high altitudes so less oxygen is being pressed together.
If you go high enough the mountain in Buffalo Park you can actually see New Mexico in the distance.
This is accurate. People tend to think there is less oxygen at high elevation but that’s not true. The percentage of oxygen is consistent at all elevations but the lower pressure prevents us from getting as much.
Great to see Phily, but i didn't realise 7,000ft is classified as "altitude"? Absolutely higher that sea level, no flies on me eh? Is there a science of how high altitude training needs to be, to give an optimum increase in long term performance?
In general, anything around and below 6000 ft is considered habitable by most healthy people, whereas above that is where at least some people tend to have issues with high elevation. I live at 8000 ft and definitely find it harder to sleep, not to even mention running and race training
I looked up the birthday saddle...hell no 😂
Get one of those massage guns £40 from aldi absolutely brilliant, I did a 20k run the other and thought I wouldn't be able to train the day after felt like someone had cut my calves open but after using I the day after loads better
It changed you in more ways than run... 😅
Hahaha your American accent is adorable!!
I try
How long do the effects of altitude training last once you return to normal altitude?
My understanding is that the direction blood oxygen benefits gradually decrease over a couple of months, but the training benefit obviously remains and has formed the foundation for the next phase
Your an awesome runner, but the crocs need to go.lol
No, the crocs are part of Phily’s down to Earth identity… which is also awesome 😋
I foam roll or massage gun every night and I run like 3 times a week 😂
🙃 I’m getting there
Pro tip: if you give a fake name for your order, you have to give "Sinatra" Then, when they call out SINATRAAAA, everyone in the place looks around.
Do you drink (alcohol that is lol)
Once or twice a year I do, special ocassions
Susan, I'm so glad you started your channel, it's definitely made me become more focused in my running as well, plus you've always been great at responding to people in the comments! How long does your altitude acclimation last? Will you be doing another training camp this year to keep the effects? Or is it a one-a-year kinda thing?
Your Texan accent was pretty great!
Oxygen is indeed underrated! Amazing benefits you gained from your high-altitude training (10-15 bpm lower), superb!
Another tip if your training or racing in a non English speaking country, take a playstation or similar with you for days off otherwise if you just want to stay in to chill out your stuck watching TV you can't understand
Amazing! Keep going!
"Oxygen is overrated" .......... hysterical!!!!!😂🤣
Some call the "low of the low" the nadir (k workout). Which would be opposed to the zenith (birthday saddle). You are awesome :)
Foam rolling is right up there with flossing teeth. 😩
Sleep is so important, its the reset button of life.
Hey when you have oxygen you're right in your element...see what I did there...*science joke*
*slow clap*
I am no scientist but a medical student so here is what I know: higher altitude has far less oxygen, which is why you might feel more tired and be breathing a lot harder during a session. Because of that, your body also needs to work harder to get enough oxygen to the muscles/ organs. One way it compensates for this lack is to produce something called EPO - this stimulates the stem cells to differentiate into erythrocytes, which are then able to transport O2. So by increasing the number of „transportation vehicles“ your body essentially doesn’t have to work as hard.
Now the differentiation of erythrocytes takes 7-10 days, which is why that is when you start to wreak the benefits.
When you then return back to sea level, your newly produced erythrocytes don’t just disappear but live their full 120 day cycle. So you now have an increase of oxygen again AND more transportation abilities, which is why you’ll be able to run more effectively.
This will result in less lactate buildup, as you’re able to use anaerobic energy production for longer, and hence less DOMS as well :)
Anyways, hope this helps :)
Ciara McGeehan seems like a hero btw, not just saying cause she's running for us
She honestly is, a true Irish ledge
Thanks for the reminder Phily. Sleep is insanely important and I really used to take it for granted. I’ve also stopped setting my alarm at 4 am… sorry about that 😅
Haha I'm so glad you've let go of the 4am alarm!
Phily
You’re awesome, and phily love your videos. Massive massive thumbs up to awesome video.
I appreciate that!
Been watching since the start of the channel but never really commented. Keep up the good work and content! Thanks for the vids.
16:34 ahh the Roman Lakes, a great place to dodge puddles to work on agility😅
omg i googled the birthday saddle 😂 so did helen get on it?!!!
wouldn't the benefits wane away gradually once you go back to lower altitudes?
Not quite, in fact it typically takes 2-3 weeks for the real benefits to really show themselves. Your blood oxygen levels take a while to adjust on coming down. And yes after 3 or so months you might not be feeling specifically the altitude benefits, but the training benefit from the camp is a brick underneath 8 further bricks of training in the subsequent weeks... and then you go back up for a month!
@@PhilyBowden thanks for the answer.