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425 – Random Hour with Skyler Tanner — Diving Deep into HIT, The Mysteries and Misconceptions of VO2 Max, Unpacking the Nuances of Muscle Studies, and Mastering the Delicate Dance of Verbal and Non-Verbal Client Interactions

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Does VO2 Max Really Matter? How should this factor into your strength training practice?

Plus, how would you talk to your strength training clients who bring in new studies and want to make adjustments to how you train them?

The ever-insightful Skyler Tanner – a respected exercise physiologist and founder of Smart Strength – returns to the podcast for an hour of going through some wide-ranging conversations from misconceptions about VO2 Max, the many ways trainers knowingly and unknowingly communicate with clients, to unraveling the complexities of exercise-related studies, along with revisiting a few touchy subjects in the High-Intensity Training world!

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Show Notes

  • 08:12 – Pain Management: Talking To Personal Clients About Pain, Discomfort, and Soreness when Working Out
  • 14:14 – Skyler Tanner, Renaissance Man: How To Learn More and Retain Information Well
  • 19:44 – The Effect of Body Language and Different Communication Styles when Training Clients
  • 22:50 – How to talk to clients when they bring in exercise research and suggest adjustments to how you train them
  • 34:23 – Measurable VERSUS Visible physique changes: how to think about this with respect to how you train
  • 40:06 – Is VO2 Max as a measure worthless? What really matters?
  • 51:31 – The complexities of the results of exercise studies and how good you become at specific workouts — what you need to know and what you should focus on more
  • 58:20 – Skyler’s thoughts on Resistance Training, Interval Training, steady state, CrossFit, sports, and the motivations behind why anyone would do any of these activities
  • 1:06:09 – In what situations would it be useful to do higher repetitions? Glycogen depletion, diabetic clients, and how some studies take measure certain factors differently (and how this might affect how you may want to train your clients)

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  1. I would be curious about the benefit of zone 2 training to HIT. Peter Attia MD says a lot about vo2, zone 2, and strength training and actually is based in Austin. While I don’t agree with Peter on everything he is a very smart and well read guy. Skylar should give Peter a hit session!

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