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aw11gwd on January 17, 2020 at 4:38 pm · in reply to: Iñigo San Millán Interview: Mitochondria, Zone 2, and metabolic health #36465

@14487946 and @Aaron I had a similar thought a while back in terms of keeping a library of really high quality podcasts to go with workouts. I find them very motivating and I often feel as though I am killing two birds with one stone – getting a run done and learning something or being inspired to set goals etc.

The other observation I had was that you can waste a ton of time trying to find good content. It used to really frustrate me if I accidentally fell down an Internet rabbit hole looking for a good podcast – or a documentary if I was stuck inside on a treadmill.

So I built a website to review content for workouts and to make it quick and easy to to narrow down the options and save your picks for later.

It started out as “Slipstream” but I couldn’t get the full domain name and the url caused confusion.

Now it is at zone2review.com/ inspired in part by what I have learned reading the Uphill Athlete book and listening to Dr San Millan and others.

Also I figure it’s mostly Z2 (and Z1) workouts where it’s ok to be a bit distracted. If I am doing intervals I usually want to focus 100%. Sometimes on a long run it’s good to practice being present and getting into that meditative state but generally on Z2 workouts I let myself be entertained and educated by podcasts, audiobooks, race coverage, POV footage and documentaries, whatever gets me psyched to get going.

I would appreciate any feedback. The mission is simply to make it easier for the audience to connect with the content.

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aw11gwd on December 11, 2019 at 10:46 am · in reply to: Achilles Tendonitis #34156

I’ve dealt with achilles tendinopathy in the past and what worked for me (finally) was the following:

– Research the very latest on achilles treatments. I found Dr Seth O’Neill’s papers, podcasts & articles very helpful
– Don’t stop running completely (doctors like to say “complete rest” but I think that’s out of date for tendinopathy) tendons apparently need to keep moving to heal properly. Just reduce volume and back off even more any time you get increased pain the following morning. I wouldn’t do a lot of
– Do lots of eccentric heel drops and gradually add weight. Loading the tendon apparently promotes proper healing.
– Foam roll and theragun calves, lax/golf ball your feet. Tight calves and feet exacerbate achilles issues.
– Back off training volume/exercises any time you get an increase in pain the next day.
– Try indoor or outdoor cycling for maintaining your aerobic base.
– I also found that pointing and flexing my feet helped. I would get cramps immediately when I pointed my feet like a ballet dancer and working through that by repeating until after a few days/weeks I could point without cramping seemed to help a lot.
– Keep a log of your morning pain scale and training volume + reps so you can see progress. This really helps with morale and sticking with it.

FYI I am not a doctor or physio so do your own due diligence.

Good luck!