EP.86 - Every Athlete Should Should Have a Spin Bike

Durham and Jacob talk all about the benefits of the spin bike (and other forms of unloaded cardio) when it comes to getting extra conditioning for team and ball sport athletes.

Heaps of resources and extra content to go with this one:

Supercompensation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz4grfgeIig Sports specific fitness: http://www.coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2015/sports-specific-fitness How to do 8:12s: http://www.coreadvantage.com.au/blog/howtodo812s Game Fit: http://www.coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2016/game-fit-the-best-workout-to-improve-fitness-during-the-off-season Repeat Sprints: http://www.coreadvantage.com.au/blog/repeatsprints The problem with sand running (and treadmills): http://www.coreadvantage.com.au/blog/2017/podcasts-best-running-surface

To tie it all together our YouTube playlist on all things fitness and conditioning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2byssHKp-DA&list=PLLGwYUBXVGQViz9FNM1chMKpC1xPAk6LM

And for those who want to go a little deeper The original Tabata study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8897392 One of a few 8:12s studies: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mehrdad_Heydari3/publication/227712803_The_Effect_of_High-Intensity_Intermittent_Exercise_on_Body_Composition_of_Overweight_Young_Males/links/0deec5281572f75018000000/The-Effect-of-High-Intensity-Intermittent-Exercise-on-Body-Composition-of-Overweight-Young-Males.pdf