In this episode Pete discusses some fundamental concepts related to training to establish a common baseline of knowledge. In order to design useful training and nutrition plans, these fundamental aspects need to be understood.
Topics covered include:
- Homeostasis and Allostasis
- Health and Fitness
- Why athletes are not good role models for health
- Stress and Stress Dosage
- General Adaptation Syndrome and Stress-Response-Adaptation
- Training is more than just muscular development
- Training effects
- The Law of Diminishing Returns
- Performance vs Fitness
