The TriDoc Podcast, triathlon and health in one place
By Dr. Jeff Sankoff
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Episodes: 181
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Jeff Sankoff is the TriDoc, a physician who will do the research so you don't have to in order to understand if any of those things marketed to endurance athletes can deliver close to what they promise. Before you put anything in or on your body, understand what the science says by listening to an expert who has done the work for you.
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Ep. 180: Lumos sleep mask and From Hockey to Triathlon: The Unlikely Journey of a Future Doctor
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 179: Arnica and Stephanie VanBebber on Marathons and Cancer: Should You Be Worried?
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 178: Cutting through the creatine hype and From Cross Country to Caribbean: Embrace Your Inner Roller Skier!
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Ep 177: Shark Deterrents: The Science Behind the Hype or Just Another Marketing Gimmick? and From Photography to Shaving: How Adam Barker is Changing the Game
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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"Sleep Like a Pro: The Truth About Cooling Blankets and Your Recovery" and How One Guy's Trash is Another's Treasure": Recycling Shoes
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Tendonitis: Is it really what we think it is? Plus Hillary Topper's Journey to Open Water
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Ep 174: Cold Plunges: Chilly Recovery or Just a Trend? Transitions: The Secret to Racing Like a Pro
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 173 Life Lessons from the Edge: How to Fill Your Days with Epic Memories
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 172: Potatoes for Performance? And Phil Billikopf; Balancing Business and Triathlons
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May 30, 2025 |
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Ep. 171: Sugar, Sweat, and Science: Debunking the Myths of Carbohydrate Fuels in Endurance Sports & Navigating the Triathlon Journey with Trivelo Coaching
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May 16, 2025 |
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Ep. 170: Respiratory Muscle Training device the Breather and Blank Labels, Big Dreams: The Rise of Blanks Nutrition
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May 02, 2025 |
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Fast Talk and the Four Fitness Foundations with Dr. Stacey Brickson
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 168: Lactate Sensors: The Science of Sweat or Just a Fancy Gadget? And, Older, Wiser, and Vaulting Higher: The Age-Defying Story of David Bonham
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 167: Blood Type Diet? More Like Blood Type don't/Behind the Scenes of Coaching with Jeff and Juliet
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 166: Peptides: The Latest Snake Oil for Athletes? And, from Med School to Kona: Matthew Marquardt's Wild Ride
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 165: Hydrogen Water: Miracle Cure or Just H2-Oh No? AND Fast Talk Labs' Trevor Connor
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 164: Bikes, Tech, and Thyroid: The Triathlon Trifecta You Didn't Know You Needed
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 163: Quercetin/Luke Tasker
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 162: Calibre/Todd Crandell of Racing for Recovery
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Ep 161: 2024 MMB review/Kirsten Kasper
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 160: Cordyceps Sinensis for endurance performance?/Dr. Kevin Stone
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 159: CurraNZ/Carolyn Carter aka LA Triathlete
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 158: Firefly Recovery/Bobby Dubois
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 157: Collagen supplementation/Greer Van Dyck of SBTGRVL
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 156: Fueling for Success: Balancing Body Composition and Performance in Endurance Sports/Maia Watson
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 155: Positive thinking and how it impacts performance/Michelle Bond; Unlocking the Power of Fascia: Why It's Essential for Athletes
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Ep 154: Which salt is best?/Fiona Moriarty
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Ep 153: Doping in triathlon, the 10% question
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Ep 152: Muscle typology and training variation/Kennon Heard, cardiac arrest survivor
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Ep 151: Aging decline and gender variance?/Chris Bagg
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Ep: 150: Fitness and the risk of breast cancer/Doug Morris
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Ep: 149: Biomechanics and running Economy/Mark Cullen
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Ep 148: Antihistamines and performance/Jonathan Su and the 6-minute cure for knee pain
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Ep 147: Can ginseng make you faster?/Dr. Jim Taylor PhD
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Ep 146: Strength training to improve endurance performance?/Couples' therapist Kayla Crane
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May 31, 2024 |
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Ep 145: Pneumatic Compression Boots revisited/Dorien Morin Van Dam
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May 17, 2024 |
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Ep 144: Mortal Hydration/Tyler Pedersen
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May 03, 2024 |
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Ep 143: Turmeric/Jess Cullen
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Ep 142: MCT oil/Strides for Strength
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Ep 141: Alcohol and sleep/Nick Klingensmith
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Ep 140: Plasmaide/Marilyn Chychota
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Ep 139: Training after illness/Cristina M Ramirez
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 138: Carbohydrate periodization/Dr. Daya Grant
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 137: Magnesium supplementation/Mark Evans
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Ep 136: Rebroadcast-The Nutrition Episode
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 135: Long Run Coffee/Dave Lowry-IM on a BMX!
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Ep 134: Holiday Hacks/Jason Curtis on strength training for multisport
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Ep 133: NAD+ supplementation/Gustavo Cadena, inventor of the Omius
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Ep. 132: IM medical misadventures/Heath Dotson on aero dos and don'ts
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Ep 131: Ozempic/Edward O'Malley designer of the Velo Vetta bike shoe
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Ep 130: Dream Recovery/Alex Harrison
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 129: Tart Cherry Juice/Jen Rulon
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 128: Hacks for handling the heat/Dylan Davison, stomach cancer survivor & Ironman athlete
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 127: Accidental hypothermia/Lesley Smith
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 126: Vitamin C for endurance performance?/Jen Szabo volunteer coordinator for Boulder 70.3
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 125: Carbon fiber plate shoes and increased risk of injury/Coach Michelle Lake
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 124: The microbiome and athletic performance/Tamara Jewett
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 123: Exercise and cardiovascular health in women/Jochem Batstra-race director of the Saba Triathlon
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 122: Chocolate milk/Eric Abecassis of Humango
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Ep 121: Gender differences in hydration needs/ Matt Sharpe and Chris Leiferman on their epic Boulder 70.3 race
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Ep 120: Inflammation/Jackson Landry
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Ep 119: The agents used for doping in sport plus an interview with Soj Jibowu founder & CEO of Varlo
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May 19, 2023 |
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Ep 118: Supplemental ketones as fuel/Jen O'Keefe of First Bourne
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May 05, 2023 |
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Can open water swimming make you sick?/Thomas Lenneberg of USA Triathlon Foundation
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Stress, heart disease and the effects of exercise/Scott Tindal
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Updates: CWI,PRP, HCO3, stretching/Dr. Izzy Smith of FEMMI
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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SAD/Ben Hoffman
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Stretching and injury Rehab/Matt Sharpe
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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The menstrual cycle and performance/James Elvery of Race Ranger-an update
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Pregnancy effects on training and racing/Ben Kanute
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Garmin measures and metrics/Brent McMahon
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Is too much exercise bad for you? The reverse J-curve explained/Scott Tindal of FuelIn
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Side stitch/Mike Reilly the Voice of Ironman
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Social media and athletic performance/Tim O'Donnell
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Endurance sport and oral health/Jim Vance
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Getting it all done; How I manage a busy home and professional life with triathlon training and coaching
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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The Nutrition Episode
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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The Effects of Air Pollution on Performance/Ironman Regional Director Dave Christen
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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CORE revisited/Joe Wilson aka Triathlon Joe
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Menopause and the endurance athlete
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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The 100th episode!
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Genetic screening for heart issues/Joanne Courtney
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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CORE/Karen Smyers
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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BOA/Joe Wilson interviews the TriDoc
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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AIRWAAV/Jordan Bryden
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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The how and why of GI distress/Juliet Hochman
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Hydration status and RPE/Eoin Everard
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Alkaline water/DeDe Griesbauer
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May 20, 2022 |
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Psychological stress and its association with overuse injuries/Sam Renouf, CEO of PTO
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May 06, 2022 |
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Long Covid/Joe Friel
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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PREPD/Tim Don
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Training at Altitude/Skye Moench
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Exercise, sleep and memory/Heather Fuhr
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Spirulina/Laura Siddall
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Osteostrong/James Elvery of Race Ranger
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Returning to training after Covid/Brandy Ramirez of SheStrong
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Fitness vs. Weight loss resolutions/Bob Babbitt
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Off season training physiology/Vanessa Faye Foerster
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Genetic testing/Mike Wien
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Ep. 81: Inside Tracker Redux/Kate Wickham
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 80: Iron deficiency/Kris Freeman-Olympic cross country skier turned triathlete
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 79: Understanding the marketing of science/Alex Larson Nutrition
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Ep. 78: Anti-gravity running/Dr. Tracy Cushing, breast cancer survivor
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 77: Blood Flow Restriction (BFR)/John Duquette owner of Blue70
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Ep. 76: Daylight Savings Time & Jet lag/Mark Allen
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 75: Circadian rhythm and best time of day to perform/Bill Ogden
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 74: Low Level Laser Treatment/Steve McKenna
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Episode 73: BONUS episode-Tim O'Donnel's heart attack, what does this mean for the rest of us?
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 72: Platelet rich plasma/Kelly O'Mara
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 71: Steroid injections for injury/TJ Tollakson
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Episode 70: Massage guns/Paul Larsen on HIIT
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 69: Swimming injuries/Ironman Hacks' Andrew Patterson
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 68: Running surfaces and injuries/Dave Scott
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 67: Tapering/Rocky Harris USAT CEO
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 66: Massage therapy/Simon Ward
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode 65: Gluten free diet/Pt 2: Sara Gross & Sarah True
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 64: Heat for DOMS/Sara Gross & Sarah True
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 63: Anxiety and your gut/Dan Empfield
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 62: Asthma and triathlon/Tim Reed
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 61: The Keto episode with Celine Evans and Allen Lim
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 60: Caffeine-good for performance and for life/Marshall&Paterson
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 59: Continuous glucose monitoring/Jason Friedman-ultrarunner
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 58: Bicarbonate supplementation/Tom Miller-life changing diagnoses
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 57: Post-Covid Syndrome/Jon Mason-Running with power
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 56: Athlete heart with Murray & Papadakis pt2/Hunter Allen
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Episode 55: Athlete heart with Murray & Papadakis pt1/Iggy Perillo
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Episode 54: DVTs and training/Tim Crowley; The Powerful Triathlete
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Episode 53: Lumen/Mario Mejia
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Episode 52: Vitamin D/Brodie Sharpe on running injuries and rehab and orthotics
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Episode 51: Markers of cell injury and death in triathlon/Bryan Dunn on Arizona 70.3 during a pandemic
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Episode 50: The menstrual cycle and female athlete performance/Michael Bowers of Campus Cycles
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Episode 49: Post-Covid 19 myocarditis/Khem Suthiwan
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Episode 48: Overtraining syndrome/Frazer Atkinson mental performance coach
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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Episode 47: Kinesiotape/Bill Plock-303Endurance
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Episode 46: Epsom salts/American Bicycle Group
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Episode 45: Triathlon Taren's woes/Nate Heath of Tri Mob
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Ep. 44: Saddle sores/Diversity in triathlon, Linus Pagusera
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast-Trailer
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Episode 43: Debut of Dead and Slaughter, the Dad and Daughter Horror Show
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Episode 42: AMP Human/Diversity in Triathlon; Faren Campbell
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Ep. 41: USAT return to racing guidelines/Diversity in Tri: Marcus Fitts
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Ep. 40: Masks and exercise/Lance Panigutti
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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Ep. 39: Cramps pt 2/BBSC/Motivation in Isolation
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May 24, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep. 38: Muscle Cramps I/Weber/Motivation in Isolation
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May 08, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep. 37: Morton's Neuroma/Cespedes/Motivation in Isolation
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast: Ep. 36: Blood donation/Kevin Koskella/Motivation in Isolation
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast: Ep. 35: The Triathlete's guide to understanding Cvoid-19/Mikael Ericksson/Motivation in Isolation
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast: Ep. 34: Hydration/Laurel Graham/Triathlete Routard; Ohio 70.3
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast: Ep. 33 Beet juice/Peter Sankoff-The Game Changers/R4W
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep. 32: Red light therapy/The Game Changers-Roalf Halden; the environmental impacts of animal husbandry/R4W
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep. 31: TENS/The Game Changers-Chris Leiferman/R4W
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep. 30: Halo Sport/The Game Changers-Casey Poe-Campbell/R4W
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep. 29: StaminaPro/The Game Changers-Vegan Powered Athlete; Daniel Reintjes/R4W
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep. 28: Compression wear/The Game Changers-Simin Levinson/R4W
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep. 27: Alcohol/The Game Changers-Peter Ungar; Evolution of Diet/R4W
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep 26; BCAA/Kent MacKenzie-IAEF/R4W
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep. 25, GO2/Ashinsky Sorenson pt2/Reels for Wheels
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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The TridDoc Podcast Ep. 24: Airofit/Ashinsky&Sorenson/IMAZ
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Nov 02, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep 23: Train while sick?/Ken Benesh/IM Cozumel
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep 22: Cold Water Therapy/Triny Willerton/Xterra WC
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep 21: Dry Needling/Lance Panigutti/SBTGRVL
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast: Ep. 20: Clavicles/Dye/Boulder 70.3
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Ep; 19, HRV/Ettinger/IM Ireland
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep.18: Immersion Pulmonary Edema/Heath Dotson/Lubbock 70.3
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep. 17; Racing in the heat/Lisa Bentley/Steelhead 70.3
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode 16: Sleep & Performance/Smith & Corsi/IMChoo
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode 15: Carbs/TheCyclistLawyer/IM Victoria 70.3
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Ep 14: Sunscreen/Tim Crowley/IMMT
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May 29, 2019 |
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Episode 13: IV hydration/Daimeon Shanks/IM & 70.3 Lake Placid
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May 17, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode 12: Beta-Alanine, Ellen Hart pt 2, Cycling Spring Classics travel
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode 11: Creatine, Ellen Hart, IMTX
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode X: Exercise Associated Hyponatremia, Liz McTernan, Monterrey 70.3
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode 9; REDS/51Speedshop/Triathlete Routard visits Oceanside 70.3
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode 8: Adrenal Fatigue?!-Matt Legrand-Eagleman70.3/IMMD
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast Episode 7: Can training make you sick?-Dr. Brian White on FAI-RFW
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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TriDoc Podcast; Episode 6, FAT/Nate Carlson/R4W
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Feb 23, 2019 |
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TriDoc Podcast; Episode 5, Intermittent fasting/Lance Watson/R4W
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast, Episode 4, Inside Tracker/Maddy Pesch/R4W
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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TriDoc Podcast; Episode 3, Pneumatic compression garments/Ryan Ignatz/R4W
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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The TriDoc Podcast; Episode 2, CBD/Ginny Cataldi/R4W
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Tri Doc Podcast Episode 1, Acetaminophen&NSAIDS/Kelly Phuah/R4W
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Dec 17, 2018 |