Stephen Seiler
@StephenSeiler
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Exercising physiologist studying endurance training in a global laboratory, sharing what I learn in a global classroom. DMs only sporadically answered, sorry.
https://www.uia.no/en
Joined January 2011
I think you could apply a version of this "Wish They Told Me" list to Sport Scientists, Coaches, and Athletes and find that all the learnings resonate.
I’ve Been a Surgeon for 25 Years—Here’s What I Wish They Told Me in Medical School Medical school taught me anatomy, physiology, and pathology. It taught me how to memorize, how to endure, and how to work longer hours than most people thought possible. What it didn’t teach me
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Here’s a look at the turnout at the Townhall Athletics Time Trials in Eldoret, Kenya on Oct. 15th. There were 175 men entered in the 3000m. All of them are hoping to run times to get the attention of colleges in the United States.
Finally got around to reading this eye-opening piece from the Washington Post on how some U.S. universities are funding time trials in Kenya to recruit distance talent. These “Golden Ticket” races to an NCAA scholarship are totally reshaping college running. Then, I caught up
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On my way home from Doha now. I learned a lot and met people outside my usual ecosystem. Thanks Marco!
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My favourite thing about this is he's literally fighting for his life and still trains more aggressively than a fully healthy Mike Boyle.
"Death is undefeated, but I'll take it to three overtimes. That's strength." Houston strength coach Kurt Hester was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma. Six months later, he may have lost his hair, but not his indomitable spirit. More from @JenLada:
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Want to be a happy teacher? A happy coach? “The best leaders I know extend trust and loyalty long before receiving it - they treat people as if they've already proven trustworthy. This seems naive until you realize it's a forcing function: by acting as if people have already
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AI is accelerating faster than any previous tech shift! 🚀 From @NVIDIA GTC 2025 in Washington D.C., @PatrickMoorhead (CEO and Chief Analyst, @MoorInsStrat) shares his perspective on the current technological inflection point. He explains that while history shows major tech
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A wide range of intensity scales are used in the literature, with even greater variation across online training platforms. But how are they used in practice? Check out my first #research article published with @SpringerNature in @SciReports😁Read here: https://t.co/8qjHT4QeHr
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My first Daughter-Father research publication and an interesting dive into the origins, interpretation, and language of different "intensity zones" in endurance training. https://t.co/FYfsLmLUlc
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Dr. Luks provides an elegant description of a shrinking "action" radius that wear and tear on our aging bodies, our health care system, and the "senior" labels we are given by society all reinforce. I hope to go out breathing hard with sweat dripping off my chin.
Our world doesn’t collapse all at once. It shrinks, quietly, and often without us noticing. It may start with avoiding the steeper streets in the neighborhood. Then it’s skipping a family trip somewhere hilly, or hesitating to book a vacation that might be “too much walking.”
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If you are like this after a threshold run you aren’t running at threshold. You’re welcome.
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Parents, god love us, when we overwhelm their joy and wonder from within on ordinary days with OUR dreams and expectations, the foundation for our children embracing the path and achieving the extraordinary is eroded, not enhanced.
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One can cherry pick these interesting data, but the bottom line for me is 1) body comp periodization is not onesizefitsall and 2) getting training right is still key. Associations Between Body Composition and Performance in Elite Endurance Athletes
journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: To investigate if elite endurance athletes periodized their body mass (BM) and composition from preparation (T1) to specific preparation period (T2) and if changes in BM and body composition...
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Turned 60 today, so I've got that goin' for me. What would 60 year old me say to 30 year old me that just landed in Norway? Be persistent through the frustrations. Be consistent when distractions come. And be grateful up front. We make hard choices the right choices.
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A Friday, Five-century flashback to the fantastic mind of da Vinci (and a free alliterative F-bomb :-)
Leonardo da Vinci invented the self supporting bridge between 1485-1487 This is how it works
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An incredible guard of honour for @GeraintThomas86 ahead of the final stage of his career 👏👏👏 Wonderful scenes to kick off the #ToBM finale in Newport 🏴
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Interested in Balt's Carrier Delivery Catheter? Check out the new publication on our Carrier Delivery Catheter; it delivered the aspiration catheter to the face of the clot in 100% of cases! Check out the article here.
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40 years of studying the training process suggests to me that human performance develops at the fuzzy intersection of "oppositions":
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“If you’re even thinking about needing a day off… you probably do.” @StephenSeiler dropped this truth bomb on Athlete’s Compass and YES, it floored all of us- in a good way! Performance isn’t about doing more, it’s about knowing when to pause. ➡️ https://t.co/LzUq4oIJlj
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This looks like a really useful course for sport science students (and gray haired professors). I know, I know, MATH, but we can do this :-)
Interested in mathematical modelling for sport applications? Here's an interactive on-line course I am building for sports science students. https://t.co/8PwrKLMBOI 🫁VO2 and [La] kinetics 🚲MTB suspensions 💪Muscle F-L-v relationships ... and so on! Yes, Wbal model also👍
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Probably the best accidental connection I ever made here on TwiX.
Looking forward to giving an update on the Team Hub in October
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