#83 - Applying Sport Science: Lessons from the Olympics and the NBA with Dr David Martin

Dr Glenn McConell chats with Dr David Martin. David has a remarkable and varied background starting off as a research scientist at the Australian Institute Sport and then National Sports Science Coordinator at Cycling Australia. He then became Director, Performance Research and Development at the Philadelphia 76ers. He is currently Chief Scientist, Director of Performance at Apeiron Life, San Francisco where he works to improve the healthspan of high net worth individuals. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Catholic University. We talked about all of this with a focus on the importance of belief systems in sports performance, how placebo effects are real, the use of placebos/belief effects in sports etc. A really interesting chat. I learned a lot. Twitter: davidtmartin
0:00. Introduction to podcast and David Martin
3:20. Testing Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans
8:00. Thermoregulation, Heat susceptibility
9:10. Derek Clayton
10:35. Amy Gillett Foundation
11:40. Physiological attributes vs belief for exercise performance
18:05. Cycling selection camps based on combat selection
23:00. Belief effect
25:20. Placebo effect of altitude training
33:25. Does EPO (Erythropoietin) have its own effects on perf etc?
38:00. Placebo effects on pain and depression etc
42:00. The “I went to Harvard” /credentials etc effect
45:05. Lying to win and Belief vs evidence
47:05. How handle if mismatch between belief and evidence
53:20. Real physiological effects of placebos
1:01:40. How much of perf effect of CHO ingestion is belief effect
1:03:10. Believable vs well informed people in sports team
1:05:40. Importance of belief in the coach
1:09:40. Physiological needs of the specific sport
1:13:40. David and the Philadelphia 76ers
1:19:00. NBA and trust/protection/managing
1:23:53. His ideas and finishing up at the Philadelphia 76ers
1:26:20. Regretted not going fully into academia?
1:28:22. Rather fight 1000 x 1lb chickens or 1 x 1000 lb chicken?
1:30:24. Balancing S&C needs and the coaches needs
1:32:55. Reducing injuries in team sports
1:34:55. Importance of pre-season conditioning
1:35:40. Balance of winning vs how much money can make
1:38:40. Lower body strength in NBA vs track cyclists
1:41:18. Improving healthspans of high net worth individuals
1:53:10. A focus on healthspan rather than lifespan
1:58:55. Evidence base re supplements
2:03:45. Miss the adrenaline of working with athletes?
2:05:12. Outro
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