How To Compete At The World’s Highest Obstacle Course Race with Becky Neal The Progress Theory

Hello and welcome to The Progress Theory, where we discuss scientific principles for optimising human performance. In this episode, we're joined by sports physiologist, Dr Becky Neal. 
Have you ever done an obstacle course race such as Spartan or a Tough Mudder? Now think about doing one of those, but at Everest Base Camp. That's exactly what Dr Becky Neal has done. And not only that, she did it as part of a massive research study. So in this episode, we discussed her experiences in the Himalaya and also how her research is helping us understand how people function in high altitude. 
In this episode, we discuss:
0:46 - Introduction2:07 - The world’s highest OCR12:28 - The freezing temperatures15:47 - Racing and avoiding mountain sickness26:08 - The results from the world’s highest race study30:44 - What could warn us of potential mountain sickness40:02 - future high altitude challenges for research46:41 - Would you climb Mt Everest?
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