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b"Today, Coach Connor and I\\xa0discuss something that comes up nearly every time we receive an email from one of\\xa0our\\xa0devoted\\xa0listeners, from you.\\xa0(By the way,\\xa0please\\xa0keep sending us questions and voice memos\\u2014we love them.)\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nSo, what is it that is nearly universally included in every piece of correspondence we receive?\\xa0Well, it\\u2019s some indication of a listener\\u2019s \\u201cthreshold.\\u201d Often that figure is\\xa0stated\\xa0as if\\xa0it is\\xa0an\\xa0absolute or\\xa0as if it\\u2019s\\xa0100-percent\\xa0accurate.\\xa0And that\\u2019s what we want to address today:\\xa0How accurate are these\\xa0numbers,\\xa0really?\\xa0It turns out, not very. And as an extension of that, we also\\xa0discuss just how difficult it is to get an accurate figure, for myriad reasons.\\xa0We\\u2019ll discuss several of the most common ways to determine your threshold, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nCoincidentally, we were\\xa0already\\xa0planning\\xa0to record\\xa0this episode\\xa0when Trevor\\xa0received\\xa0an unpublished review by\\xa0a\\xa0team out of\\xa0Auckland,\\xa0New Zealand, led by\\xa0researcher\\xa0Ed Maunder\\xa0at the Sports Performance Research Institute of the Auckland\\xa0University of Technology. The\\xa0review\\xa0is a fantastic summary of this\\xa0very\\xa0concept,\\xa0but since it isn\\u2019t yet published,\\xa0we\\xa0can\\u2019t\\xa0discuss the findings just yet.\\xa0That said, the\\xa0group\\xa0had a lot of great points that helped shape this episode, thus we do need to give them full credit for those ideas in this show.\\xa0\\nOnce\\xa0the review\\xa0is published, we\\u2019ll\\xa0do a\\xa0second episode\\xa0in which\\xa0we\\u2019ll interview the researchers\\xa0and discuss their review.\\xa0One of the\\xa0fascinating\\xa0concepts we look forward\\xa0to discussing\\xa0with them is how \\u201cdurability\\u201d factors into threshold measurements.\\xa0Stay tuned.\\xa0\\n\\u202f\\xa0\\nNow, let's make you fast!\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"