131: Balancing science and experience in your training, with Cameron Cogburn
b"How do you, as an athlete, combine your understanding of sport science and your training and racing experience to most effectively map out your training? That question is the basis for today\\u2019s episode, one in which we drift between the philosophical and the practical.\\xa0\\xa0\\nEssentially, we\\u2019ll dissect the different ways science and experience can influence how we train. Where does the science shine? Where does experience come into play? How do we best balance the two? And how can we use so-called scientific thinking to improve how we digest and analyze each and every experience we have in our training and races to become a better athlete? Remember that even when we\\u2019re talking about your experience as a rider, you are essentiallyJame experimenting on yourself \\u2013 it's just an N of 1. We\\u2019ll talk about all that and much more, on today\\u2019s episode.\\xa0\\nOur primary guest today is former pro racer turned Ph.D. student Cameron Cogburn. After years of racing for teams including Smart Stop and Jelly Belly, Cameron took an academic turn. He\\u2019s now a Ph.D. candidate in theoretical physics at Boston University.\\xa0\\xa0\\nWe also hear from physician Dr. James Hull, who appeared in our last episode on breathing; pro racer Erica Clevenger; and our friends from The Pro\\u2019s Closet, Spencer Powlison and Bruce Lin.\\xa0\\xa0\\nLet's make you fast!\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"