Summary:

• Coach Donald & Coach Tim talk about their reading habits, share some Coaching Moments and explore ATP and the energy systems that produce it.

Key Discussion Points:

• Addressing Common Misconceptions:

1) Correction about LAH

2) Fat cells don’t decrease, they get smaller

3) ATP is mostly just used to keep your body temperature up

• Deep Dive:

1) What is metabolism?

2) ATP review

3) Anaerobic vs Aerobic: The Big 3 energy systems

• Webinar Pitch, Outro & Feedback

1) Link to webinar

Noteworthy Moments/Quotes:

• 0:22 - The coaches discuss what books they are currently into, and what their reading habits are.
• 8:00 - Coach Donald and Coach Tim share their Coaching Highlights & Learning Moments.
• 13:09 - Coach Donald brings up an interesting thought experiment about what it means to be a “good person.”
• 15:03 - The coaches finally get into the show and introduce the training topic for the episode.
• 19:40 - The coaches start their Deep Dive into ATP and the energy systems that create it.
• 28:04 - Coach Donald shares some insight into the aerobic vs. anaerobic systems.
• 42:58 - Coach Tim shares a personal coaching experience, and Coach Donald dives into the glycolytic system and its use in training.
• 54:30 - Coach Donald talks about his experience watching one of our youth athletes compete.
• 1:07:24 - Coach Donald recaps the episode.

Resources Mentioned:

• Webinar: https://ghperformance.com/webinar/
• Website: https://ghperformance.com/

Next Episode Teaser:

In Season 2: Episode 14, the coaches take a deep dive into the creatine-phosphate system.