Mental and muscle fatigue is part of every sporting endeavour. But what is fatigue? What happens in the body when we get tired and is it possible to push beyond our perceived limits? SCROLL TO 19:35 FOR THE MAIN TOPIC SHOW NOTES: Caught My Eye: The case of the cheating fishermen The article on the fallout from the apparently botched doping case of Peter Bol . An article, which includes a video of the documentary exploring the controversies about the exploitation of Paralympic classification: A story and video of the Canadian man who broke the women’s masters powerlifting world record, simply by declaring that he is a woman The Swimming England announcement of their trans policy Fatigue Discussion An article that introduced a series of other articles that explored the integrative nature of fatigue My own review article on how pacing strategy is regulated as part of a homeostatic system The research study that used fentanyl to block sensory feedback, which totally messed up pacing and caused more peripheral fatigue than in a regulated system Another Amann study, this one using hypoxia and hyperoxia to influence muscle recruitment and pacing strategy while defending against peripheral fatigue The Les Ansley paper we mentioned where shorter (4km) trials caused more peripheral fatigue, and longer (20km and 40km) trials caused more central fatigue A paper on how neurotransmitters in the brain affect fatigue and performance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
