Endurance Sports Science with Dr. Stephen Seiler

The Sonya Looney Show

Stephen Seiler, Professor in Sport Science at the University of Adger, is internationally known for his research publications and lectures about organization of endurance training and intensity distribution. His work has influenced international research around training intensity distribution and the “polarized training model.” His work includes descriptive and experimental approaches, where he’s investigated cyclists, rowers, cross-country skiers, orienteers, and distance runners.

Dr. Seiler has published over 100 peer reviewed publications and written over 100 science articles about exercise physiology and the training process, and is a founding editorial board member of the International Journal of Sport Physiology and Performance.

Dr. Seiler grew up in the US and earned his doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin, but has lived and worked in Norway for 20 years. While currently a professor at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway, he was previously Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation and past Dean of the Faculty of Health and Sport Science at the same university.

He has also served on the Executive Board of the European College of Sport Science, where he founded the Elite Sport Performance Special Interest Group in 2014.

In this week’s podcast, Dr. Seiler and Sonya talk about what separates champions, data, periodization, moderation zones and more.

Key Takeaways:

• Can you rely on wearable devices?
• Breathing as a source of data
• Distinguishing champions - intensity discipline and triangulations
• How athletes can recognize how they feel
• Sustainable training
• Model of periodization
• Not relying on just the numbers on your device
• Concentration threshold
• Rest days
• Measuring heart rate variability