Dr. San Millán shares how the connection between researching cancer cells and the world's top athletes is revealing the optimal approach to training energy systems.

Dr. San Millán is a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, performing clinical and research work in cellular metabolism, especially in diabetes, cardiometabolic disease and cancer. He has been testing and coaching worldclass endurance athletes for over 25 years. He is also the Head of Performance for the professional cycling team UAE, where he is the personal coach of twotime Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar.

San Millán's focus for his athletes is training the biochemical systems to empower the biomechanical systems. Using lactate and heart rate as the guiding biomarkers, he has developed protocols to train various energy systems for the best performance possible.

Listen in as Dirk Friel asks for details on how these systems work, when a Zone 2 ride is no longer a Zone 2 ride and how to train effectively on only 10 hours per week.

00:00 Intro and Background
05:53 Cancer & Diabetes Research to the Tour de France
10:00 Energy Systems
11:55 Measuring Training Work
21:05 Is Lactate the Best Measurement
28:47 Lactate Zone 2 Training
37:00 Methodology for sub10 hrs Training
41:34 Workout Example for Master's Cyclist
44:35 The Discipline Needed for Training
52:25 What is Lactate Threshold?


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