Latest Research: Cadence Updates, Running Frequency For Marathon Training, HIIT Workouts For Performance, Plantar Plate Injuries

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A cadence increase of 5% to 10% can reduce ground reaction forces and vertical loading rate.

Brodie starts by welcoming listeners back to another latest-research episode. He says these end-of-month roundups are meant to sort common running myths from evidence-based guidance. He also points listeners to additional papers in the members' research folder, including one on Urolithin-A supplementation in highly trained male distance runners. The main episode, though, focuses on four fresh studies. He flags the first one as especially relevant to runners. The paper he spends the most time on looks at how training volume, intensity, cross-training, and frequency changes relate to 2022 Boston Marathon performance. He defines training frequency as the number of running sessions per week. He also includes cross-training in the picture. The study compares training across two periods: one from 12 to 4 months before the race, and another from 4 to 0 months pre-race. Brodie walks through the idea that higher training volumes and intensities earlier in the year, followed by lower training volume closer to race day, might line up with better performances. He emphasizes how the researchers surveyed athletes and gathered their training history. He points out that participants were asked about demographics, anthropometrics, medical history, and running background. The study also collected information on years of dedicated marathon training and previous marathons. Brodie keeps returning to the practical question underneath the paper: how should runners think about training load across the year? The episode keeps that evidence-first rhythm as it moves through the other studies he chose for the roundup. Across the episode, the show stays grounded in what runners can use from the research rather than just what sounds good in a headline. Brodie spends time on definitions, caveats, and the logic behind the numbers. The result is a research digest for runners who want a clearer framework for making training decisions.

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A clear research roundup that turns running studies into training decisions.

This episode follows Brodie, an online physiotherapist who uses his own injury history to frame a monthly research briefing for runners. He walks through four recent studies in a practical, skeptical way, and the marathon-training paper gets the most room because he slows down…

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