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  • *Training Peaks University Pre Conference Workshop*

    Dec 4, 2017

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  • Day 1

    Dec 5, 2017

  • Day 2

    Dec 6, 2017

  • Two different pace groups will go out for 30 – 45 minute runs (8 min/mile and 10 min/mile group). Be sure to dress in layers and bring mitts and toques. We will have a small fleet of demo shoes (spikecross – speedspikes) available on a first come, first serve basis at the Registration Desk.

  • Last chance to pick up your registration package.

  • From spring-loaded shoes to bioengineered sports drinks, sports science keeps making bigger promises about training and performance. But how do you distinguish evidence-backed research from pseudoscience and wishful thinking?
    Effective Learning Tools for Innovation
    Plenary

  • Now that we can evaluate research and determine it's legitimacy, how do we take this research and put it into practice: A How to Session on Knowledge Transalation
    Effective Learning Tools for Innovation
    Plenary

  • Jean Côté is a Canadian author who recently developed a conceptual model that incorporates the elements necessary for a developmentally sound approach to sport involvement; the Personal Assets Framework. The Personal Assets Framework includes three determinants that interact to create positive experiences in sport: 1) taking part in activities, 2) while entertaining relationships with others, 3) in a specific setting. Research that links the three basic elements of sport (activities, relationships, and settings) to positive changes in personal assets and long-term outcomes of athletes will be discussed in this presentation. Furthermore, practical implications will be offered to enhance the design of sport programs that are developmentally appropriate.
    Driving Performance
    Plenary

  • The session will discuss how Gold Medal Coaches address:
    • What sources of information do you find reliable? How do you develop a sport science team?
    • What are some early indicators for identifying talent?
    • How much time is spent on muscle strength, muscle endurance and neuromuscular fitness? Pre season / in season / off season
    • At what point in the training season, is general fitness the highest?
    • How do you address illness and injury among elite athletes – what are some rules of thumb for return to play?
    Driving Performance
    Plenary

  • The pathway that produces elite athletes is the focal point of many nations’ and teams’ high performance strategy. Identifying, and then managing the environment that develops a talented junior into a potential Olympic medalist or World champion is fundamental to sporting achievement, and is optimized in a number of different ways around the world. Recently, the issue has been polarized into two dogmas - a talent model, and a training model. In the talent model, popularized by a handful of recent best-selling books, it is proposed that talent is a myth, that all individuals share common genes, and that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice are necessary to activate these dormant genes in order to become elite. This has implications for age of initiation of sport, as well as specialization, and the overall design of our sporting systems from school to professional level. In this presentation Professor Ross Tucker will analyze the concepts put forward by this model, and describe how a rigorous and complete scientific understanding of elite sports performance, from genes, to daily training environments, reveals that often, doing the “right thing” is not necessarily the best thing, and what implications this may have for our strategic thinking about producing champions.
    Driving Performance
    Plenary

  • The realities of maximizing performance and adaptation without overtraining and overreaching. Dr. Carl Foster will discuss how to best understand training stress using both theory and the applied importance of periodizing plans. How to predict overreaching using the most scientific method of determining "training stress" as opposed to counting hours.
    Driving Performance
    Plenary

  • Athletes and coaches in elite sports share exceptional dedication, commitment and drive in order to achieve and deliver high-level of performances. Combining contemporary theories of motivation as well as two decades of sport psychology consulting experience, Dr. Lemyre will present a dynamic approach to sustainable motivation for elite athletes and coaches. Examples will be used to highlight the complex environment of elite sports and the opportunities for motivational interventions to promote optimal performance and prevent risks for exhaustion and other debilitating states in athletes and coaches.
    Optimizing Physical and Coaching Performance
    Plenary

  • This session will explore the critical role of parents in facilitating athletes' motivation, perceived competence, and subsequent performance in sport. Further, this session will examine the importance of parent-coach interactions in ensuring parents are best involved in sport. Strategies for enhancing parent-coach interactions and facilitating the development of support relationships will be shared.
    Optimizing Physical and Coaching Performance
    Plenary

  • Featuring: TritonWear / VO2 Master / Training Peaks
    Driving Performance

  • Day 3

    Dec 7, 2017

  • Two different pace groups will go out for 30 – 45 minute runs (8 min/mile and 10 min/mile group). Be sure to dress in layers and bring mitts and toques. We will have a small fleet of demo shoes (spikecross – speedspikes) available on a first come, first serve basis at the Registration Desk.

  • Dr. Grégoire Millet will discuss the use of altitude exposure to enhance endurance performance. He will provide you with a further understanding of the potential benefits and risks.
    Breakout
    Environmental Risks in Training

  • Many sports are conducted in warm to extremely hot temperatures, which can lead to both reduced performances and increased risk to athlete health. Progressive adaptation to higher heat loads via laboratory acclimation or natural exposure (acclimatization) can provide substantial potential for improved performance. Heat adaptation may include reductions in resting core temperature and heart rates, increased resting plasma volume, and habituation resulting in reduced thermal discomfort. In addition, a higher sweat rate – especially from a lower core temperature threshold for sweating onset – results in a greater evaporative heat loss capacity. These responses may each have different thresholds of stimulus duration and intensity for maximal effect. Furthermore, each may have its own timeline for onset and decay. This talk will also survey the logistical and training modifications that may be required to optimize response.
    Breakout
    Environmental Risks in Training

  • We will discuss the health risks associated with high air pollution levels, and then discuss the evidence around exercising in air pollution. The session will conclude with some recommendations on how to best mitigate the risks when training and competing in a polluted environment.
    Breakout
    Environmental Risks in Training

  • This session will address the controversial claims that intensive exercise training may lead to adverse effects on the heart, summarize our understanding of how it adapts to training and what ‘abnormal findings’ merit concern or simply reflect harmless adaptations common to the ‘Athletic Heart Syndrome’.
    Medical Consequences of Training

  • With Dr. Vicki Harber
    Future Proof

  • With Dr. Vicki Harber
    Future Proof

  • Also featuring Dave Schell
    Future Proof

  • Also featuring Dr. Doug Hiller
    Future Proof

  • Also featuring Kevin Clark, Erin Densham & Dr. Vicki Harber
    Future Proof

  • Also featuring Dr. Debbie Alexander, Loreen Barnett, Marisol Casado, Shin Otsuka, Sergio Santos, Barry Siff
    Future Proof

  • Day 4

    Dec 8, 2017