One of favorite non-guilty pleasures: reading OutsideOnline articles as a vicarious substitute for the active life I used to live over 2 decades ago. This month, they had a riveting podcast on OverTraining Syndrome (OTS), https://tinyurl.com/y6b6fwjx and IMO there are multiple parallels with M.E. that I just had to share. Recognizing that there are other posts on OTS,I think this is "new", info on OTS, with apologies if not.
IMO some of the key reasons we should keep our sights on OverTraining Syndrome:
- There is a LOT of money going into performance enhancement and metrics for elite and super-elite athletes. Think ketone esters that can put you into ketosis in 30 minutes; micro skin sensors for lactate that could avert a crash... so many exciting developments coming down the pipe.
- There is LOT of money (think DARPA) going into performance enhancement for the military. See the later post, and YouTube video link on Ketone Ester supplementation. IMO if Ketone Ester supplementation is good enough for Navy Seals etc, it's good enough for M.E. patients.
- The physiological parallels between M.E. and OTS might indicate that OTS research could help (subsets of?) M.E. patients
- IMO our community should piggy-back as much as possible on this parallel stream of research funding. (think Dr Klimas's GWI/ME/CFS work)
To keep the post lengths more manageable, I'm going to post this in a series of posts. Importantly, these are my very approximate transcripts of segments of the podcast.
1) Overtraining Syndrome (OTS) intro
2) The Fitness Buoy - IMO a fascinating correlate of Pacing
3) Functional vs Non-Functional over-reach
4) Hunger cues, calorie deprivation, Ketone-Ester supplementation, and OTS
5) Correlates with M.E. findings in high-performance athletics. Dauer, metabolic trap?
6) GDF-15; Growth-Differentiation Factor-15. A possible biomarker to catch OTS (or M.E.?) before it becomes full-blown?
7) Hot off the press - "Ketone ester supplementation blunts overreaching symptoms during endurance training overload." Is this a possible Rx for M.E. subgroups?
IMO some of the key reasons we should keep our sights on OverTraining Syndrome:
- There is a LOT of money going into performance enhancement and metrics for elite and super-elite athletes. Think ketone esters that can put you into ketosis in 30 minutes; micro skin sensors for lactate that could avert a crash... so many exciting developments coming down the pipe.
- There is LOT of money (think DARPA) going into performance enhancement for the military. See the later post, and YouTube video link on Ketone Ester supplementation. IMO if Ketone Ester supplementation is good enough for Navy Seals etc, it's good enough for M.E. patients.
- The physiological parallels between M.E. and OTS might indicate that OTS research could help (subsets of?) M.E. patients
- IMO our community should piggy-back as much as possible on this parallel stream of research funding. (think Dr Klimas's GWI/ME/CFS work)
To keep the post lengths more manageable, I'm going to post this in a series of posts. Importantly, these are my very approximate transcripts of segments of the podcast.
1) Overtraining Syndrome (OTS) intro
2) The Fitness Buoy - IMO a fascinating correlate of Pacing
3) Functional vs Non-Functional over-reach
4) Hunger cues, calorie deprivation, Ketone-Ester supplementation, and OTS
5) Correlates with M.E. findings in high-performance athletics. Dauer, metabolic trap?
6) GDF-15; Growth-Differentiation Factor-15. A possible biomarker to catch OTS (or M.E.?) before it becomes full-blown?
7) Hot off the press - "Ketone ester supplementation blunts overreaching symptoms during endurance training overload." Is this a possible Rx for M.E. subgroups?
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