About this episode
View all show notes and timestamps on the KoopCast website . Episode overview: Nick Tiller, PhD is an exercise scientist at Harbor-UCLA. He is also the author of The Skeptics Guide to Sports Science, a columnist for Ultrarunning Magazine and the Skeptical Inquirer. Episode highlights: (9:09) Science communication: academics fighting back against media claims, Don't Be Such A Scientist , the importance of science communication, examples (44:48) Identifying bad science: 28% increase in VO2max is a red flag, sedentary versus trained individuals, training and EPO example, unsubstantiated citations, statistical errors, absolute versus relative VO2max, retracting the article (1:37:10) Inverse relationship between media presence and credentials: fitness influencers on Instagram, being a full-time influencer and capitalizing on sensationalization, science is incremental and rarely sensational Additional resources: You can find all of Nick’s work here, https://www.nbtiller.com/ Our combined Twitter list- Louise Burke- @LouiseMBurke Asker Jukendrup- @Jeukendrup Brad Schoenfeld- @BradSchoenfeld Guillaume Millet- @kinesiologui Stuart Phillips- @mackinprof Michael Joyner @DrMJoyner Kristy Sale- @ElliottSale Trent Stellingwerff- @TStellingwerff Inigo San Milan- @doctorinigo Marco Altini- @altini_marco Sian Allen- @DrSianAllen Stephen Seiler- @StephenSeiler SUBSCRIBE to Research Essentials for Ultrarunning Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible . Information on coaching- https://www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media: Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop