Dr. Scott Cocking - Performance Support for Developing Track & Field Endurance Athletes

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Scott Cocking - Senior sports physiologist at Aspire Academy and the performance support lead for the track and field endurance program. Additionally he provides physiology and nutrition consultancy to a number of Qatar senior athletes. Scott is a BASES accredited physiologist (CSci), certified nutritionist (cISSN) and anthropometrist (ISAK level 3).

During this discussion, we focus on Scott’s work with the Track and Field Endurance programme at Aspire Academy and he provides some fascinating insights including:

• An overview of the Track & field endurance programme
• Discusses the challenges of the climate, environment, and landscape in Qatar,
• Outlines what the performance support for the athletes entails
• The importance of S&C and testing with the endurance athletes

This episode is sponsored by Fitogether (www.fitogether.com) and VALD performance (www.valdperformance.com)

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