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    <description>Articles and videos on optimising sports performance, by Arnaud Collet, PhD.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Energy systems: the myth of pathways that take turns]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Exercise physiology</category>
      <description><![CDATA[We're often taught that the energy of effort comes in three stages: phosphocreatine, then glycolysis, then the aerobic system for long efforts. This textbook picture is wrong: from the very first second, all three pathways work together; only their proportion changes.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lactate, the phoenix of metabolism: neither waste product nor lack of oxygen]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Metabolism</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Lactate is not a waste product, nor a sign of oxygen shortage. In light of George A. Brooks's work: a central metabolic molecule, produced continuously, exchanged between cells and used as fuel.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Worth a listen: Olav Aleksander Bu × Peter Attia]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The coach of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden breaks down lactate, energy systems and the metrics we think we understand — with rigour and clarity. A video we recommend.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blood lactate: why the timing of the measurement changes everything]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Blood lactate doesn't adjust instantly to intensity. Why step duration determines the quality of a test — with diagrams of the kinetics.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Before shaving grams off your wheels, learn to pedal]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <category>Biomechanics</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Two cyclists can push just as hard on the pedals without transmitting the same power. The geometry of the pedal stroke, with diagrams and numbers.]]></description>
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