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In this interview, Olav Aleksander Bu discusses his approach to performance testing and measurement, as well as how he uses metabolic profiling to guide training and performance. He explains how different lactate concentrations affect an athlete's power output and how the body is very good at compensating for changes. He also discusses how weight management depends on caloric intake and expenditure, how to optimize power and speed, and how to optimize nutrition for athletes.

00:00:00 Olav Aleksander Bu is a Norwegian technology entrepreneur and business consultant. He has a background in electrical engineering and has worked in the technology industry for many years. He met Dr. Ariel Matson and started to work with him privately to improve his physiology for coaching professional athletes. He is currently working with Christian Blumenthal and Harold Weyer to create new technologies for sports.
00:05:00 Olav Aleksander Bu discusses his approach to performance testing and measurement, discussing the importance of being able to measure performance changes and how this impacts training. He also discusses how he uses metabolic equipment in the field to measure performance changes.
00:10:00 Olav Aleksander Bu discusses the importance of lab testing in order to ensure that athletes are using the correct equipment and training protocols. He also discusses the development of their own data field, which will be made available to the public soon.
00:15:00 Olav Aleksander Bu discusses how he uses metabolic profiling to guide training and performance. He also discusses how lactate can be used to track fatigue in athletes.
00:20:00 In this interview, Olav Aleksander Bu discusses how different lactate concentrations affect an athlete's power output. He explains that for triathletes, lactate concentrations typically stay between 1.9 and 2.67 millimoles per liter, and that for christian athletes, the lactate concentration is typically around 2.5 millimoles per liter. Bu also discusses how he measures the maximum lactate steady state concentration for athletes.
00:25:00 In this interview, Olav Aleksander Bu discusses high intensity training with Christian Stöggl and Gustaf Lindstedt. Bu says that it depends on the person's fitness level and training profile what kind of intensity training is the best for them. He also points out that high intensity training can be done in a scientific or less scientific way.
00:30:00 The author discusses the principle that lower weight or higher weight per kilogram will make an athlete faster in a race, but points out that this assumption is not always true. Athletes must test this hypothesis to see if it is true for them.
00:35:00 Olav Aleksander Bu discusses how the body is very good at compensating for changes, how weight management depends on caloric intake and expenditure, how to optimize power and speed, and how to optimize nutrition for athletes.
00:40:00 Christian and Gustav are "not injured that much," and they don't strength train because "if you approach this from a physics perspective and you're looking at it if you think of work and power...if you're sitting on a bike and you're biking that has a certain k you're pushing with a certain kilogram force on your pedals and you're doing it with a certain speed circumferential speed," then strength training is not likely to have a significant impact. Christian also says that "most often the plan is executed perfectly."
00:45:00 The manager of an investment firm discusses how to manage hours effectively in order to achieve the highest return on investment. He recommends starting with strength and conditioning testing and moving on to core and stretching exercises if a limitation is found. Christian tells the interviewer that he and Gustav are the best athletes in the world, but suggests that more time be spent on movement exercises for athletes of all ages.
00:50:00 Olav Aleksander Bu advises athletes to focus on developing power in a way that is most relevant to their sport, rather than focusing on a specific intensity or power. He suggests using a model that fits with critical power, which is easy to track and improve upon. Specificity is key when training, as athletes need to focus most on the key sessions. When training for an event, athletes should strive to reach their race power before focusing on other aspects of their program.
00:55:00 The author discusses the importance of maintaining a high level of power during training, and how this can be achieved by training with a specific focus on VO2 max. He also talks about his vision for the future of ironman racing, in which the event moves from being held only once every four years to being rotated between different locations around the world.

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In this interview, Olav Aleksander Bu discusses his approach to triathlon, which includes a focus on optimizing the entire race - from swim to bike to run. He also discusses how his approach has changed since he first started racing triathlons, noting that the level of competition has increased significantly in the past few years. He recommends that athletes take a holistic approach to race preparation, paying attention to all aspects of their performance together.