{"podcast":{"title":"Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter","slug":"human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527","podcast_index_feed_id":65527,"rss_url":"https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/c/b/0/1cb0a54fe83ba10316c3140a3186d450/ZB_Spotify_v3.png","author":"Zach Bitter","episode_count":509,"summary":"Welcome to the Human Performance Outliers Podcast. Your host Zach Bitter, will take you through a series of interesting topics around health, fitness, endurance, running, hybrid athlete training, ultramarathon, and nutrition. Join in for interviews with folks exploring their outer limits and research in a wide variety of sports, fitness, and nutrition.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T20:19:01.808945+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527"},"episode":{"title":"Run The News | Downhill Treadmill & Heat Training","slug":"run-the-news-downhill-treadmill-heat-training","published_at":"2026-06-26T15:32:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/run-the-news-downhill-treadmill-heat-training","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527","url":"https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/run-the-news-downhill-treadmill-heat-training","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/humanperformanceoutliers/5._Run_The_News_-_Heat_Training__Downhill_Running.mp3?dest-id=685773","summary":"Some eye catching training techniques have recently been highlighted in the running world. These included what appears to be an excessive degree weighted downhill treadmill work, and heat train maxxing. I give some thoughts on both, and what they mean for the average runner. Episode Sponsors: ProBio : probionutrition.com/endurance Code: Endurance (20% Off) LMNT : drinkLMNT.com/HPO (free sample pack with purchase) deltaG : deltagketones.com Code: BITTER20 (20% Off) Podcast Details: Support HPO: zachbitter.com/hposponsors HPO Website: zachbitter.com/hpo Zach's Coaching: zachbitter.com/coaching Zach's Journal: substack.com/@zachbitter Find Zach: zachbitter.com | IG: @zachbitter | X: @zbitter | FB: Zach Bitter | Strava: Zach Bitter","meta_description":"Some eye catching training techniques have recently been highlighted in the running world. These included what appears to be an excessive degree weighted…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":853,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episodes/run-the-news-downhill-treadmill-heat-training/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/run-the-news-downhill-treadmill-heat-training.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}