19: Optimizing Hydration, Salt Intake and Load Management with Professional Athletes – with Tamara Hew-Butler, Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Wayne State Warriors – Ep. 19

Firstbeat Sports Podcast

Dr Tamara Hew-Butler is a podiatric physician and associate professor of Exercise and Sports Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Topics of this episode include hydration, internal and external load, salt intake and combining the art of coaching with science.
Timestamps:

• Tamara’s background (1:40)
• Tamara’s thoughts and preferences about internal and external load (4:21)
• Athlete with Rhabdomyolysis - who is responsible and why does it happen? (6:47)
• Dangers of overhydration for athletes (9:02)
• Was there backlash from the episode of “Adam Ruins Everything - Why You Don't Need 8 Glasses of Water a Day”? (13:18)
• How did the “Adam Ruins Everything”- show find Tamara? (14:27)
• What liquids are the athletes having on the sideline of Wayne State Football? (16:39)
• If there would be an unlimited budget, what liquids Tamara would get for athletes? (17:26)
• Is players drinking pickle juice still a thing? (18:37)
• Training adjustments after pandemic and combining the art of coaching with science (20:16)
• Working with the new Football coach Tyrone Wheatley at Wayne State University (26:56)
• The reason why WSU Football got Firstbeat (27:34)
• Firstbeat Quick Recovery Test trends over the years (31:00)
• The most useful Firstbeat features and metrics for WSU Football (31:56)
• Analysis of different TRIMP values from last year to this year (32:50)

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