
Andy Galpin, Unplugged features exclusive stories and advice from elite athletes and world-renowned experts like Laird Hamilton, Tim Ferriss, Kai Lenny, Kelly Starrett, Steven Kotler, Erin Cafaro, Lenny Wiersma, Dr. In addition to sharing the performance expertise of Brian Mackenzie and the scientific insight of Dr. Unplugged provides a blueprint for using technology to meet your health and performance goals in a much smarter way, while reconnecting to your instincts and the natural world. The Future of COaching At the intersection of technology and fitness is Unplugged, a book authored by Dr. Andy Galpin, a tenured Professor in the Center for Sport Performance at CSU Fullerton and author of. It’s a really bad way to estimate whether it was a good or bad workout. So why do we continue to obsess over data and treat it as gospel truth? It’s time to stop, take a breath, and hit the reset button in a big way. In this episode Sal, Adam and Justin speak with Dr. In general, soreness is a terrible proxy for exercise quality. There’s also the issue of data inaccuracy, with many device makers now admitting that their gadgets provide only estimates.

And if we fall short, we feel inadequate. This is bad enough in the gym, but when we get outside, the constant checking of a tiny screen truly wreaks havoc, downgrading what should be a rich experience into yet another task we need to complete to meet our daily goals. As a result of our fitness tech addiction, we’ve lost awareness of what we’re doing, how we’re feeling, and what’s going on around us.

This means that more than ever, we’re looking at our wrists not only to check the time, but also to see how much we’ve moved, monitor our heart rate, and see how we’re stacking up against yesterday’s tallies. He is a Human Performance scientist with a PhD in Human Bioenergetics and over 100 peer-reviewed publications and.

He is the Co-Director of the Center for Sport Performance and Founder/Director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory.
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By 2020, the global market for fitness-focused apps and devices is expected to grow to $30 billion. Andy Galpin is a tenured full Professor at California State University, Fullerton. In the first quarter of 2016, Americans bought 19.7 million fitness wearables, an increase of 67 percent over the previous year.
