[PODCAST] Deep Dive chat on Sports Tech w/e June 28, 2025 (ft. AI Insights)
Lots of things to discuss this week – training, nutrition, tips and physiology…oh, and a bit of tech as usual 😉
EP31 – June 28, 2025 – Deep Dive chat on Sports Tech and training of the week (ft. AI Insights). The AI summarises the content very well and succinctly; it doesn’t ‘invent’ stuff because of how it was created, but it sometimes slightly mispronounces things, as we all do.
Lots of things to discuss this week, mainly because it’s two hectic weeks’ worth of interesting sports tech and related stories for endurance athletes – training, nutrition, tips and physiology…oh, and a bit of tech as usual 😉
- Edge MTB – all you need to know
- Whoop’s new sensor is, well, NEW. Detailed tech
- Polar is making a Whoop Competitor – Official
- Fasting might be burning the fat you think it is – science deep dive
- Garmin Index Sleep Monitor – not a Whoop competitor – Official. Kinda.
- Garmin Connect health connectivity increased to Apple Health and Garmin HealthConnect
- Enduro 4 – interesting speculation. Something could be coming soon along these lines
- Garmin Fenix 8 bags a decent stash of new features
- Garmin TACX Alpine – Garmin’s new gradient simulator, all the details
- Stages Cycling – starts re-selling power meters. A good news story.
- Older Garmin Edges get a decent number of new features
- Core 2 Review – Easy VO2 gains from heat training? A: Yes…kinda
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- —Credits: Content in this episode was generated using AI tools (NotebookLM) based on original content from @the5krunner, and other sources as cited,
Last Updated on 29 January 2026 by the5krunner
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tfk is the founder and author of the5krunner, an independent endurance sports technology publication. With 20 years of hands-on testing of GPS watches and wearables, and competing in triathlons at an international age-group level, tfk provides in-depth expert analysis of fitness technology for serious athletes and endurance sport competitors.
