#135 - Michael Joyner (Endure, Limits, Fatigue, Adaptation, Performance)

In this episode of Bendiksen Airways, Alexander Bendiksen sits down with Dr. Michael J. Joyner — one of the world’s leading experts on human performance and endurance physiology 🧠💪

Dr. Joyner is a physician-researcher at Mayo Clinic, a lifelong endurance athlete 🏃‍♂️, and a former advisor to NASA and the NIH 🚀. His work has shaped how scientists and coaches understand fatigue, blood flow, adaptation and the limits of human performance.

We explore what really determines endurance — the brain, the body, and the systems around the athlete — and why so many powerful ideas in physiology disappear, only to return years later under new names 🔄📚

A special focus is given to the Ingebrigtsen brothers 🇳🇴 — what makes their training so effective, what is often misunderstood in the media, and what their success reveals about how champions are built 🧬🔥

Whether you are a coach, athlete, or simply curious about human potential, this conversation goes beyond hype and into the science, stories and systems behind extraordinary performance 🎙️⚡

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