Overview
Eat your heart out science nerds! Joe and Matti review a podcast about dopamine and apply their learnings to optimize endurance sport and training. Joe does a deep dive into additional dopamine research and compares his findings to the podcast. They discuss how dopamine influences addiction, motivation, and what is known and unknown about how it works. Also, Matti’s son has started ripping around pump tracks on a strider, which inspires Matti to play more. Joe is embracing fall through trail running.
Disclaimer: This episode references a podcast by Andrew Huberman about dopamine. This podcast does not claim to align with or endorse Huberman’s viewpoints. Also, we are not neurologists nor claim to be, but we found Huberman’s theories interesting and a springboard for a dynamic conversation as it applies to endurance sports.
About the Podcast Joe and Matti Review…
The podcast Joe and Matti review is hosted by Dr. Andrew Huberman and is called Huberman Lab Dopamine Mindset & Drive. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist and tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine. You can find a link to Dr. Huberman’s original podcast, to which this episode references, here.
Additional Sources…
Throughout this episode Joe refers to a series of additional sources. If you are interested in additional reading on the topic of dopamine, we highly recommend diving in too.
- The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long | Find it here
- Dopamine, Learning and Motivation by Roy A Wise | Find it here
- What does dopamine mean? by Josh Berke | Find it here
- The tonic/phasic model of dopamine system regulation and its implications for understanding alcohol and psychostimulant craving by Anthony A. Grace | Find it here
- Striatal dopamine neurotransmission: Regulation of release and uptake by David Sulzer, Stephanie J. Cragg, Margaret E. Rice | Find it here
