/ 09 · Case Studies

What this looks like in the field.

Four field cases drawn from elite endurance, contact, court, and combat sports. Each presents measured pre/post outcomes against the athlete's own baseline. We publish methodology before outcomes; the work is auditable, not narrated.

Elite marathon runner
Featured Case
Endurance · 30-month protocol

Elite marathoner, 37. Career extension, second podium.

Athlete entered the program after two consecutive seasons of declining performance and recurrent posterior-tibial irritation. Intervention restructured load distribution toward polarized intensity, introduced quarterly biomarker auditing, and rebuilt strength training as a year-round practice rather than a winter add-on.

+0.0%
VO₂ max
0s
LT pace · km
0
Injuries · 30 mo
0.0yr
Bio age
Polarized intensity Year-round strength HRV autoregulation
NBA athlete
Court · 18 mo

NBA veteran, 34.

Returned to All-Star caliber output after restructuring load monitoring, sleep architecture, and tendon-focused conditioning around a chronic Achilles concern.

−68%
Soft-tissue
+12
Vertical (cm)
−4.1y
Bio age
Olympic swimmer
Aquatic · 24 mo

Olympic swimmer, 29.

Post-medal slump reversed via reduction of total weekly volume and reintroduction of structured deload, with biomarker-driven nutritional intervention for ferritin and vitamin D.

+3.2s
200m PB
+44%
Ferritin
+18ms
HRV (7d)
MMA athlete
Combat · 36 mo

MMA athlete, 31.

Career trajectory inverted via structured weight management, neurological surveillance, and a reduction in unsupervised sparring volume. Maintained competitive output across a 3-year window.

−52%
Sub-conc.
3 W
Consecutive
stable
NfL · serum