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Jan 2023
1h 44m

Coach of The Norwegian Train: Olav Aleks...

Rich Roll
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The co-founder of the companies Santara tech and Entalpi, Olav is a sports scientist and elite coach who helped to devise a protocol of testing and performance optimization, grounded in the scientific method, that is achieving undisputable real-world results as evidenced by the Olympic gold medals and championship victories of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav ... Show More
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