Barrett Brauer

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

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ABOUT BARRETT BRAUER

I have had two passions over the course of my life: a curiosity in understanding people through the study of history, and a quest to understand how the body performs, specifically with regards to endurance performance, and how to improve upon it. Not being particularly disposed to team sports, I discovered running as an athletic outlet. In high school, when I was running more competitively, I would pore over magazines, absorbing the latest article on training plans or Exercise Physiology.This became my intellectual interest as well as athletic one. Understanding the science that made me a better endurance athlete became just as satisfying as the performance itself - sometimes more so. Professionally, the arc I\'ve taken has followed my life-long passions as well. Teaching high school history had its own ceiling that prevented me from going further, learning more and doing more. However, I loved teaching. I loved the process of helping others, imparting my knowledge and seeing people grow.I like to think that I still do that. Working with athletes through Flowform Endurance Coaching, I also instruct, transfer knowledge, passion and get fulfillment from seeing them succeed. I want my profession to allow me to help others grow, athletically and psychologically. With the Socal Endurance Lab, no only to we provide services that allow athletes to grow and develop and give them the tools to succeed, but it allows that ongoing intellectual pursuit. SoCal Endurance Lab is as much about continuing to expand the current state of the art as it is about providing services. Can we improve an athlete\'s position on his bike through better use of motion capture or other technologies? Can we gain more insight into an athlete by looking at gas exchange? There is still much to learn, much we can\'t yet measure and much more work to do. I\'m just happy I\'m in a position to explore these questions and solve these problems and make athletes better.