Endurance Training Explained: Part 2
At this stage, we have only discussed the muscle fibres being exercised in a general sense. They’re not all in the runner’s legs. The great secret that seems to be ignored by most writers is that muscles are really organs with a nerve supply and a blood supply, like...Endurance Training Explained: Part 1
Somewhere I said that if an idea wasn’t simple enough to be written down on a matchbox, then it was probably too complicated to get across. So, on that premise, my ‘matchbox’ contribution is that the total volume of low-intensity aerobic base training completed before...Much Ado About Nothing?
In my book I explore the numerous successful applications of the ‘Lydiard System’, using recent exercise physiology findings to explain how this heavily endurance-weighted philosophy was so successful, and still is, over 50 years down the track. After over two years...The Lydiard System Training Pyramid
For the purposes of my book and my lecture series, I’ve described Arthur Lydiard’s work as progressively moving up and down a pyramid of training intensities and levels, until the hardest and most intense work is done before the most important competition. This...
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