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Spectacular look into #WhatItTakes to achieve world beating levels of fitness.
Hint: It's all about that #AerobicBase
Hint: It's all about that #AerobicBase
1/ "Purify" your aerobic season.
If you're going to focus on building your aerobic metabolism, focus on building your aerobic metabolism.
Don't give your body mixed messages!
If you're going to focus on building your aerobic metabolism, focus on building your aerobic metabolism.
Don't give your body mixed messages!
2/ Find joy in the process!
99% of your athletic life is training and it's likely the epic training experiences that you'll remember most.
You have limited control over whether you win or lose a given event, but you have complete control over crafting those experiences.
99% of your athletic life is training and it's likely the epic training experiences that you'll remember most.
You have limited control over whether you win or lose a given event, but you have complete control over crafting those experiences.
So, now that we're all agreed on just how important having an #AerobicBase of strong #FatBurning is...
Just how do we go about building one?
A brief thread... 👇
Just how do we go about building one?
A brief thread... 👇
Above you'll see data from 10 recent metabolic tests for athletes that I also have training data for.
They range from
- recreational athletes <-> elite
- super strong #FatBurners of 11kcal/min <-> athletes with very poor max fat oxidation rates of 2kcal/min..
They range from
- recreational athletes <-> elite
- super strong #FatBurners of 11kcal/min <-> athletes with very poor max fat oxidation rates of 2kcal/min..
You can see their average training intensity for the 12 mo before the test plotted against their test results. The first takeaway is obvious..
Athletes with a strong ability to use fat as a substrate spend more of their time training at a very low intensity than those who don't!
Athletes with a strong ability to use fat as a substrate spend more of their time training at a very low intensity than those who don't!
