Beat the Bonk with Your Brain.
An excerpt from “The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing” by Dr. Phil Maffetone. Call it hitting the wall or bonking, but when your brain and body feel like shutting down, and you have almost no...
View ArticlePersonalize Your Training: Less Often Means Success.
Excerpt from: “The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing, Chapter 9” by Dr. Phil Maffetone. While most professional athletes get paid to train and compete, the vast majority of endurance athletes...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Video Gait Analysis
What Runners Should Know About Getting Their Body in Balance For the past several decades, video analysis of human movement has been used in virtually all sports by coaches, athletes, and healthcare...
View ArticleThe 5-Minute Power Break!
It’s a long day, often filled with stress. Whether you’re in an office, working at home or on the road, you’re not without help. The 5-Minute Power Break can reduce stress and energize you – in five...
View ArticleA 1:59 Boston Marathon? What if the sub-two hour mark happens here?
With an elite field of great endurance runners lining up for the 2015 Boston Marathon, there’s a chance we will see a sub-two hour time. No doubt 1:59:something will be run in Boston someday, the real...
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Walter Burns Fat to 7th World Championship
For more than five hours of rigorous racing, Walter relied on water only, and his stored body fat for fuel. Hal Walter won the 29-mile World Championship Pack-Burro Race in Colorado this past summer...
View ArticleThe Myth of the Peak
An excerpt from “The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing,” by Dr. Philip Maffetone Periods of significant levels of fitness in endurance athletes—the highs and lows that frequently occur during...
View ArticleForeword to “The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing,” by Dr. Phil...
By Mark Allen Welcome to The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing. Hopefully, the information you find in these pages will change your life. It did for me when I began training under the guidance...
View ArticleLactate: Update
Until recently, lactate in the blood from lactic acid from the muscles was thought of as a waste product that caused fatigue and muscle soreness. A revolution has occurred in this field in the last few...
View ArticleWhat is the MAF Test?
An objective measure of aerobic progress and an early-warning test for potential training problems. Among the important benefits of using a heart monitor is the ability to objectively measure your...
View ArticlePeak Performance
Ester Galindo climbs back to health with the Maffetone Method. Ester Galindo has climbed some of the tallest mountains in the world, but her journey to the pinnacle of health might be her most lofty...
View ArticleThe Movement-Endurance-Strength-Speed Continuum
Move it or lose it — it all starts with your brain. As we all know, variety is the spice of life. This is especially important when it comes to eating healthy food and enjoying physical activity. It’s...
View ArticleForeword to “The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing,” by Dr. Phil...
By Mark Allen Welcome to The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing. Hopefully, the information you find in these pages will change your life. It did for me when I began training under the guidance...
View ArticleLactate: Update
Until recently, lactate in the blood from lactic acid from the muscles was thought of as a waste product that caused fatigue and muscle soreness. A revolution has occurred in this field in the last few...
View ArticleWhat is the MAF Test?
An objective measure of aerobic progress and an early-warning test for potential training problems. Among the important benefits of using a heart monitor is the ability to objectively measure your...
View ArticleWell-being vs. Wealth
‘Endurance Executive’ Bill Coppel gives his take on time, human performance, money, happiness and living life to its fullest. We’ve all heard the adage: “Time is money.” Endurance executive, triathlete...
View ArticleSeven steps to better health
The journey to better health is unique for all of us but here are seven tips everyone should take seriously. In the quest for better health we’re all on our own separate journeys. Some of us are just...
View ArticleDr. Phil Maffetone & Dr. Mark Cucuzzella: Be Your Own Health Advocate (At Any...
On this show we dive into a fully holistic and integrative chat about what it really takes to be your best self with health and performance! Mark Cucuzella shares his incredible journey that’s led him...
View ArticleThe Endurance of Learning
Continually adding to your brain’s database of knowledge and activities is the key to ongoing human performance. Most of us are familiar with the old saying: “The more you know, the more you realize...
View ArticleThe Science of Success
Martin Gruebele embodies the theory and practice behind the MAF Method. If success is more science than mystery, Martin Gruebele may be the living example. The 52-year-old German-born physical chemist...
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