SportTracks & Training Load
Training builds a long term adaptation to the work – which we call fitness – but it also makes you tired in the short term. Upon these truisms are built … Continue reading
Lab Ratting: Maximum Aerobic Heart Rate & Substrate Usage
I almost didn’t write this blog post because when I got the results they were not quite as good as I was hoping for. However after mulling on it for a … Continue reading
Heart Rate Monitoring: The Beat Is On
As a proponent of MAF and other heart-rate based training methodologies, I take my Heart Rate Monitor – or HRM as we all know them by – pretty seriously, I … Continue reading
Numbers, Stats & Post-Race Analysis from Berlin
Here are the some of the stats that I recorded from Berlin from my GPS/HRM traces. Skate Numbers Average HR (from 2.5km): 167 1st half: 43:36 2nd half: 44:38 KM … Continue reading
MAF Progression – Does This Stuff Work?
The chart says above says it all… A while back I said that I was going to do exclusive MAF training with the aim of improving my aerobic speed in the … Continue reading
Heart Rate Variability – Train Smarter with Biofeedback
If somebody was to ask me what I considered the best £5 I have spent this year, my answer would unequivocally be this: buying the SweetBeat HRV app for my … Continue reading
Measurable Improvement?
It’s nice when you come off a training session that you felt went really well. This happened to me yesterday and I just wanted to boast a bit about … Continue reading
MAF Training – Train Slower (And Smarter) To Get Faster
I’ve briefly alluded to “MAF” training before, and am going to expand a bit on that here. The method was devised by Phil Maffetone, author of “The Big Book of … Continue reading
