On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:53:33 AM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I always ride (or run) so I can have an easy conversation. No doubt I look > like I am, a bit over the edge, talking to myself. Grin. If you want to > know more about this general approach and geek out on heart rate a formula, > check out Phil Maffetone's Big Book of Endurance. The idea is to build up > your aerobic fitness, so you go faster with the same effort after a while. > Works really well. Have fun!
Patrick - I'm curious about your experience in applying Maffetone-style training on the bike. I think his protocol has several upsides ... day-in-day-out energy and reduced risk of injury, in particular. i think it's a great formula for health. and if i was a dedicated runner, I'd probably do strict Maff for 2-3months. but the big limiter for me is the time/volume to make progress and improve performance on Maff training alone. I'd need to run approx. 50-60mi/week for 4-6 months to reach and keep the fitness I get on 20-30mi/week with some higher intensity work thrown in. I haven't even considered Maff style training on the bike because of the time/volume I'd need to make progress. How much volume are you doing to see measurable improvement? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
