On Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:30:34 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: "Doing MAF training in my experience does not require as high a volume as you describe to yield results"
Thanks for the reply. Like any training protocol, I think it really depends on an individual's current level of fitness, what his/her goals are, and what inputs we respond to. there's a lot of variability, person to person. I'm certainly not opposed to riding/running slow ... I do often and it's integral to my training. But a strict Maff programs wouldn't do anything for me unless I significantly increased my volume because there's no progress without some kind of training stress (Optimal Stress + Optimal Recovery = Optimal Progress). With Maff, the additional stress is introduced with more aerobic work (training at low intensity means one can do longer sessions and/or train daily). As an example, my current target for an on-road 5k is 18:30. I'm running 19:xx's now at that distance on 4 runs/wk (about 20-30mpw) - long easy run, 2 tempo runs and 1 interval run. Only the long easy run would I be close to a Maff approved HR. If I were to do each run at my Maff HR, there is no way my time would improve . .. rather, I'd plateau very quickly and there would be no improvement unless and until I added stress, either with more volume or some intensity. The famous "Maffers" I know of, like Mark Allen, were doing *enormous* volume for months at a time (then doing a build/speedwork phase on top of that, by the way). I have no doubt I could hit 18:30 on a Maff program if I could run 70-80mpw ...that ain't gonna happen for me, so I have to introduce stress in the form of intensity to keep things moving in the right direction. training gets really simple time is a fixed variable. anyway, this is way off-topic .. .let's go offlist if you want to keep it going. on-topic comment: Michael's perceived lack of "punch" is most likely a very relative term given what I know of the commute he used to have. Westford to Burlington has to be about 40mi roundtrip with a good amount of "up" in either direction, probably some wind to battle, tacky dirt roads .. .. that's a baller commute! better believe that fellow is fit! -- 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.
