I got dragged to Mark's website by the other thread about MAF test and read the article about base training, there it says :
" The reason is that the improvement you can get in performance from developing your aerobic fat burning system is huge compared to the improvement in performance you can get from doing the high-end anaerobic carbohydrate burning workouts. And our bodies cannot develop both systems very well at the same time. Which means that to build a base properly, an athlete has to have the patience to work the aerobic system exclusively for a huge block of time."
Is this a fact that our bodies cannot develop both systems simultaneously ? Does it mean that if I accidentally cross my aerobic threshold in a workout (because of a hill) even for a very short percentage of it, I am getting less (or no) aerobic conditioning from it ?
How about in seperate workout? I got an impression that he suggests that even an occasional speed can affect base development, on the other hand many other coaches recommend short bursts of speed or occasional races during base training for maintaining the nuero-muscular memory of speed.
I thought the main reason for going slow was a matter of recovering faster and being able to get in more volume.
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." Oscar Wilde
" The reason is that the improvement you can get in performance from developing your aerobic fat burning system is huge compared to the improvement in performance you can get from doing the high-end anaerobic carbohydrate burning workouts. And our bodies cannot develop both systems very well at the same time. Which means that to build a base properly, an athlete has to have the patience to work the aerobic system exclusively for a huge block of time."
Is this a fact that our bodies cannot develop both systems simultaneously ? Does it mean that if I accidentally cross my aerobic threshold in a workout (because of a hill) even for a very short percentage of it, I am getting less (or no) aerobic conditioning from it ?
How about in seperate workout? I got an impression that he suggests that even an occasional speed can affect base development, on the other hand many other coaches recommend short bursts of speed or occasional races during base training for maintaining the nuero-muscular memory of speed.
I thought the main reason for going slow was a matter of recovering faster and being able to get in more volume.
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." Oscar Wilde