Endurance Nation knows better than Crowie and Rinnie. Wow.
This article is flat out wrong.
Anytime you learn something it gets wired into the brain. When you BRICK it becomes a single event to the brain and you get better at it the more you do it. The more you Bike then Run immediately after, the more efficient and seamless it will become.
Granted many atheletes go out too fast at the beginning of a Bike/ Run during a race; but that has nothing to do with BRICK'ing during training.
This article is flat out wrong.
Anytime you learn something it gets wired into the brain. When you BRICK it becomes a single event to the brain and you get better at it the more you do it. The more you Bike then Run immediately after, the more efficient and seamless it will become.
Granted many atheletes go out too fast at the beginning of a Bike/ Run during a race; but that has nothing to do with BRICK'ing during training.