#207: Primal Endurance - Become a Fat-Burning Beast
The Art of Manliness
The Art of Manliness
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🗓️ 6 June 2016
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Are you an endurance athlete unhappy with your stalled performance? Are you constantly battling aches and pains? Are you running 30 or 40 miles a week, but still can’t get rid of your spare tire around your mid-section?
If so, this episode is for you.
Today on the show I have Mark Sisson on to talk about his latest book Primal Endurance. We discuss the well-entrenched endurance training myths that many athletes follow that result in sub-par performance and the counter-intuitive programming and dieting protocols you need to follow to break through your performance wall.
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| 0:00.0 | We're at McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. |
| 0:18.1 | So you probably heard of the Paleo Diet, Primal Living, etc. |
| 0:20.8 | It's got a whole bunch of different types of names. |
| 0:22.7 | One of the driving forces behind this movement is a guy named Mark Sison. |
| 0:25.4 | He's got a website called Mark's Daily Apple. |
| 0:27.5 | If you haven't been there, go check it out. |
| 0:29.4 | There's a lot of great content on fitness and health in general. |
| 0:32.7 | Anyways, Mark's got a great new book out called Primal Endurance. |
| 0:36.1 | And if you're an endurance athlete, if you're on marathons, triathlons, do obstacle |
| 0:39.4 | horse races, this episode is for you. |
| 0:41.8 | Today on the show, Mark and I are going to discuss some of the myths about training for endurance |
| 0:47.6 | events. |
| 0:48.6 | Some of those being, you don't need a carbolode, right? |
| 0:51.3 | It had the big bowl of pasta than the night before your event. |
| 0:53.9 | In fact, that can actually hurt your progress and your performance. |
| 0:58.1 | We also discuss how training for endurance events and how you probably shouldn't train |
| 1:02.0 | as hard as you are training. |
| 1:03.4 | In fact, you're at the run slower than you think you should run and sometimes may even have |
| 1:07.2 | to walk. |
| 1:08.2 | Today on the show, Mark's going to explain why that is and give specific ways, examples, |
| 1:13.9 | protocols on how to train, how to eat, what to do for recovery so you can have, you know, |
| 1:19.9 | perform your best, not only perform your best, but enjoy your endurance sport for as long |
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