Episode 111: Base Training, the Maffetone Method, and Why You're Not 'Lungs with Legs'

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

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🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Base training gives runners a foundation of fitness in three major areas: aerobic capacity, strength, and neuromuscular coordination (or leg speed).

Aerobic capacity is built through easy mileage, long runs, and workouts like tempos, progressions, and fartleks.

Strength is also built with high mileage and long runs, but also includes strength routines and core workouts.

Neuromuscular coordination is built through strides, hill sprints, and small amounts of race-pace running.

Just like the foundation of a house can’t be built without concrete, plumbing, and reinforcements, you can’t build a running foundation without all of these ingredients. If you do, it’s not as strong as it could be.

But is the Maffetone Method effective for this phase of training? MAF as it's known has you run under your aerobic maximum heart rate at all times - which means all of your running will be quite slow.

In this discussion, Jason goes over the many priorities of base training and (hint, hint) why the Maffetone Method isn't ideal.

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.0	This is episode 111, all about base training, the Maffetone method,
0:09.0	and why you are not lungs with legs. Hello runners. Hello,
0:13.0	runners,
0:15.0	welcome back to the strength running podcast.
0:20.0	I'm your host
0:24.1	Jason Fitzgerald and you're in for a real treat today in in-depth look at
0:29.2	base training. The goals of this crucial period of training and how the Mapatone method fits in to a training season.
0:36.0	Before we dive into today's topic, I do want to thank the Strength Running Community for all the activity on our YouTube channel.
0:43.5	Over the last couple weeks we've gained thousands of new subscribers.
0:47.2	We had a quasi viral hit and I just got so many comments and emails saying how our
0:52.4	videos are so appreciated. Well I appreciate
0:55.2	you. I'm so glad the topics and the videos are resonating with you especially the
1:00.3	last two videos on running form and racing a sub three marathon.
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1:14.0	Okay, are you ready for a monster discussion on base training and the Maffetone method?
1:20.2	Let's get started.
1:22.4	Today we're going to cover several questions and topics. Number one, what is
1:27.6	base or foundational training? What is the Maffetone method? What are the benefits of the Maffetone method?
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