Interview with Dr. Phil Maffetone on Heart Rate Training

Marathon Training Academy

Angie and Trevor

Health & Fitness, Running, Sports, Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode we talk heart rate training with Dr. Phil Maffetone who is the creator of the MAF Method (180 minus your age) and an internationally recognized researcher in endurance science.

Dr. Phil Maffetone has worked with endurance athletes for more than thirty-five years. He is the author of eighteen books on health and fitness. He is perhaps best known for the Maffetone Method of heart rate training. Some of his clients have included running guru Dr. George Sheehan, famed New Zealand coach Arthur Lydiard, marathon great Grete Waitz, and six-time Hawaii Ironman world champion Mark Allen. Outside the sports arena, Dr. Maffetone has coached a variety of people in the entertainment field, including musicians James Taylor and Johnny Cash, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and producer Rick Rubin.

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0:00.0	We're excited to introduce Coros as our new podcast sponsor. I've run with a Coros watch for the past
0:05.3	six years, and in my opinion, they are the best. Coros watches will help you train according to heart rate.
0:11.8	Something we'll be speaking with Dr. Mathetone about in this episode. Use code MTA and get an additional
0:17.3	free watchband with your purchase. Just go to coros.com and use the code MTA.
0:23.0	Thanks also to Prevenex, makers of Joint Health Plus. Prevention is the best medicine, and so you need to
0:28.0	protect your joint cartilage from breakdown. That's why we think Joint Health Plus is a must take if you're a runner.
0:34.0	Just head over to Prevenex.com. Use the code MTA for 15% off your first order. That's Prevenex.com.
1:00.9	Hello and welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast, where we help you train smarter.
1:05.1	In this episode, we talk about heart rate training with Dr. Phil Mathetone.
1:10.4	He is the creator of the M.A.F. method, also sometimes known as the Mathetone method. And he's an internationally recognized researcher in endurance science.
1:15.5	And by the way, now's the perfect time to start training for a fall race.
1:19.0	We're actually about 18 weeks out from Berlin, about 20 or 21 from Chicago.
1:24.4	So if you want to get support from a real live human being, an expert MTA running coach
1:30.1	who knows how to do heart rate training and all kinds of other great stuff who's actually
1:34.3	done what you want to do.
1:35.9	Jump in right now.
1:36.6	We've got room in our roster.
1:38.5	Go to Marathon Training Academy.com and find more information on the coaching page.
1:44.2	Well, we're excited about this episode.
1:47.2	I'd like to say, wharf, congrats to Sarah on running the McDonald's Forest 50K.
1:52.9	That's right.
1:53.3	She says on Saturday, May 3rd, the McDonald Forest 50K run was held for the 29th year.
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