On this show we feature Dr. Phil Maffetone with special guest Zach Bitter. Zach recently embarked on MAF training this year and has been a fan and follower of Phil’s for years but on this show they meet for the first time with a great conversation ensuing. We find out why Zach started training by the MAF Read More

Martin: How does the MAF Method apply to kids? I have 2 very active boys aged 3 and 6. Tim Noakes seemed to backtrack a bit with his lchf for kids details (perhaps for political reasons but it didn’t feel like he was putting out what he really wanted to) saying that carbs for kids Read More

Dr. Phil Maffetone returns along with a new special guest, Paul Laursen, PhD, an adjunct professor at Auckland University and performance physiologist who leads the Performance Physiology Team at High Performance Sport New Zealand, which helps Olympic athletes and hopefuls. Paul has published more than 100 refereed manuscripts in moderate-to-high impact exercise and sports science journals, and Read More

We are back with the godfather or health and wellness for endurance athletes, Dr. Phil Maffetone. Today we dive into the tricky subject of how to achieve a healthy hormonal status while still training for your sport. That is, how we can participate in sport–even at highly competitive levels–and save our hormones from tanking or fix them if we’re Read More

We’re back for another edition with Dr. Phil Maffetone. On this show we dive deeper into potential issues holding you back from making progress. So, if you’re not seeing results with MAF and/or fat-burning, yet on paper you are doing everything “right” with training, diet, and lifestyle, then take a listen because it could actually be something else. Even Read More

On this show we’re joined by two powerhouses, Dr. Phil Maffetone and new to the show Dr. Mark Cucuzzella. Mark is an elite master’s marathoner, doctor, educator and more. You can connect with his work at naturalrunningcenter.com, healthyrunning.org, and his online running shoe store featuring exclusively minimalist shoes at tworiverstreads.com. On this show we dive into a fully holistic Read More

On this show with Dr. Phil Maffetone: EP fans, the MAF team is seeking MAF test and race data from YOU for research purposes. Contribute your information here. Race pace relationship with MAF pace, in particular the marathon. When there is a big gap between your MAF pace and the marathon, why is this a red flag Read More

On this show with Dr. Phil Maffetone, we discuss the top reasons why refined carbs and sugars are so bad for athletes. You often hear how refined carbs and sugar are bad for non-athletes, sedentary populations and in clinical cases (chronic disease, obesity, diabetes, etc), but what about hard-training athletes? We’re taught that endurance athletes Read More

On this show we’re joined by Dr. Phil Maffetone and endurance coach Alan Couzens! Part 1: MAF listener questions For an experienced master’s marathoner (age 53), is 172 average heart rate too high for a marathon? MAF pace slowed down significantly after completing the Two-Week Test. Why would this be and how to get it back? Read More

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