Intro Banter and Announcements: We have a bunch of new EP gear — including just-added men’s and women’s athletic tech T-shirts — for casual wear, kids and babies go over to our Gear page. Get your hands on some and send us a pic of you sporting the logo! Wanna run Ragnar SoCal with the Read More

  On this episode we’re joined by two legends of endurance sport, Dr. Phil Maffetone and six-time Ironman World Champion Mark Allen. Mark had a 15-year professional triathlon career in which he was coached by Phil starting in the 1980s. Working with Phil led to Mark discover the MAF Method, which he now uses for Read More

Note: Tawnee and Lucho differ slightly from strict MAF in some ways. What they present in this podcast is based on their years of experience coaching athletes and seeing how these protocols play out in the real world. You can read Dr. Maffetone’s book to get the pure MAF details. MAF Basics: MAF = max Read More

Intro: Fitness, by Brock’s account, is broken into three categories: Movement: general motion plus mobility (think squatting to pick things up and reaching up to grab things from higher places, like what our ancestors did with foraging) Exercise: invented to fill the holes in our movement patterns Training: what we do in order to reach Read More

Dr. Phil Maffetone is back for what’s sure to be another instant classic, as we help you understand and assess your blood sugar regulation and holistic health. Topics discussed: How blood sugar was treated decades ago vs. now, and how there’s an increased acceptance to using this information. Types of diabetes — type 1, type Read More

Intro Banter Lucho geeks out about sunrisesunset.com Lucho finds a forum that confirms cycling can help a sprinter (in terms of both running mechanics and speed). His latest workout: 10x 30’’ on the bike with 3’ rest intervals; adjust seat height so you’re at full extension and reaching at the bottom of the pedal stroke. Read More

We’re back with Tawnee interviewing our good friend, Dr. Phil Maffetone. On this show we discuss ways that you can ADD beats to your MAF heart rate and also new additions to the 180 Formula on when you should subtract beats from your MAF. Click here for Phil’s full article on the 180-Formula Review and adding Read More

In this episode of Ask the Coaches, Lucho and Brock tackle listener questions about achieving a BQ if you are a noob, losing weight with keto, what to do when MAF stops working, and how to prepare for a cold 3k swimming race. Read More

In this 271st episode of Ask the Coaches, Brock Armstrong and Lucho answer listener questions about Fuelling for a Double, Hill Training 101, Should Kids Take Supplements, MAF on Limited Time, and chat about their own training and racing. Read More

In the episode of Ask The Coaches, Lucho and Brock answer questions about: Sudden Drops in Heart Rate, RPE and MAF, Back to Back Racing, Transitioning to Triathlon, and more! Read More