Pro triathlete Angela Naeth joins the show to talk all about her training, racing and how she’s officially a married woman as of yesterday! We hear how Angela found success with a MAF-based training approach and how being coached by Mark Allen and Phil Maffetone has increased her success. We also talk in detail about Read More

Lucho joins the show to answer your questions on how to train for hills when you live in a flat area, if the long tempo is beating you down to the ground should you skip it for MAF instead, training a high schooler for a 6km race, training kids ages 6-12 for a 5km race, Read More

It’s another jam-packed show with Dr. Phil Maffetone that’s hard to summarize into one paragraph! In this show we covers tons of useful topics including a recipe for the “Phil Maffetone Energy Bar” and why we don’t see it on shelves today, dealing with “failure” in a race, is there really such thing as a Read More

Dr. Phil Maffetone joins the show for lots of good MAF talk, and he also provides answers to your questions on how to effectively train at MAF but then race at higher intensities, tips to train muscles for faster paces, the mental side to racing, can two runs a day at MAF get the same benefit Read More

We are joined again by Dr. Phil Maffetone to talk about his philosophy on sports nutrition (and much more on the honey and fruit juice method of fueling), why he thinks VO2max is an insignificant number, how he feels about LT vs. MAF for testing and HR zones, how to train when your MAF pace Read More

WHy does cardiac drift occur and how to mitigate effects, heat acclimatization tips, how to prevent a high HR in swim training, zone 2 training for Ironman, when to incorporate speed training in the season, what it takes to qualify for Kona, what kind of training should you do between back to back long endurance Read More

Legendary coach, health and fitness expert and the father of aerobic heart rate-based training, Dr. Phil Maffetone, joins the show for a insightful chat on an array of topics and to answer your questions on aerobic/MAF training, incorporating speed work, the ideal diet and racing fuel for endurance athletes, should we be strength training, and more. Read More

In this episode of ATU Lucho joins to answer your questions on should you do LT work in the final 8 weeks before a marathon, possible reasons and advice for major cramping during half-marys and marathons, Lucho’s take on Dr. Maffetone saying that ultra runners NEVER need to go above aerobic threshold, should you taper Read More

Lucho joins as we answer your questions on dialing in a proper bike fit for cross training and otherwise; why it can be beneficial to incorporate high intensity interval training (HIIT, tabata, etc), weights and speedwork even while you’re in a MAF/base phase; periodization for Olympic triathlon training and when to start build; positives and negatives of Read More

Lucho joins the show as we answer your questions on how to adjust run training when going from half-marathon to half-Ironman, do you need a coach, offseason priorities, getting a PR at Boston while also training for a 100-miler, calculating MAF zones and MAF testing protocols, missed goals at a marathon – what training is Read More