The Two Kinds of High Intensity Interval Training

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If your life depended on it today, you could probably run a marathon. It would be very psychologically and physically painful. Most people are not distinguishing between these two kinds of endurance. In doing that, you can really start to build up specific energy systems in your brain and body for other sorts of things like strength and speed.

This episode I discuss endurance: our ability to perform effort over extended amounts of time. I describe the four kinds of endurance: muscular endurance, long duration (single-set) efforts, and the two kinds of high intensity interval training (HIIT). I discuss efficiency of effort and maximizing quality of effort, and a hydration formula. I review how our heart literally gets stronger when we oxygenate muscles properly. I also discuss motivation for long bouts of work and the visual physiological basis of the "extra gear" we all can leverage for effort. Finally, I review how accelerating as we fatigue can allow us to access untapped energetic resources.

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