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World-class endurance coach Chris Hinshaw on increasing aerobic capacity, managing intensity, and prioritizing recovery

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Coaching in Physiology

Athlete has a high percentage of slow twitch fibres in his body. How do you train your recovery? He does a sprint, and then what he does is a slow jog. And i look at that coach, i see the two differences between those coaches and how they're treating these types of athletes. If you want to practise an hour unbroken, stop and rest so that you don't trigger fast twitch fibres. Always allow those slowtwitch fibres to come back into play. You can't do that one hour pace, because it's not part of your genetics. So if you have 85% slow, and let's say you only have 15 slow, you come around

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