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#40 - The history of endurance training methods with Dr Michael Joyner

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The Evolution of Interval Training

There's been three or four strains throughout. One is speed work, whatever you want to call it. Two is fartlek or sort of naturalistic training plays or things. And then the other one is let's go just run a lot of mileage. We're a peak in the 64 Olympic 5000 meter final was won by a man named Bob Schul on a muddy track in Tokyo. He did intervals twice a day every day. Now what people forget and what people forget is so Schul wins the race. Second is North Post who's living in Germany trained by a guy called Ernst von Akhen - he runs hundreds of kilometers per week but very few of them fast. Third person

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