Use THIS Low Heart Rate Training Method to Improve Running Performance | Dr Phil Maffetone

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• TR

  @TruthFactsLM57 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Been doing and sharing the 180 formula since 1987 . Now age 67 I'm healthy and I cannot , nor do I want to get my HR up . Putting less wear and tear on the heart muscle is like wanting a car with less miles on it . 4 former male Hawaii Ironman champions have had open heart surgery , 2 this past summer . Both few yrs older than myself . Glad I didn't  turn pro triathlete back in 1988 .  " Fine line between fitness and health " Dr Phil Maffetone  from his book In Fitness and in Health 1994 . Better to run slow and smart than hard or not at all .

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• DR

  @DrProfX · 2 years ago

  One criticism I have is that it’s not such dichotomy, but rather a continuum, because even when you’re running a tempo you’re still working your aerobic system… even VO2max touches on aerobic system at least for a fraction of a workout… so, it’s hard to argue that every run has to be slow… Also, I’d say that people who activate their fast-twitch fibers absolutely improve their speed…

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• GA

  @gabriellamcvay347 · 2 years ago

  This was awesome

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• CA

  @carminecarannante3590 · 2 years ago

  Hi <br>Can I ask you a question?<br>I started to run 65/70 % of my weekly runs on zone 2 when I started my HR on zone 2 was 110 to 120 now is up to 130 what does mean?<br>Thank you

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• TE

  @TeaParty45 · 1 year ago

  I am a bit frustrated. I am 75 and have been running since I was 18. I never really had any training and just assumed that I had to push 80%? of race speed during training to get faster (and not get slower). At 70, I was burned out from that and was not looking forward to my running anymore. My brother told me about Dr. Maffetone and I started trying to follow that method. My best times, in my youth, were 3 mile (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=1035">17:15</a>), one great 10 miler (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=3595">59:55</a>) and marathon (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=187">3:07</a>) - all of these were at or before age of 26. When I burned out at 70 I was running 3 miles at about 10-11 minutes per mile (wasn’t doing races anymore). I finally got a good heart rate monitoring system (Garmin chest strap and watch) and followed the &nbsp;MAF method (180-72, etc.) and was improving. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=1070">17:50</a> minutes per mile at the start and about 1.5 years later, I was down to the low to mid 15 minutes per mile and occasionally in 45 degree temps, into the high 14 minutes/mile. Then last February I hiked 93 days and 814 miles on the Appalachian Trail &nbsp;(backpacking, sleeping in a tent every night, etc.). I got back last June and since then my running rates have been all over the place! I expected that at first but I run about 5.5 miles four times a week and my last 5 run average mile times have been <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=1068">17:48</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=1060">17:40</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=976">16:16</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=971">16:11</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IfNHVShh0&amp;t=1000">16:40</a>. Temperatures outside were 59-71 degrees. My heart rate averages for those runs were: 115,116,114,113 and 113. I already am walking about half the time, or more, to get my heart rate that low but should I walk even more to get it to 110 (180-75=105 but he said you can add 5 if you have been running a long time and are healthy). It gets hard for us old folks to run at such a low heart rate! I feel like I will never be able to slow jog a whole run again using that formula?

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• BM

  @bmp713 · 2 years ago

  I wish people would talk more about how important the heart and vascular system are for improving aerobic fitness with MAF. You can be highly fat adapted and have horrendous aerobic fitness if you don&apos;t have the heart to pump enough oxygen to the muscles. <br><br>Does anyone know of experts and YT interviews that focus more on the heart and vascular adaptations?

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• JO

  @JoeMac1983 · 2 years ago

  Not convinced. &nbsp;I took a year off of running after 25 years. When I got back into it, I did the low heart rate thing for 6 months. &nbsp;I didn&apos;t do any fast running at all. &nbsp;I signed up for a 5k and ran the second slowest 5k of my life -- with the slowest one being my first 5k back in 10th grade.

• MK

  @MKay-u7z · 1 year ago

  Your videos would be better if you talked less and listened more.