Post by lacquement on Nov 18, 2009 11:01:26 GMT -5
Came across this interview and thought some of you might find it interesting.
www.gotrimax.com/TriMaxBmac.htm
The preamble:
So, you want to do your first endurance event (anything over 2 hrs)? I know, you’re thinking where to begin? I mean, if you want to run 26.2 miles or swim, bike and run 140.6 miles or run an ultra marathon (anything over 50 miles), you’ve got to put in the hours, right? I mean at least 14-30 hrs per week to be really ready and to do your best, right? Wrong.
How about getting your deadlift up to 460. Instead of your “Sunday run” of 2 hours, you work on getting your back squat up to 350? Sounds insane doesn’t it? Not when you find out that the guys doing just this kind of work are averaging less than 9 hours per week of training and are finishing 100 mile runs only a handful of hours behind such endurance legends like Dean Karnazes. Brian MacKenzie and his team at CrossFit Endurance are shaking up the world of endurance training by teaching technique, adding intensity and then doing it faster in all their regimens.
In short, they are executing no more than 6 total body weightlifting/gymnastics and metabolic conditioning efforts per week (rarely more than 20 minutes in duration) along with 2-3 incremental high intensity tempo and/or interval protocols that are yielding groundbreaking results. His site, www.crossfitendurance.com is meant as an enhancement to the regimens prescribed at www.crossfit.com. Brian himself has done multiple races at the 50-100 mile running distances and has completed Ironman Canada among his other feats. What’s even more shocking is that Brian has only been in this endurance game for about 6 years! Also, Brian weighs almost 200 lbs and deadlifts 460 while back squatting almost 350! How does this regimen possibly prepare him for ultra events? Read on…
www.gotrimax.com/TriMaxBmac.htm
The preamble:
So, you want to do your first endurance event (anything over 2 hrs)? I know, you’re thinking where to begin? I mean, if you want to run 26.2 miles or swim, bike and run 140.6 miles or run an ultra marathon (anything over 50 miles), you’ve got to put in the hours, right? I mean at least 14-30 hrs per week to be really ready and to do your best, right? Wrong.
How about getting your deadlift up to 460. Instead of your “Sunday run” of 2 hours, you work on getting your back squat up to 350? Sounds insane doesn’t it? Not when you find out that the guys doing just this kind of work are averaging less than 9 hours per week of training and are finishing 100 mile runs only a handful of hours behind such endurance legends like Dean Karnazes. Brian MacKenzie and his team at CrossFit Endurance are shaking up the world of endurance training by teaching technique, adding intensity and then doing it faster in all their regimens.
In short, they are executing no more than 6 total body weightlifting/gymnastics and metabolic conditioning efforts per week (rarely more than 20 minutes in duration) along with 2-3 incremental high intensity tempo and/or interval protocols that are yielding groundbreaking results. His site, www.crossfitendurance.com is meant as an enhancement to the regimens prescribed at www.crossfit.com. Brian himself has done multiple races at the 50-100 mile running distances and has completed Ironman Canada among his other feats. What’s even more shocking is that Brian has only been in this endurance game for about 6 years! Also, Brian weighs almost 200 lbs and deadlifts 460 while back squatting almost 350! How does this regimen possibly prepare him for ultra events? Read on…