Haha oh yeah I remember now, that thread's how I came across the podcast! Circular web.
I have bookmarked this as I only got chance to listen to the first 20 mins the other day. I have also bought the new book, based on positive reviews on the thread on here, but it's a weighty tome so I'm still my working through itThe point they raise early on in the interview has stuck with me... they state that most people (i.e. me!) are doing too much of moderate level activity and not anywhere near enough high intensity. This sums up my go the the wall and potter about approach to training. I keep a log but it's historical only and so from what I've read so far I am genuinely excited to plan a periodic training schedule and see what's possible
What is it about their nutrition advice that is awful? And what it is about their advice on aerobic fitness that is so bad?
They also seem completely ignorant of the fact that they started as high level athletes which confounds this "evidence" that they have accumulated from their own experience.
I'm not sure how you can prove or disprove your second point. The training advice/plans they've created are based on solid evidence, people will make greater or lesser gains based on a whole number of variables including what you said.
Quote from: petejh on August 27, 2014, 05:42:35 pmI'm not sure how you can prove or disprove your second point. The training advice/plans they've created are based on solid evidence, people will make greater or lesser gains based on a whole number of variables including what you said.solid evidence? have they found some hitherto undiscovered source of robust sports medicine research?
solid evidence? have they found some hitherto undiscovered source of robust sports medicine research?
the opinions expressed regarding weight loss, intramuscular glycogen and diet in the podcast did not sound well thought out, advocating unsustainable faddy practices unlikely to produce healthy sustainable low body weight or quality session fitness on projects.
You could always buy a book on stretching if you want to get good at that
I read a lot of the Andersons' book in the summer (thanks Sasquatch) then bought my own copy recently. It is definitely a book that reinforces rather than challenges my prejudices - hopefully that's not a bad thing. Besides "don't run" ( ) it is also amused me that they don't mention stretching (let alone yoga etc) anywhere in the book. I mailed them through their site about this and got a response from Mark Anderson:"Ya, we're not big into stretching. I'm super in-flexible. There are situations where flexibility matters, but the vast majority of the time I think it pales in comparison to finger strength and footwork. It's probably a good idea to stretch a bit in the interest of maintaining your existing flexibility, since your flexibility decreases as you age. Actually I think climbing is pretty good "active stretching" in its own right, so you might be ok without dedicating time to stretching."
are you strong these days Andy?