010: Effort-based Running: The Pros and Cons

What is effort-based running and what are the pros and cons?  We break it down for you in this episode.  There is definitely a good time and place for effort-based training and times when pace-driven training is more appropriate.  

In this episode you will learn: 

• What is effort-based running?
• The different levels of effort-based running
• What level most of your training should be in
• The purpose of each level and what training adaptations that creates
• The difference between aerobic and anaerobic training
• The different fuel sources that our bodies use during training 
• How intensity level affects the fuel sources that our bodies use
• The difference between effort-based and heart rate zone training
• The right and wrong times to use effort-based training vs pace-driven training
• And lots more!

Resources:

• Heart rate maximum calculations and information
• HR max calculator
• 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald
   

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