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Articles by Phil Maffetone
Gana velocidad… ¡sin correr!
Sería magnífico que la base científica para mejorar el rendimiento deportivo –sobre todo, la velocidad– fuera inequívoca, pero no lo es. Y este es el motivo de que existan tantos enfoques y estilos de entrenamiento distintos. Aplicar todo lo que sabemos de fisiología en un programa que le funcione a una persona en concreto es lo que hace que esta práctica sea todo un arte. Cuando ambas cosas se combinan adecuadamente, el atleta suele desarrollar todo su potencial deportivo sin sacrificar su salud.
COVID-19: Science or science fiction?
Perhaps we should wear masks to keep from eating junk The COVID-19 experience has almost felt like an sci-fi movie. Too many people wait helplessly wondering what will happen next as society seemingly comes unraveled. In reality as the COVID-19 pandemic runs its course, another one is raging and is helping fuel infections, severity and mortality.
Carbohydrate Intolerance and the Two-Week Test
One of the most effective ways to quickly improve health and fitness is to determine your tolerance to carbohydrate foods. This can be personalized through the Two Week Test. Carbohydrate intolerance, or CI, occurs when we consume more sugar, starch and other carbohydrates than tolerable. The result is we store large amounts of these foods as fat, and we are unable to burn stored fat for energy.
Three Ideal Breakfasts
(But you only need one) After a good night’s sleep you wake refreshed, and soon are ready to break your healthy fast and nourish the body and brain. What to eat? Is there time? How long will it take? The priority is a healthy breakfast that’s quick and easy to prepare. The breakfast of champions is not some convenient, highly processed cereal with skim milk, junk food pancakes or just a cup of black coffee.
Want Speed? Slow Down! - Dr. Phil Maffetone
Note: This is an updated version of the original 1982 article. Training slow has always been considered a sign of weakness or laziness. However, if you want to run, bike, or swim faster, a successful and intelligent approach is to slow down! Along the way, you’ll get healthier, prevent injury and burn more body fat too. Traditionally, it is thought that only anaerobic training – speed work – builds speed.
Reduce your running risks
Since most runners have been injured, should shoes, clothing, or running magazines be accompanied by warning labels? Fortunately, there are ways to reduce your running risks. Risky behavior is something we all just do sometimes. We work out a bit too much, race too often, have another glass of wine. But when the brain says it’s too much, we should pay attention. The running boom of the 1970s continues to explode, and running is now the most popular physical activity of adults worldwide.
The Vitamin D Gap that holds athletes back from peak performance. And how to fill it.
“The MAF Method has 8 Steps. You can’t Skip half of them and expect to get peak results! If you are consistently training to the method and not hitting personal bests you need to go back and look at your nutrition.” Dr Phil Maffetone (Founder MAF Method) 1. Why Vitamin D is so important to athletic performance The MAF Method places such a high importance on Vitamin D levels, that it is given a dedicated Step in the system. Why?
Study finds 90% of American men overfat
The problem is particularly prevalent in developed nations where up to 50% of children and 80% of women also may be affected. Does your waist measure more than half your height? If so, you may be part of the global overfat pandemic, recently found to be even more prevalent in developed countries where up to 90 percent of adult males and 50 percent children may suffer from this condition. In the top overfat countries, 80 percent of women fall into this category.
Beware burnout!
The who, what, when, where, why and how it can happen to anyone, including health practitioners and patients, athletes and dieters, teachers and students, mothers and fathers, you and me. Everywhere you look people are stressed out or, correspondingly, burned out. It’s not just those in high-pressure jobs or weathering a personal crisis. It’s an epidemic among people from all walks of life, athletes, and even healthcare professionals.
Alcohol Update
When it comes to this commonly used and widely trusted drug, light is the new moderate. Many people use alcohol without much thought as a way to wind down at day’s end, to help navigate through social activities, or to self-medicate in the face of life’s hardships. Like other drugs, however, alcohol can be easily abused and the actions of alcohol are a dose-dependent. The recommendations for using this au natural substance are ever-changing as science gains more knowledge and data on its effects.
Can an Athlete be Fit But Unhealthy?
A new paper published on May 26 in the scientific journal Sports Medicine takes a look at the topic of how athletes can be both fit and unhealthy. The paper, published by sports scientists Phil Maffetone and Paul Laursen, starts by noting that fitness and health are two different things: fitness describes the ability to perform a given exercise task, and health explains a person’s state of well-being, where physiological systems work in harmony.
Death by Dietary Guidelines
“Supersize Me,” a 2004 documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, was very popular, and nominated for an Academy Award. If I didn’t care so much about my health, I could make a similar powerfully emotional movie about following the recently released USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans. My thesis for this documentary would be simple: Eating this way would rapidly ruin my health.
The Day Low-Fat Died
After seven decades of bad nutritional advice, let a new era of balanced and healthy eating begin. The year 2015 may someday be found on a historical timeline of dietary fads as the year Low-Fat finally died.
What is the MAF Test?
An objective measure of aerobic progress and an early-warning test for potential training problems. Among the important benefits of using a heart monitor is the ability to objectively measure your aerobic progress. Objectively measuring improvement is just as important. Measuring aerobic progress can be easily accomplished using the maximum aerobic function (MAF) Test. Without objective measurements, it’s easy to fool yourself into thinking all is well with training.
The MAF 180 Formula: Heart-rate monitoring for real aerobic training.
Updated July 2020 A heart-rate monitor is the most important tool for developing optimal endurance and better fat-burning. This simple device is a valuable tool that not only guides your training but is part of an important assessment process, and can even be used in some competitive situations. Unfortunately, most people use their heart-rate monitors only to see how high their heart rate gets during a workout, or evaluate resting heart rate in the morning.
7 Routes to Faster Times
It would be great if the scientific basis of triathlon training was clear, but it’s not. That’s why there are so many different approaches and coaching styles. We know a lot about physiology, but putting it into practice is the art. Combining both brings success—reaching one's athletic potential without sacrificing health. Here are seven of my favorite ways to get faster successfully; each can improve the body’s economy.
30 Healthy Habits
Triathletes tend to seek out training tips for that extra performance edge. They endlessly debate race-day nutrition that will somehow provide more energy. But without a healthy body, even the most well-meaning advice might throw you off course. It’s simple: being healthy reduces injuries, speeds recovery, helps muscles work better and leads to a more balanced body. By removing the roadblocks that prevent natural progress, you can quickly improve training and racing. Here is an effective 30-day plan.
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