The Optimal Intensity: How Hard Should Your Workouts Be?

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@Not_So_Common_Sense Ай бұрын

My dad (a national level distance runner back in the sixties) used to say: "world records have been broken hundreds of times in training but 99% of those training efforts will never translate into actual records when it matters-durning races". He obviously watched countless talented runners train themselves to the ground...

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Exactly! Happens much more so than you realize.

@proverbalizer 14 күн бұрын

in reality nobody breaks world records in training (it's probably happened a couple times, but extreeemely rare)....adrenaline is a powerful drug. And there's a reason pacers are used in most races where a world record is being aimed at. Without competition around to push or pull you, and a the collective energy of a crown to ignite you... it's not really possible to push yourself to the absolute limit

@101personal Ай бұрын

Great video, great topic, outstanding insight. Thank you for your knowledge sharing. Greetings from Mexico City

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@gregorybyrd354 Ай бұрын

This is great training wisdom coach!

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@markeichenlaub-i5e Ай бұрын

Thank you for all that you do coach!

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@InfiniteQuest86 Ай бұрын

Awesome video! Now I'm going to have to start going through your archive lol.

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Awesome! So glad you enjoyed it.

@trainwellracewell 23 күн бұрын

The older we get, the higher risk of injury trying to get that “one more rep.” So true we should finish a workout knowing we could have done 1-2 more

@geoffreymccann2841 Ай бұрын

Excellent!

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@gerrysecure5874 Ай бұрын

I always said progressive overload is at best a term that leads to suboptimal training. I believe in minimum effective dose.

@user-yl7lz1hm6r Ай бұрын

Gold dust info share, not heard the high intensity interval training/anaerobic vs endurance capacity see-saw articulated like that before.

@MrHenreee Ай бұрын

Ty for the content! If you wrote a book or did a series on training for the amateur runner.. 👀👀👀👀

@evanhadkins5532 Ай бұрын

yes, one for those of us concerned with health not winning races would be great

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

It's in the works!

@mileslinus Ай бұрын

I'm curious how tune up races play into this. Typically I "go to the well" on those, and I usually do at least a couple during a goal race build. Should those be less than max effort?

@jacobmatthew5298 Ай бұрын

That was really good

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@markbateman9222 Ай бұрын

I understand the science behind the idea that training should never be to exhaustion but what about the psychology of running? Two of my running heroes, Gordon Pirie and Herb Elliott both talked about the benefits mentally of training to the limit. Pirie says in his autobiography "RunningWild" that training to exhaustion might not be the best thing physically but it is essential for mental conditioning. Elliott, worried about his fitness before the 1960 Olympics, embarked on an 18 mile run round the sand hills after which he collapsed. His training partners saw Elliott exhaust himself in training more than the public ever did in races. (See Graeme Sims' biography of Percy Cerutty "Why Die?")

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

I write about this in my new book. Essentially what you want is a handful of perspective changers, or as I say "see God" days where you go to the well. But these are exceedingly rare, maybe 1-2 times per season.

@gtromble Ай бұрын

How does racing regularly relate to "go to the well" workouts?

@Avianthro Ай бұрын

Great stuff as always! My own personal rules of thumb: 1) Never do a session from which you cannot be fully recovered in two days. Know and read all the signs of recovery. 2) Never make an increase in session workload (time integral of stress, i.e. strain) greater than 5% above your running average and do not make such an increase more often than once a week...once every two weeks is best. Oh, and any workout stimulates all sorts of adaptations, just to greater or lesser degrees, and must be evaluated in terms of strain.

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Love it!

@knlok1436 Ай бұрын

After how many days will you be recovered from a anaerobic session of 4x1000m in 5km pace?

@snuffbox2006 Ай бұрын

I like your videos a lot but they can be pretty technical and tough to follow. I recommend the “tell ‘em what you are gonna tell ‘em, tell ‘em, and tell’’em what you told ‘em” presentation style because I want to be clear on my takeaways from the video. In this one my takeaway is “last rep on tough workouts you should feel like you could do one more and that is good because recovery will be better”

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip

@axelbinner7352 Ай бұрын

Your presentation is perfect. Don‘t repeat yourself :)

@snuffbox2006 Ай бұрын

@@axelbinner7352 I see your point. I was just too tired when I watched it and getting confused. He is pretty clear on my second watch. Yesterday my brain couldn't follow. "Is he saying go all out or leave some in the tank? hypertrophy? let me look that up. Go see God? I think I'll go to the well instead."

@gilleek2 Ай бұрын

If you were to make a synopsis of this video you possibly could just go with your last line, "Don't be the Instagram hero". I've slipped into doing the hero session before when training for ironman races but then not been able to train the next day. It's utterly pointless. Regarding your point that if the session goal is to push up threshold (embarrass the body) you should stick to that goal and not go above it; is that going to make that much of a difference if you go above for say 2 of 8 reps? I assume that my threshold could be fluid from day to day and may not occur at the exact same heart rate each day so i don't stick religiously to a set number. If i was to DELIBERATELY go from just under for 6 reps and over for 2, what would be the downside? Thanks for these videos and for Do Hard Things that i'm currently listening to.

@kzantal Ай бұрын

Hey, do you still recommend long zone 3 runs and sub-treshold intervals to develop your aerobic endurance? I read that from you in your website but it looks like it's at least 15 years old.

@SteveMagness Ай бұрын

Yes. Threshold and high end aerobic workouts are a good addition to any training program to develop endurance. They should compliment the other intensities.

@kzantal Ай бұрын

@@SteveMagness If I do a long run of 90min with around 40min of marathon pace as workout number one, if everything else is easy running... What would you recommend as a second quality workout? Sub threshold intervals or 1k repeats at critical velocity? In the base phase I mean. I usually combine the l'on run and tempo to avoid having three workouts per week.

@SkiSurfHikeIt Ай бұрын

Did a 13.1 mile marathon effort workout 3 weeks out from race day. Held a consistent effort for the whole thing and could have done 3-5 more miles at that effort but the last 3 were closer to what miles 18-21 in a marathon should feel like (hoping taper, super shoes, and race day helps cover the rest). Did I execute this session badly and was this just too hard of an effort?