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Apr 2023
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#63: MAF low heart rate training with 2:...

Floris Gierman
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Thanks to PATH projects and LMNT for sponsoring this video! Visit https://pathprojects.com/FLO to get 10% off any purchase of PATH projects running gear. Visit https://drinklmnt.com/FLO to get your free LMNT sample pack with any purchase.

Wissam Kheir has 5 years of MAF low heart rate training experience. We talk about health and race improvements through MAF low HR training and the important psychological aspects of goal setting, self-actualization and building the aerobic base.

Watch the full video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ZyhGgYp3D1I 

 

MORE ABOUT WISSAM

Wissam Kheir is a PB Program member who started MAF training in 2018. He is a Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and an Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Wissam is also a marathon and ultramarathon runner, swims, bikes and is a self-confessed data freak.

 

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CHAPTERS

  • 0:00 Frustrations with MAF low heart rate training
  • 00:02:46 Sponsors: PATH projects, LMNT
  • 00:05:12 welcome Wissam!
  • 00:06:16 from no pain - no gain, to MAF
  • 00:13:19 dealing with early stages of MAF training
  • 00:17:39 running from a psychological perspective
  • 00:20:35 progress and breakthrough with low heart rate training
  • 00:23:56 first marathons, to improvements through MAF
  • 00:31:24 dealing with a hot climate and sauna in Winter
  • 00:35:34 goal setting, discipline, self-actualisation, context of culture
  • 00:38:26 always ready with MAF, 100 mile self-navigated run
  • 00:42:55 getting out of your comfort zone, dealing with pain, race pace
  • 00:49:05 the MAF population: being humble and being obsessive
  • 00:53:52 bike accident
  • 00:55:29 Ironman
  • 01:00:52 combining family life with training, finding time
  • 01:02:24 being selective, adaptive behaviours, the company you keep
  • 01:06:36 recovery tools
  • 01:07:37 nutrition, intermittent fasting, high training volume
  • 01:14:17 ice bath, working with discomfort
  • 01:16:01 training and racing goals / bucket list
  • 01:20:03 closing thoughts

 

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