Consistency vs. Variety: The Secret to Peak Performance in Running
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Steve Magness and John Marcus discuss the balance between consistency and variety in training for peak performance in running.
Steve Magness and John Marcus discuss how record-level training requires consistency paired with deliberate variety, warning that repeating the exact same workouts can lead to physiological staleness and psychological burnout, while random novelty becomes a “drunkard’s walk” that’s hard to replicate. They emphasize the body’s “weird” time horizons for adaptation, arguing the coach’s eye and…
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