About this episode

Dr Marius Bakken discusses his approach to endurance training focusing on the muscular system rather than traditional metrics.

What if endurance performance is not so much about VO2max, lactate threshold, or running economy… but more about the muscular system itself? In this episode, Dr Marius Bakken shares the thinking behind his latest book The Norwegian Method Applied and the decades of experimentation that shaped his approach to endurance training. From double threshold training and lactate controlled intensity to muscle tone, elasticity, and stiffness, this conversation explores performance through a very differ...

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Host: Prof Paul Laursen

Guest: Dr Marius Bakken

Topics covered

• endurance training
• muscular system
• threshold training
• performance
• lactate threshold

Keywords

• endurance performance
• VO2max
• lactate threshold
• muscle tone
• elasticity
• stiffness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Norwegian Method Applied

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