#144 - Phil Maffetone: Optimizing health and performance through maximal aerobic function

We discuss:

 

• Phil's background in running, and training insights from a six-day race (2:30);
• The difference between being "fit" and being "healthy" (11:00);
• Defining the aerobic and anaerobic systems, and why VO2 max doesn't predict performance (18:15);
• Defining maximum aerobic function (MAF), determining your MAF heart rate with Phil's 180 Formula, and why a strong aerobic system is crucial to health and performance (24:00);
• Using the MAF test to track and improve your aerobic fitness (37:30);
• How increasing your sub-max pace at a given heart rate can increase your maximum pace (40:00);
• The impact of nutrition on one's ability to use fat as fuel while exercising (43:00);
• Phil's nutritional approach with patients, the concept of "carbohydrate intolerance" (51:45);
• Assessing the impact of a low-carb diet on high intensity exercise and anaerobic performance (58:00);
• Extracting insights from world-class marathoners (1:04:45);
• How being "overfat" affects health and performance, and ways to decrease excess body fat (1:13:30); and
• More.

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