5 Hours a Week: Cardio Training Guidance for Recreational Athletes

<p>You’re a busy person. Career, family, social obligations and everything else. What SHOULD you be doing for your cardio if you have just five hours a week to devote to your training? What’s the proper mix of long, slow effort, interval sessions and tempo bouts? How many times a week should you be getting out? And what’s the ideal duration per workout?</p><p>To work out the answer, Marty and Stu invite on to the show the science journalist Alex Hutchinson, who has a physics Ph.D. from Cambridge and was on the Canadian national running team. He writes the Sweat Science column, on the science of human performance, for <em>Outside</em> magazine. He’s also the author of the bestselling books <em>Endure</em> and <em>The Explorer’s Gene</em>. </p><p>Together, the guys discuss:</p><ul><li><p>the challenge of cardio training when you’re not a professional athlete. </p></li><li><p>the current vogue for Marius Bakken and Norwegian Threshold training</p></li><li><p>Norwegian Threshold Training’s implications for Zone 2 and other training protocols</p></li><li><p>The optimal cardio training regimen for those who have five hours a week for training</p></li><li><p>The challenge of intensity guidance and training thresholds   </p></li></ul><p>Send us ideas for future episodes, comments and listener questions at <a href="mailto:realexercisescience@gmail.com"><u>realexercisescience@gmail.com</u></a></p><p>Exercise Science is powered by EverMe, the longevity intelligence app. To get a free, no credit card two-month trial to EverMe exclusively for Exercise Science listeners, go to:</p><p><a href="http://everme.ai/exercisescience"><u>everme.ai/exercisescience</u></a></p><p>Thanks also to our sponsor BiaFit, your all-in-one fitness platform designed to help you become the best version of yourself. Enter the promotional code HARDFACTS at checkout to receive a 10% discount. Download BiaFit at your favorite app store, and learn more here: <a href="https://getbiafit.com/"><u>https://getbiafit.com/</u></a></p><p>Exercise Science sponsor Precision Nutrition is the #1 most recommended nutrition certification program in the world. And now it specializes in GLP-1 coaching. For a free assessment to learn your GLP-1 type, visit <a href="http://glpcoaching.com"><u>GLPCoaching.com</u></a>. </p><p><strong>EPISODE LINKS</strong></p><p>Alex Hutchinson’s Sweat Science <a href="https://www.alexhutchinson.net/"><u>website</u></a>. <a href="https://sweatscience.substack.com/"><u>Substack</u></a>