Sentences with phrase «maf runs»

In all my MAF runs, I start out quite slow, 20 BPM or more under my MAF HR, and let it climb up to MAF over the course of a few miles.

Given that my MAF runs are average around 10:00 / mile, that means I have an enormous amount of room for improvement, correct?

Longer MAF runs perharps?

After only 7 days of doing this while continuing with my normal running, I noticed the MAF runs to become much more pleasant again.

Left the house @ 0830 this morning for an easy MAF run to McCooks Park and...

Ideally, during your MAF run you were burning fats at a very high level, so you shouldn't be glycogen - depleted.

I am beginning to think that this may be a reason as to why my maf running times have not improved?

Not exact matches

I'm concerned because my MAF pace has been plateauing for the last 3 months at 8:50 min / mile despite my efforts (good nutrition, stress / rest balance, aerobic training, long aerobic runs up to 3h, etc).

I just needed a reality check because running at MAF seems impossibly slow at first, but I know this is common and you have encouraged me to stick with it.

The progress is quite good, I used to run around 8:20 MAF pace when started and now run 6:55 mile pace at my MAF effort on the track.

2 recommendations: walk quickly instead of running (even if it puts you 10 - 15 BPM below your MAF HR) and take up jumping rope.

I am also a fitness instructor so do have about 2 - 4 workouts (mostly weights) each week at the gym that my HR is well over my 138 MAF and even while I cycle (something I changed to this fall to help with the stress on my adrenals from running) takes me over that effort when I am not working very hard.

it's actually somewhat common that MAF splits at around the 30 - 40 minutes of running to be are faster than previous splits (but they'll almost never be faster than the first split).

What you're probably seeing is your fat - burning continue to ramp up as your body settles into running at the MAF HR.

I think about many solutions: — Increasing my aerobic volume — Adjusting my MAF HR to 180 — my age + 5 (I'm 29 yo so it would be 156 instead of 151 bpm) * according to the 180 formula I can add 5 if I've been running for at least two years without injury and have made progress in competition * in my case this is almost true except that it's been only 1 + year — Performing a lab test to discover my true MAF HR — Adding some more intensity periods, without fearing about the volume (but always listening to my body and ensuring proper rest between workouts)

After recovery under a «running doctor» who brought me slowly back, walking then running, I discovered, then started the MAF in January 2016.

If you're stressed at work or in life, even a slow run at your MAF heart rate may be anaerobic.

I ran my 2nd marathon two weeks ago in Paris 30 seconds faster than my MAF pace, which is much lower than Dr. Maffetone's prediction of MAF pace — 15 sec.

It seems that so far the impact has been negative, as my pace while running at my MAF heart rate is noticeably slower.

So in that sense, insofar as you go over the MAF HR, your run will be less aerobic.

I'm trying to keep my runs strictly under 127 for MAF 180 (I'm 48 years old), but I get wild spikes over 140 sometimes.

Running at the MAF heart rate, since it involves very little stress, should teach the airways to relax and let in more air.

I have also been doing runs (3 - 6 miles) about 3 times a week under MAF (in addition to 2 circuit sessions).

Or am I doomed to run this slow at MAF pace by my asthma?

I know when I run in the heat I have to slow down to keep my heart rate at MAF.

I have done all my runs for the past month at MAF pace (14 min / mile run / walk).

A relaxed 5 step breathing rhythm or a 7 step breathing threshold (running as quickly as possible without deviating from this rhythm) usually corresponds to a very similar pace / heart rate as traditional «MAF» or aerobic threshold workouts.

I love running and it is an important part of my life and would like to continue for years to come which is why I am so interested in the MAF method.

So, if you are in the same boat, advancing well with MAF but dread the runs because of perceived effort, make sure to incorporate some strength exercises.

Also, when you talk being about 20 % anaerobic / 80 % aerobic, are you talking about percentage of time over / below MAF while running?

To put it more explicitly, at 15 seconds faster than MAF, you are still running overwhelmingly aerobically, but not completely.

What I recommend is to run one day a week at a pace of your choosing (shorter distance if faster, longer if slower), and the rest of the time walk at the MAF HR.

While, of course, walking 20 - 30 BPM under the MAF HR doesn't give you speed adaptations at the MAF HR, it does develop a lot of the infrastructure that the running movement utilizes.

Running 15 seconds faster than your MAF HR is an anaerobic state in the sense that there is some (read: very little) anaerobic function.

This bring us to one of the main points of MAF Training: to run WITHOUT activating a significant amount of Type II fibers, so that the body learns how to do the majority of the work with Type I fibers.

For this, we use the MAF Test — a simple running speed test at the aerobic threshold — in order to track the ups and downs of aerobic speed (and therefore aerobic capacity) across time.

(amazing to see sometimes you have spent 10 - 20 % of a run above 148 HR if you don't keep an eye on it)-- Conduct regular MAF tests on both bike and run (I use watts for bike and pace for run)-- Keep blocks of anaerobic work no longer than 2 - 3 weeks then return to aerobic work only.

During the first weeks of MAF training, during which I did not really follow any particular dietary regime, I lost weight and gained a little «performance» on my runs.

When I run under my MAF, I do not experience any of the stress on my lungs.

I had started MAF training two weeks prior to this, aiming for 50 ′ runs every other day, and general jogging training a couple of weeks back.

4) I can keep running at my MAF rate (or slightly below) as I'm doing now, 50 mins (plus warm - up / cool - dn) every other day: this would be my «burn my fat» message, more than actually burning a lot of fat there and then.

As long as you have signs and symptoms of hypothyroid, it's not a good idea to run above your MAF HR very much at all.

So, the extremely fit world - record athlete gets to run a marathon at 105 % of their MAF pace, while the very fit ~ 2:45 marathoner gets to run at 103.6 % of their MAF pace.

I'm also trying to run at MAF heart rate, when not doing speed training.

Therefore, if we have 2 runners with the same MAF pace, one who is fat - adapted and one who is not, then the runner who is fat - adapted should still have greater glycogen stores left at the end of a marathon while running at the same pace — 15 seconds.

My equivalent perceived effort to my run MAF for the bike is way, way lower.

That means that you probably won't be able to run a marathon much faster than MAF - 15 seconds because doing so would mean too much recruitment of your anaerobic system.

When I first started, I could maintain my MAF HR of 126 - 135 bpm by walking fast, now I have to run to maintain it and am finding i can even pick up my pace a bit and keep the HR in the zone.

I get to my MAF rate (132 bpm) before I can even run.

There have been many online running coaches who advocate doing some strides (eg: 6 x 20s strides at about a mile pace) after a easy (MAF) run Is this advisable?