#2: Building an Engine

"If I compartmentalise things enough and I do a bit of strength work here, a bit of endurance work there and sprinkle in enough couplets and triplets, that will get me to where I want to be. That may exist for the beginner but it doesn’t for the more intermediate and advanced”

Building an engine has gained a lot of popularity in the past few years for competitive fitness athletes. For a lot of people, when they have the basic skills the limiter is that they're not fit enough. So how do you build the all allusive engine? In this episode, I go over some of the key elements in building an engine. How to accumulate enough training volume, how to create intensity off the back of that and then how to wrap it up and make it specific to the sport.

Check out the full episode to find out:

How to create control in your training

Why pacing charts are usually not helpful

How to use machines to develop your engine

Engine building for a beginner vs intermediate/advanced

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