Heavy and short, or very long and easy.
That’s where we evolved to operate as a species for survivals sake.
Not in the middle, slogging our guts out.
It seems however, with the need for survival removed, that most sports, and fitness activities are still determined to throw us right into that sugar burning, catabolic, high stress environment. And although, we aren’t going to risk starving to death or life threatening injury anymore, it’s still not ideal for our health….
Most gym based conditioning programs target this exact same time domain….
If every workout is for time, or as many rounds as possible, if you’re working till you’re flat on your back, if you’re hitting muscular failure throughout the metcon and constantly having to rest, if you’re starving an hour after training, then you’re in that middle zone.
Lifting heavy loads and walking target either end of our energy system spectrum. How much time are you spending on each vs interval training, and high intensity conditioning?
If you want to do this for a long time, you have to spend more time at either end of the spectrum. Now, of course, it’s fun to play sports, and to take on physical challenges, like marathons, and Spartan and The Open, so absolutely you should occasionally train and test yourself in the middle……
Just don’t live there.
TRAINING 21 OCTOBER
