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  3. I think you fell short, unless you gained muscle, your diet sabotaged you. Your scientific approach up front was good, but it's a three legged stool, diet and sleep being the other two legs. Not knowing your diet, I can tell you going on a PBWF/SOS diet, you may have had more significant gains. You should try again! DM me if you want to know more on the diet end. ?

  4. 7:38 Bro, kein Wunder, dass du solche Schmerzen in deinen Gelenken hast. Dein Laufstil ist wirklich katastrophal. LĂ€uft so heftig mit gestreckten Beinen ĂŒber deine Fersen, dass ich förmlich jedes Gelenk bei jedem Schritt schreien höre. Daran solltest du wirklich arbeiten. Der Fersenlauf ist ein Killer fĂŒr jedes Gelenk. Aber dennoch, vielen Dank fĂŒrs informative Video. ??

  5. But for the average person who doesn’t have access to physiological testing to find out our Zone 2 target rate, what’s the best direction to take?

  7. Hey, this is an awesome in-depth video! I wanted to ask, could you tell us, why zone 2 cycling would be less effective to enhance running or other cardio-vascular performances? Is it because specific muscles are targeted differently in the different excercises?

  8. This seems like a lot of work and technical jargon to learn how to run slower for longer and decrease your testosterone. I highly doubt this is effective at burning fat, especially seeing as how after 12 weeks of doing it, your body fat percentage stayed the exact same, as did your weight.
    If you're trying to lose fat, why would anyone do this? If you run hard for 12 weeks, you'll lose fat. Of course, start off slow and work your way up in pace, distance, and frequency. The key is to not overeat cuz you'll be hungrier. Ignore that hunger, your body will adjust and work more efficiently, and that extra hunger will go away. Unless you're already pretty lean, then you prob need the extra fuel. But if you're starting with some real fat to lose, just run and dont eat more than you already do.

  9. I've been doing the Z2 training until recently, prob 5-6 month, and from my xp, running doesn't improve a great deal until you do harder more intense sessions, Z2 helps with volume, as it's lower intensity and easy to recover from, but if as a runner someone is running say 3x pw, don't bother, split the week into 1x intervals (4x 4 min) , 1x easy and 1x long run however you like and your improvement will be quick, but caveat, it will effect other training even at just 3x a week I find it difficult to add resistance training but I'm working on it, through the winter that's what I did, resistance priority with Z2 sessions in the mornings

  10. The drop in some of your indices, particular Testosterone, should not be brushed over. Lack of sleep? Increase in cortisol? The latter increases over extended runs, especially if you leave zone 2, and some have suggested that that can work against testosterone. Would love to know what caused that drop.

  11. Great video. I appreciate you show the pro and con. Imo overall it is bit worth it. Huge time commitment , higher inflamation lower testosterone and marginal performance benefit. But that is why this is a great video you laid out the true results so we can come to an educated conclusion.

  12. I like that you did a video of running for 90 days instead of the typical 30 day stuff. Also enjoyed your content and the details you included on the running test.

  13. Maybe a dumb question but all the science and numbers here, why does it matter? He was marginally faster after training hard, same weight and body fat so fat vs carb burning why does that matter? If you workout a lot some days slow some days hard you’re going to get better cardio who cares fat vs carbs and what zones. Like how is any of this info useful at all. Just train, train at zone 3 or 4 and in time it will be zone 2. I use to walk a mile and get to zone 4 now I can walk 5 and never leave zone 1, who cares?

  14. Training for a marathon and learning more about trying to slow my heart rate down!

  16. Wow, my 9’30” pace is like 170 for me. I’m 215 and I’m a boxer. I wish my HR would be lower

  17. You learned quickly what, Dr. Mike Diamond, learned. Running is too hard on the body. Just walk.

  19. I don't eat carbs so i don't have this problem. Carnivore lets me run for longer and faster.

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