Training for Endurance [Paperback]

Philip Maffetone (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: The MAF Group; 2nd edition (May 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964206277
• ISBN-13: 978-0964206274
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #517,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

If you've lost track of me, I'm still here. After devoting my life to private practice and working with many athletes around the world, I expanded my horizons. I spent a considerable amount of time researching plants to find the most therapeutic phytonutrients. This culminated with the development of a number of nutritional products unique to the industry. I continued to lecture and write (I'll list some of my books below). I recently developed a unique form of neuromuscular biofeedback (Manual Biofeedback)and incorporated neurofeedback, spend time with some rock bands as their doctor, and other exciting ventures.

In 2004 I further expanded my world, plunging nearly full time into a singer-songwriter career. Yes, this seems like a radical change, but it's what my mind has always wanted but never made it clear enough. I went to LA to work with producer Rick Rubin and have written about 200 songs and recorded five demo albums, and my first CD is due out December 2006.

With all these different directions, I have not abandoned my own personal health and fitness philosophies and practices I began teaching many years ago.

Some of my other books include:
Fix Your Feet (Lyons Press)

In Fitness and In Health (The No Nonsense Guide)(4th edition, Barmore)

Complementary Sports Medicine (a textbook) (Human Kinetics)

Eating for Endurance (2nd edition, Barmore)

Training for Endurance (Barmore)

Nutrition for Children with Brain Dysfunction (with Coralee
Thompson, MD; in Press)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must read for endurance athletes, September 4, 2000

By 

M. A. Larson (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Training for Endurance (Paperback)

Dr. Maffetone is on the cutting edge of training techniques and advanced nutrition. His program has worked for thousands of athletes, in my opinion, because his program is so easy to apply. Whether you plan to compete at a high level, or you wish to beat the neighbor at the local 5K, this book will teach you to train to maximize your benefits. The best part of this training technique is that the training is anything but "intense" or grueling. The training is moderate for maximum benefits. I would also recommend his first book, "In Fitness and In Health". One major flaw of this book is the numerous typographical errors which cause the reader to ponder the time spent writing and editing this tome. If you look past the errors, you will learn a lot.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars learn to burn fat to go faster and farther, April 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Training for Endurance (Paperback)

this easy to read book distills the essence of endurance training to a few fundamentals, that, if you follow, you will find yourself on the awards podium. no kidding here. folks who adhere to the maffetone method--using aerobic, not anaerobic--to train the body know what i am talking about. phil is the best thing to happen to triathlon since julie moss circa 1982.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Works!....Period., April 24, 2009

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Eric "Love Reading" (America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Training for Endurance (Paperback)

I was a real "student" of running back in the day. When my kids started running in HS, I picked up the old habit. This is a fabulous theory BUT it runs smack in the face of everything I was taught as a kid, which was to run hard 3 times a week. In a nut shell. Train at a Heart Rate (HR) between 68 - 72%. NEVER go over 75%. Then go to a track every week and run a 5 miler maintaining HR at 70% of maxHR. What you'll find, as I did, was my time per mile dropped by about a min and 30 sec. HR and distance are kept constant, only pace increases. It is hard though, mentally when fat old slogs in the neighborhood run past you on training runs. I did this for over 9 months before jumping into my first Triathlon. And I flew. I crushed it. All the guys I'd been training with, that killed me on training runs, were nowhere to be seen on race day! I played guinea pig with myself...it works! Bad news is, could never convince the HS coach to let my kids train the same way. Oh, one more thing. According to this theory, you know you're ready to race when your weekly 5 mile time no longer improves for about 3 weeks in a row. That is when you can add a little speed and or start racing.