The UK’s Fittest Man on the Biggest Hybrid Training Mistake - Harry Lightfoot and Mike Allen
Men’s Health: Built For LifeShow Notes
When most of us think about improving our performance, we assume that means training harder and doing more. But hard sessions aren’t necessarily productive sessions – and when it comes to hybrid training simply smashing two different, programmes together could leave you smashing your body to bits.
In part two of our three-part performance series, in association with Samsung, MH Fitness Director Andrew Tracey is joined by the UK’s fittest man, Harry Lightfoot, and his coach, AOD Fitness founder Mike Allen, to explore what it really means to train for performance.
They discuss the difference between exercising and training, why copying the routines of professional athletes rarely works and how to combine strength and endurance without burning out. They also explain the importance of finding your minimum effective dose, how to use data without letting it rule your decisions and why your hardest workouts might not be the ones that move your fitness forward.
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Harry Lightfoot: instagram.com/harrylightfoot_ Mike Allen/AOD Fitness: instagram.com/aod_fitness
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