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 Welcome
to Healthy Intelligent Training
This book is for all serious middle distance
athletes and coaches. It is based on the proven principles of New Zealand’s
Arthur Lydiard, the Runner’s World ‘Coach of the Century’, who
trained a motley band of neighborhood kids into feared Olympic medalists, and
kept on doing it, around the world.
These principles have since guided athletes from many nations to world records
and Olympic Gold medals. Now you can plan your own campaigns, and understand
exactly what you’re doing at every step. This book can be used and understood
by everyone.
Successful middle distance training
How to reach your peak performance
The methods of the "Runner's World Coach of the Century" for today
"The
most comprehensive description of Lydiard's training ever written. It
blends the scientific explanations of his training with fascinating examples and
interesting anecdotes of real situations. If people followed this through as it
is written by Keith, they will certainly become champions."
Brian Taylor, (Christchurch,
New Zealand): 43 years of coaching runners to national and international levels
following the Lydiard methods as well as 22 years teaching human physiology and
biology at secondary and tertiary levels.
 HI!
Middle Distance Training can be described best as an Art, Philosophy and Science.
It involves training THREE differing energy systems and muscle fibre types, hopefully
to a point where each system is fully trained, and fully rested, “ready
to go” at the most important time of the season. This book is based on the
work of the legendary New Zealand middle distance coach, Arthur Lydiard, and explores
the basic physiology of what his simple system did to produce multiple Olympic
gold medals and world records.
Sprinters
can get away with working predominantly in one energy system (the alactic or creatine
phosphate system) and training one muscle fibre type (the explosive 11B fast twitch)
and one neurological pathway.
Distance runners concentrate on the other end of the spectrum, and can again reach
very high levels by concentrating mainly on one system (the aerobic) and one muscle
fibre type (the slow twitch type 1 fibre).
However, middle distance training is different and far more ‘complex’.
It requires a good grasp of the main three energy systems and muscle fibre types
involved in racing, and the varying ways we train specific speed endurance and
explosive speed in the context of a constantly underlying, highly developed aerobic
background. You’ll see, from reading this book, why each of the very fast,
powerful anaerobic energy systems relies ultimately on the lower intensity aerobic
systems being well-trained and well-rested going into competition.
Enjoy the site, and I’ll keep posting new information as time goes
by.
Keith
Livingstone
On February 23rd this year, the world was rocked by the news of the Christchurch earthquake that destroyed much of this beautiful city. Brian Taylor, who was one of the most enthusiastic Lydiard-based coaches in New Zealand, was killed in the collapse of the CTV building, where he was former CEO of King’s Education, a specialist English-language school for Japanese and Asian students. Although he had officially stepped down from his former role, he just popped in on that fateful lunch-time to greet a new batch of students to the course. Brian was a “strong man” in every sense of the word, and it would take a building falling on him to end his vibrant outgoing life. Sadly missed…. 1200 people from all over New Zealand and as far away as Canada attended his funeral. Brian leaves behind his wife Prue, and two adult sons, Ben and Hamish.
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