June 05, 2023

Should We Prioritize Low-Intensity Conditioning? w/ Mark McLaughlin (SSOF Ep 62)

52 minutes

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For over 20 years Mark has been training and consulting with athletes, sport teams, weekend warriors, and tactical professionals around the world to reach their full potential.

Mark has trained over 700 athletes on every competitive level ranging from Olympic, professional (NFL, MLB, CFL), college, high school and grade school athletes. As well as working with individual athletes, Mark consults with professional organizations (NFL, MLB, and NBA), NCAA universities, high school, club, and youth sport organizations.

Timestamps

0:00 - Mark's background

2:48 - What adaptations are we chasing with low-intensity conditioning

6:00 - Using HR thresholds for low-intensity

10:40 - At what point is sports training enough

15:32 - Easy field tests for conditioning

18:44 - Explosive athletes and recovery

19:30 - Short on time? Can you microdose?

19:27 - Intensifying mobility exercises

23:09 - Central adaptations

27:02 - Is VO2max that important?

30:10 - Peripheral adaptations

35:28 - Repeated high-intensity efforts

46:10 - Fitting into a training week

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