Metabolic Drivers of the Lydiard Pyramid: ALL SIX SESSIONS
2022 class dates to be confirmed
Instructors:
Dr. Keith Livingstone & Greg McMillan
Moderators:
Lorraine Moller and/or Colin Lancaster
Each Session (2.5 Hours)
1. Muscle Fiber Types & their Dominant Energy Systems
Learn about the main muscle fibre types, what their main fuels are, and how the brain recruits different muscle fibres according to power outputs required. Learn about the difference between fats, carbohydrates, and proteins as muscle fuels, and what the relative energy yields are for these fuels.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
2. The Aerobic Base
We learn about the amazing benefits and changes in physiology that can occur with a properly constructed aerobic base. Learn what science tells us about changes in oxygen uptake, cardiovascular pumping capacity, deep capillarisation of cardiac and skeletal muscles, and an increased capacity to tolerate hard anaerobic training when it’s necessary.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
3. The Strength Resistance Phase
This is the phase where we introduce several sessions a week of ‘hill exercises’, interwoven with easy aerobic training days, to re-activate the pure sprint muscle before proceeding into a few weeks where harder and faster anaerobic intensities are progressively introduced.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
4. The Anaerobic Phase
Here we progressively introduce high intensity training by adding two or three interval sessions alternated with days of very easy aerobic recovery running into the weekly schedule. Over the phase the athlete graduates to higher intensities in a controlled, planned, and progressive setting prior to the finishing touches of the integration and taper.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
5. Integration
With the aerobic, strength and anaerobic developments in place from Phases 1, 2 & 3, the athlete is now ready to combine all elements into one smooth continuous movement for race readiness. In the Integration Phase considerations of athlete body-type and their individual training responses need to be balanced with the specific requirements of their event.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
6. Taper & Racing
The race is not just the cumulation of a series of physiological responses to training. It is an animal all of its own. This session looks at racing from the middle distance to the ultra, and how an athlete can optimize their race in the days and hours leading up to the race.
2022 class dates to be confirmed
Instructors:
Dr. Keith Livingstone & Greg McMillan
Moderators:
Lorraine Moller and/or Colin Lancaster
Each Session (2.5 Hours)
1. Muscle Fiber Types & their Dominant Energy Systems
Learn about the main muscle fibre types, what their main fuels are, and how the brain recruits different muscle fibres according to power outputs required. Learn about the difference between fats, carbohydrates, and proteins as muscle fuels, and what the relative energy yields are for these fuels.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
2. The Aerobic Base
We learn about the amazing benefits and changes in physiology that can occur with a properly constructed aerobic base. Learn what science tells us about changes in oxygen uptake, cardiovascular pumping capacity, deep capillarisation of cardiac and skeletal muscles, and an increased capacity to tolerate hard anaerobic training when it’s necessary.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
3. The Strength Resistance Phase
This is the phase where we introduce several sessions a week of ‘hill exercises’, interwoven with easy aerobic training days, to re-activate the pure sprint muscle before proceeding into a few weeks where harder and faster anaerobic intensities are progressively introduced.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
4. The Anaerobic Phase
Here we progressively introduce high intensity training by adding two or three interval sessions alternated with days of very easy aerobic recovery running into the weekly schedule. Over the phase the athlete graduates to higher intensities in a controlled, planned, and progressive setting prior to the finishing touches of the integration and taper.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
5. Integration
With the aerobic, strength and anaerobic developments in place from Phases 1, 2 & 3, the athlete is now ready to combine all elements into one smooth continuous movement for race readiness. In the Integration Phase considerations of athlete body-type and their individual training responses need to be balanced with the specific requirements of their event.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
6. Taper & Racing
The race is not just the cumulation of a series of physiological responses to training. It is an animal all of its own. This session looks at racing from the middle distance to the ultra, and how an athlete can optimize their race in the days and hours leading up to the race.
2022 class dates to be confirmed
Instructors:
Dr. Keith Livingstone & Greg McMillan
Moderators:
Lorraine Moller and/or Colin Lancaster
Each Session (2.5 Hours)
1. Muscle Fiber Types & their Dominant Energy Systems
Learn about the main muscle fibre types, what their main fuels are, and how the brain recruits different muscle fibres according to power outputs required. Learn about the difference between fats, carbohydrates, and proteins as muscle fuels, and what the relative energy yields are for these fuels.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
2. The Aerobic Base
We learn about the amazing benefits and changes in physiology that can occur with a properly constructed aerobic base. Learn what science tells us about changes in oxygen uptake, cardiovascular pumping capacity, deep capillarisation of cardiac and skeletal muscles, and an increased capacity to tolerate hard anaerobic training when it’s necessary.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
3. The Strength Resistance Phase
This is the phase where we introduce several sessions a week of ‘hill exercises’, interwoven with easy aerobic training days, to re-activate the pure sprint muscle before proceeding into a few weeks where harder and faster anaerobic intensities are progressively introduced.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
4. The Anaerobic Phase
Here we progressively introduce high intensity training by adding two or three interval sessions alternated with days of very easy aerobic recovery running into the weekly schedule. Over the phase the athlete graduates to higher intensities in a controlled, planned, and progressive setting prior to the finishing touches of the integration and taper.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
5. Integration
With the aerobic, strength and anaerobic developments in place from Phases 1, 2 & 3, the athlete is now ready to combine all elements into one smooth continuous movement for race readiness. In the Integration Phase considerations of athlete body-type and their individual training responses need to be balanced with the specific requirements of their event.
Click on the individual sessions on the Lydiard III Products page for more description.
6. Taper & Racing
The race is not just the cumulation of a series of physiological responses to training. It is an animal all of its own. This session looks at racing from the middle distance to the ultra, and how an athlete can optimize their race in the days and hours leading up to the race.