How To Maximise Hybrid Athlete Programming - Alec Blenis

Hello and welcome to The Progress Theory where we discuss how to implement scientific principles to optimise human performance. In this episode, we have a Hybrid coach and athlete Alec Blenis @alecblenis It’s easier to understand programming for strength and endurance sports individually, but hybrid programming is more complex and that’s what makes it so exciting. But what are the best hybrid programming recommendations? Alec discusses his journey into Hybrid training, his current goals and what he has learnt along the way. We also discuss key themes such as how to dissect your hybrid goals so you know what to programme and how to balance your strength and endurance training In this episode, we discuss: 1:00 - Introduction 2:36 - Training for Murph 9:18 - Partitioned vs unpartitioned Murph 15:03 - Getting into hybrid training 21:00 - How far can Hybrid performance go 24:58 - Common mistakes in hybrid training 28:30 - Long-term Hybrid programming 31:38 - Progressing slowly in a hybrid programme 33:29 - Use of RPE or RIR for both strength and endurance training 35:15 - Using objective and subjective data to monitor training 36:24 - Training goals after Murph 38:34 - The Crucible 39:16 - The effect of mass on running performance 44:00 - Advice for those new to Hybrid Training The host - Dr Phil Price 🌐  Website - (https://www.theprogresstheory.com/) 📸  Instagram - (https://www.instagram.com/drphilprice...) 🐦  Twitter - (https://twitter.com/thepricep?lang=en) Sign up to our fortnightly newsletter - (https://www.theprogresstheory.com/con...) Kult Media - Innovative podcast production and content creation. Without them the show would not be possible. Thinking about starting your own podcast? head to (https://www.kult.media/) HMN24 - Fuelling human performance - Optimise your day by checking out their amazing supplements - Use link for 10% at checkout (https://hmn24.com/) Strength Coach Nause - Download your own interactive Hybrid training programming template - 15% off using this link - (https://www.strengthcoachnause.co.uk/...)