The body you already have · How the heart actually works

MONS Athletics

Contents

Part I

The endurance animal

01The introduction
02The animal that walked out of Africa
03We are long-distance everything
04The body still expects it
05Modernity made movement optional
06What stops working when you stop
07The mind stops too
08Every day you don't move is a worse day
09So we sign up for hard things

Part II

The body you already have

10Everything begins at the feet.
11Strong core. Strong everything.
12The head
13The hands
14No single joint works alone
15How the heart actually works
16Why the same effort reads differently in each sport
17What heart rate cannot tell you
18The pyramid of performance

Part III

19Why mobility is the foundation
20Fundamentals of the kettlebell
21The six movement families
22What swimming builds that nothing else does
23Breath and posture: the fire within
24Swimming drills are not just technique work
25Running wants a stiff ankle. Swimming wants a free one.
26The daily practice

Part IV

27The Challenges
28The marathon
29The ladder
30Race week · Event week
31Traversing
32The terrain decides the modality

Part V

33The Catalog
34Running workouts
35Kettlebell exercises
36Routines
37Cycling workouts
38Yoga poses
39Swim workouts
40Drills

Part VI

41Support
42Privacy
43Terms

How the heart actually works

Endurance. The peak.

The heart · 1 / 1

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The pump, stroke volume, and what a heart rate number is actually reporting.

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