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The introduction
  1. 01You were built to keep going.

Part I

Where we come from
  1. 02How a slow animal crossed the whole world
  2. 03Fit at every age, with no gym and no shoes

Part II

What modern life took away
  1. 04Why one hour of training is not enough
  2. 05Your chair is shortening your hips
  3. 06Strength makes endurance cheaper
  4. 07The fitness daily life used to give you for free

Part III

What a robust body gives you
  1. 08Train the body, and the mood follows
  2. 09The best reason to train is outside
  3. 10Why a goal keeps you training when willpower stops
  4. 11Spare capacity makes the ordinary day easier

Part IV

How the body is built
  1. 12Why fit people still get hurt
  2. 13Why stretching your hamstrings will not loosen them
  3. 14Your shoes are doing your feet's work
  4. 15Your core is a barrel, not a six-pack
  5. 16Where you carry your head changes everything below it
  6. 17Relax your hands and your whole body follows

Part V

Four qualities to train
  1. 18Fitness is four things, not one
  2. 19Why you lose your spring before your strength
  3. 20Why you fold on the last hill
  4. 21Why some runners fly down rocky trails
  5. 22Stiff people work harder for every stroke

Part VI

Inside the engine
  1. 23Why training at one effort doesn't cut it
  2. 24Slow training builds what fast training cannot
  3. 25Lactate is fuel, not waste
  4. 26How hard intervals grow your heart
  5. 27Speed is trained in the nerves, not the lungs

Part VII

Feel the effort
  1. 28How to use your breath to control your effort
  2. 29How long could you hold this?
  3. 30How hard does it feel, out of ten?
  4. 31Does your heart rate agree with you?

Part VIII

The body at work

  1. 32Let the downhill flowComing soon
  2. 33Find room for your strokeComing soon
  3. 34Stay comfortable on the bikeComing soon
  4. 35Climb with your whole bodyComing soon
  5. 36Carry what you needComing soon
  6. 37Find your stride after the bikeComing soon

Part IX

Make it a practice

  1. 38The right work for the momentComing soon
  2. 39More is something you earnComing soon
  3. 40Keep your movement when you get tiredComing soon
  4. 41Give the work what it needsComing soon
  5. 42Begin again from where you areComing soon

Part X

Nutrition for endurance athletes
  1. 43Eat food, not nutrients
  2. 44Starch fuels the long daysComing soon
  3. 45Protein that rebuilds, cooked so you want itComing soon
  4. 46Salt what you sweatComing soon
  5. 47Flavour keeps you eatingComing soon
  6. 48Twenty minutes from the door to the plateComing soon
  7. 49Let the pot cook while you trainComing soon
  8. 50A kitchen that keeps up with trainingComing soon
  9. 51Long days need food on the moveComing soon
  10. 52Make your own sports drink

Part XI

Choose a challenge
  1. 53A challenge gives the days direction
  2. 54Your current rung countsComing soon
  3. 55The conditions are part of the challengeComing soon
  4. 56Running challengesComing soon
  5. 57Swimming challengesComing soon
  6. 58Cycling challengesComing soon
  7. 59Swimrun challengesComing soon
  8. 60Aquabike challengesComing soon
  9. 61Brick challengesComing soon
  10. 62Triathlon challengesComing soon
  11. 63Let the terrain choose the movementComing soon
  12. 64Keep your reach — the overhead squatComing soon
  13. 65Be strong off the straight line — the CossackComing soon
  14. 66Control the body over one foot — the pistol squatComing soon
  15. 67Hang, fold and control — toes-to-barComing soon
  16. 68Keep extension under load with the long-stance split squatComing soon
  17. 69Get down and up again under control — the continuous get-upComing soon
  18. 70Carry the weight with you — the sustained holdComing soon
  19. 71There is life after the finishComing soon

Workouts

Part XII

Running workouts
  1. 72Base Run
  2. 73Threshold Run
  3. 74VO2 Max Intervals
  4. 75Hill Sprints

Part XIII

Running drills
  1. 76Marching A-Drill
  2. 77Ankling
  3. 78A-Skips
  4. 79B-Skips
  5. 80High Knees Controlled
  6. 81Carioca
  7. 82Single-Leg Balance to Run
  8. 83Pogo Hops Two-Leg
  9. 84Straight-Leg Bounds
  10. 85Alternate-Leg Bounds
  11. 86Power Skips
  12. 87Single-Leg Pogo Hops

Part XIV

Swim workouts
  1. 88Base Swim
  2. 89Long Swim
  3. 90Threshold Swim
  4. 91VO2max Swim
  5. 92Sprint Swim

Part XV

Swim drills
  1. 93Streamline Flutter Kick
  2. 94Front Scull
  3. 95Catch-Up
  4. 96Fingertip Drag
  5. 97Kick on Side
  6. 986-3-6 Switch
  7. 99Single-Arm Freestyle
  8. 1003-3-3 Bilateral

Part XVI

Cycling workouts
  1. 101Base Ride
  2. 102Threshold Ride
  3. 103VO2max Ride
  4. 104Sprint Ride

Part XVII

Kettlebell routines
  1. 105Power · Forward
  2. 106Power · Rotation
  3. 107Power · Upward
  4. 108Structure · Anti-Folding
  5. 109Structure · Sideways
  6. 110Structure · Anti-Rotation
  7. 111The Loaded Walk

Part XVIII

Kettlebell exercises
  1. 112Alternating Dead Snatch
  2. 113Alternating One-Arm Swing
  3. 114Clean
  4. 115Cossack Squat
  5. 116Double Push Press
  6. 117Forward Leap
  7. 118Goblet Squat
  8. 119Halo
  9. 120Heels-Elevated Squat
  10. 121High Pull
  11. 122Loaded Walk
  12. 123Overhead Carry
  13. 124Rack Carry
  14. 125Rotational Clean
  15. 126Suitcase Carry
  16. 127Swing
  17. 128Turkish Get-Up
  18. 129Vertical Jump
  19. 130Windmill

Part XIX

Yoga routines
  1. 131Pre-Run Yoga · 01
  2. 132Pre-Run Yoga · 02
  3. 133Post-Run Yoga · 01
  4. 134Post-Run Yoga · 02
  5. 135Post-Strength Yoga · 01
  6. 136Post-Strength Yoga · 02
  7. 137Pre-Swim Yoga · 01
  8. 138Post-Ride Yoga · 01
  9. 139Range · 01
  10. 140Balance · 01

Part XX

Yoga poses
  1. 141Bear Sit-Through
  2. 142Bird Dog
  3. 143Bridge
  4. 144Bridge and Turn
  5. 145Butterfly
  6. 146Chair
  7. 147Child's Pose
  8. 148Cobra
  9. 149Corpse
  10. 150Crescent Lunge
  11. 151Cross-Body Reach
  12. 152Downward-Facing Dog
  13. 153Halfway Lift
  14. 154Happy Baby
  15. 155Hero
  16. 156Hollow Hold
  17. 157Knees to Chest
  18. 158Locust
  19. 159Low Lunge
  20. 160Mountain
  21. 161Pigeon
  22. 162Plank
  23. 163Puppy
  24. 164Pyramid
  25. 165Reverse Warrior
  26. 166Revolved Lunge
  27. 167Seated Fold
  28. 168Side Lunge
  29. 169Side Plank
  30. 170Single-Leg Bridge
  31. 171Sphinx
  32. 172Squat
  33. 173Standing Forward Fold
  34. 174Supine Twist
  35. 175Thread the Needle
  36. 176Three-Legged Dog
  37. 177Toe Squat
  38. 178Triangle
  39. 179Upward Salute
  40. 180Warrior I
  41. 181Warrior II
  42. 182Warrior III
  43. 183Wide Split
  44. 184Wide-Leg Forward Fold
  45. 185World's Greatest Stretch

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Notes

Notes

Short notes for endurance athletes, each answering one question with the studies behind it.

  • 18 October 2026Is your Apple Watch lying about your heart rate?On a steady run or ride, an Apple Watch reads within a few beats of a chest strap. On intervals, kettlebells and in water, it does worse. What 27 studies found.Read the note→
  • 18 October 2026Will dry-land drills make you a better swimmer?Strength work on land makes swimmers a little faster, most of all off the block. No study shows that copying the stroke on land teaches it. What studies found.Read the note→

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