Wissam Kheir is a PB Program member who started MAF training in 2018. He is a Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and an Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Wissam is also a marathon and ultramarathon runner, swims, bikes and is a self-confessed data freak.
We talk about health and race improvements through MAF low heart rate training and the important psychological aspects of goal setting, self-actualization and building the aerobic base.
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Links & Tools mentioned:
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- Floris running Sub 3 with Go Pro, HERE (2015) and HERE (2023).
- David Goggins
- Andrew Huberman (YouTube)
- Normatec PRO 2.0
- IRONMAN
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Show Notes:
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- 5:12 welcome Wissam!
- 6:16 from no pain – no gain, to MAF
- 13:19 dealing with early stages of MAF training
- 17:39 running from a psychological perspective
- 20:35 progress and breakthrough with low heart rate training
- 23:56 first marathons, to improvements through MAF
- 31:24 dealing with a hot climate and sauna in Winter
- 35:34 goal setting, discipline, self-actualisation, context of culture
- 38:26 always ready with MAF, 100 mile self-navigated run
- 42:55 getting out of your comfort zone, dealing with pain, race pace
- 49:05 the MAF population: being humble and being obsessive
- 53:52 bike accident
- 55:29 Ironman
- 60:52 combining family life with training, finding time
- 62:24 being selective, adaptive behaviours, the company you keep
- 1:06:36 recovery tools
- 1:07:37 nutrition, intermittent fasting, high training volume
- 1:14:17 ice bath, working with discomfort
- 1:16:01 training and racing goals / bucket list
- 1:20:03 closing thoughts
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