Alex Viada, The Skills and Secrets of The Hybrid Athlete

Elite endurance coach, ultra marathon runner and 700lb squatter, Alex Viada joins Ben to talk about running and cycling mechanics for endurance training, the importance of skill acquisition and mastering your craft for all athletes and the parallels between bodybuilding and endurance sports.
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Time Stamps
11:42 How to go about progressing the skill acquisition for an endurance. Bike mechanics, pedal strokes for 50 miles rides.
15:35 Alex’s bike crash and the key to breaking plateaus.
17:20 The parallels between contest prep and endurance training.
29:15 What form for running really entails, Alex’s checklist for perfect running form.
32:50 Maintaining form and skill acquisition through fatigue. The key nutrition aspects of maintaining performance.
35:40 Oxidative stress in bodybuilding vs endurance training.
41:00 Should you question your coach? Or should you follow and focus on execution?
43:00 How to find a good coach for running or bodybuilding.
45:30 What all the top coaches are saying across all sports.
50:37 How to master the skills and fundamentals of endurance training.
58:45 What signs to look out for in running or biking for larger athletes.
1:00:55 Dumbbell walking lunges for endurance athletes.
1:04:30 Tour De France athletes.
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[@TrailMobOffroad]

Ha….6 yrs ago this wasn’t as popular as it is now. Its cool listening to this today and knowing Alex had this all figured out.

[@aurelienyonrac]

So nice to hear about Alex Viada’s method, thank you for sharing. Thumbs up

[@JimGiant]

Stop doing the wrong thing hard. Solid advice I wish I paid attention to 5 years ago.

[@mojoe5641]

I wish Ben would let Alex complete his thoughts, and quit interrupting him.

[@goodman2553]

Totally! It is very frustrating! Ben, please keep your insight within and let your guest finish what he is trying to say, man!

[@Dozier1983]

This is awesome! Thank you!! Love this stuff! Great advise and great way to look at sports!

[@entitiessoul]

Also Phenomenal ADVICE! This is actually what I do LEARN KIDS LEARN!

[@MrCarlof]

man do one with david goggins. ben, alex and david that would be heck of a roundtable :)

[@aidassungaila7172]

This is going to be good.

[@anthonini66]

Ben "parralels" Pakulski

[@entitiessoul]

Who's the guy in the thumbnail?

[@beauhalliday9496]

I made the mistake of listening to to much David goggins and ran myself into the ground

[@Eudaimonia88]

David Goggins is a ball of resentment. He does what he does but not intelligently.

[@tamimhusain3376]

He says himself not to follow his methodology. He just follows an extreme version of discipline that is not needed for anyone (and himself) but he does it as a show of what a human is capable of doing if they put their mind to it. He hates running but he does it to the extreme (ultras). The principle behind him is mind over matter. You can definitely learn lessons from him over that principle, discipline and more that can be applied to your fitness goals or outside of fitness too. That's what he's trying to portray rather than actually following his fitness regime.