The Mark Sissons book Primal Endurance was an interesting read. Basically saying that folk shouldn’t do too much training at ‘tempo’ or the more extreme intensities, and that there’s lots to be gained by doing 80-90% of your training at aerobic intensity (as per your Garmin or ~180bpm minus your age) as that gives the greatest lung and heart capacity benefits without stressing the body too much. I’ve got pals doing x4 really intense Zwift races per week – and that sort of stress is bad for your body according to Sissons. Lots of articles suggesting the same is good for – polarised training, 80:20 etc – where intensity should be included but in low volumes.
He’s a big advocate of more stretching, weights, core exercises, improving your balance – all key things to work on when you get to my age – 50.
As suggested above – as long as you’re pretty balanced in what you do, luck and genetics are likely to be bigger factors for most folk with regard to when the grim reaper appears.
