The Secret To Running Without Getting Tired

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Learn how to run in your aerobic zone

There's one simple trick to know that you're in your aerobic zone for running, and in this video we talk about running tips to do this. But you can also apply this to your cycling aerobic zone too.

It's an easy aerobic method to make sure that you run at your aerobic intensity, and it's such a simple tip for running that you don't need fancy gadgets or heart rate monitors to be able to do it!

This will help you to enjoy your running and your training more generally, and it's something I would highly recommend. You can use heart rate for running and use your aerobic zone heart rate, or perhaps your aerobic power, but honestly this method is my favourite.

This works off the principle of zone based exercise, and many people call the aerobic training region zone 2 training. This method fits in with this zone 2 running theory, so if you want to know how to run in zone 2 then you can use this!

00:00 Introduction
01:06 What happens when we exercise
01:43 The energy systems and waste products
03:02 Practical examples
04:22 The trap that people fall into

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Hi! I'm James. I'm a Sport and Exercise Nutritionist and I make videos on nutrition to give people simple, clear and easy to use information on a range of subjects. I focus on triathlon and how triathletes can use nutrition to help properly fuel their training and racing.

In my day job I work as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in General Practice, or Family Medicine for those of you not in the UK, and work in a busy NHS GP practice. I'm a Specialist Paramedic by background and have full independent medicine prescribing rights.

Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Family Medicine, BSc, PGCert
Registered sport and exercise Nutritionist (SENr)
Advanced Diploma of Nutrition, MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Nutrition Consultant for Hurry The Food Up
Great Britain Age Group Triathlete
Qualified L2 British Triathlon Coach

I am not affiliated or sponsored by any brands, companies or products that I mentioned or show in my videos. My aim is to make these videos free from any sort of bias!

These videos shouldn't be taken as direct, personal advice on medicine or nutrition but more for information purposes based on the latest research and evidence. Unless otherwise clearly stated, this information is more suited to adults as under 18s have different requirements and considerations. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have as an individual though!

[NutritionTriathlon]

Have you ever used this method? Or do you use heart rate, pace or power?

[ethansmith]

Hey mate, just binged all of your vids and I love them. You really deserve more subs for what you produce. Keep the vids coming. Subscribed :)

[krishnakanthreddy]

James - Thank you for posting this. This is very interesting and I find a lot of your content very useful. I have always struggled with understanding what my true zone 2 range is (from zone 1 to 5). Just like you, I use a Garmin watch, and even that watch has 3 different ways of calculating heart rate zones "% of Max HR" "% of HR Reserve" and "% of Lactate Threshold" and at least 2 of them provide wildly different numbers for zone 2. And going by "Can you have a conversation with someone" be the benchmark for zone 2 also seems quite subjective - just like you show cased in your video. So, this is something I'll definitely try out on my next run. Keep up the great work James. Really appreciate your content

[RaiyanAbdulBaten]

Guilty as charged of spending too much time in the middle zone 😬Thanks for the information!