UltraMental ebook: Showcasing a new way to train for endurance events on a few hours per week

Posted In: Me July 23rd, 2014 divider No Comments »

Now weekend warriors have no more excuses if they want attempt crazy events with this new unconventional training guide I collaborated on. Together with Andy Magness, a top North American endurance event junkie, we bring a ground-breaking guide to minimalist long-distance training to make crazy endurance events attainable even for just about anyone.

Andy was getting a lot of questions about his approach to training and we wanted to show it’s possible to do well in races on a few hours of training a week. We know it won’t appeal to everyone but we hope endurance athletes and aspiring ones can look at the concepts with an open mind.

This book is not intended to replace training that works or highlight a shortcut to fitness. Yet for many, the idea of minimalist training for long distance events is crazy. The book builds a case that consistent high intensity training can provide a level of fitness from which a mentally tough athlete can approach, succeed at, and even enjoy ultra-endurance events.

UltraMental uses current research to support and explain the primary evidence for Andy’s claim, a half-decade long N=1 experiment during which he has competed in and finished (in the top third of the field or better) more than a dozen major ultra-endurance races across several disciplines while training less than three hours a week.

When I first heard of this I was skeptical but the more research I did, the more it made sense. It really aligns with the new minimalist approach to training to stay away from injuries and burnouts. If you’re tired of the same old, this book is for you!

The book came from a partnership between Andy and I that started almost two years ago. After we first connected he did some guest blog entries for the site and then we forged our crazy relationship further when I went and did the 2013 END-SURE (Extreme North Dakota Sandhills Ultra Run Experience). It was during that race, a point-to-point 50k off-road ultramarathon in the dead of winter, that I decided that we must do this book together.

You can get all the information and purchase a copy of the book at http://ultramentalbook.com.