The Unconventional Running Coach

My Score 8/10 Category : Debunking myths on nutrition "The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It" by Dr. Malcolm Kendrick challenges conventional wisdom regarding cholesterol and its alleged link to heart disease. The author presents an alternative perspective that questions the validity of the widely accepted cholesterol hypothesis. Dr. Kendrick delves into the history of the cholesterol theory, examining the research that has shaped our understanding of heart disease. He argues that the demonization of cholesterol as the primary culprit in cardiovascular issues oversimplifies a complex set of factors that contribute to heart health. It is well known that the Ancel Keys published selective data to start the world on a route towards high carb, low fat and things snowballed from there. One of the strengths of the book is its accessibility to the general reader. Dr. Kendrick avoids overly technical language, making it easie...

 My Score 10/10 What is covered ? Diet, biomechanics, slow training, training plans  I don't give many books full marks but there is so little I don't like about this book I was annoyed I had forgot about it until now. In fact it is another book I own in both paperback and audiobook and as a result of seeing it am going to give it another listen to. Things I like / use in my own training that are talked about in this book:  Walking before you can run, it is even the title of chapter 3.  Standing more than sitting e.g. standing desks (chapter 2) Barefoot / Minimalist Running (mentioned in a few places)  Maffetone / Low Heart Rate training  Diet - Low carb which would be sufficient for most runners.  Running Drills to improve technique  Recovery is where you improve and should be prioritised.  Health and happiness before performance but also often leads to it.  Strength training The book opens up with how humans evolved and the function o...

Honestly my standard day involves 2 burger patties (homemade, 250g uncooked weight each) for breakfast at around 9am, if I am hungry then another patty between 10:30-11:30 and then my final meal, another 2 patties, around 1-2pm. It is normally beef but sometimes lamb, the middle meal will sometimes be swap for lamb chops but at the moment my life is around 1kg of burger patties day. Ah I should add they will be lightly or heavily salted to taste.

 My nutrition is very important to me, as it should be. The saying:  "You can't outrun a bad diet"  Is certainly right for me, I seem to only have to sniff something off my standard lifestyle and I gain a few pounds. Feel free to keep reading but a good background to my approach is the following video. You can break my history down into the following phases:  Childhood - Was active and ate what I like but got away with it.  16+ - Ate rubbish and decreased activity so my weight went up to around 20 stone.  End of 2014 - Went low carb and lost weight quickly, by the end of the year I was 154 down from 263lbs.  2016 - 2017 - My weight remained pretty stable although I added more nuts, cream and things like Grenade bars. During the start of 2017 I marathon trained and got injured but continued to eat like I was marathon training so gained weight.  2018 - Complete write off. I stayed low carb but "dirty" with things like keto cakes and the other th...