MAF Plateau
by Will
(Uk)
After 4 months I suspect I have stopped improving. As I start my fifth month I'm trying to find out if I can introduce something different from MAF once a week that could help me improve.
Nicole's reply:
Hi Will, thanks for your question.
Since you have done 4 months of MAF training and you have now begun to plateau, now could be the time to introduce some speedwork.
Be careful not to over do the speedwork and do no more than 20% of your training above MAF. Once a year you should go back to pure MAF training for at least 3 - 4 months.
This article might be useful to you. MAF Plateau
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