Endurance by NonProphet, Part 1

Review of Nonprophet's Endurance Program

Three months ago, if you told me to run or ride a bike for an hour I'd have told you to f* off.  Then I'd go back to lifting weights, or lifting them faster, and calling that "cardio."  Perhaps I was a little bit right, and had a lot to learn.  So I went to school.

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I recently finished Nonprophet's 12 Week Endurance Program (Newbie Edition).  If you're interested in the technical details, review my Endurance Instagram Stories or Part 2 (coming soon) of this article.

Much more to the point of the program as I understand it, I want to illustrate what I've learned as a "non-runner" amassing more Zone 2 and Zone 3 hours in the last 12 weeks than I have in the previous 12 years.

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In case you're not familiar with Mark or Michael's work, I linked the program itself (above) as well as one of Mark's recent essays.  These, and my response (below) to the above essay set the stage nicely, so pardon me for skipping around.

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