Questions From UTMB: Part 2 How We Train And Why

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Episode Overview

Join Coach Scott Johnston for the second part of his series addressing common questions and inquiries he’s received following the success of his athletes, Tom Evans and Ruth Croft, at the 2025 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB). After addressing the limitations of VO2 max-focused training in Part 1, Coach Scott elucidates common concepts in Evoke’s methodology, such as fatigue resistance, muscular endurance, and anti-glycolytic training. See episode guide for topics covered.

Articles referenced in discussion:

• Read about Frontier Fibers
• Read about Muscular Endurance

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Episode Guide

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:04:19 History of Muscular Endurance
• 00:14:17 Muscle Power Model of Endurance
• 00:15:52 Ah Ha! Moment
• 00:16:13 Early Implementation of Muscular Endurance
• 00:18:16 Muscular endurance: how and why?
• 00:24:46 Frontier motor units
• 00:26:46 ME-VO2 max compared
• 00:28:28 Methods for ME
• 00:35:25 Anti-glycolytic training
• 00:41:10 Anti-glycolytic methods
• 00:49:54 Final thoughts