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Kristian Blummenfelt VO2max of 101?!

The Norwegian Method book by sports journalist Brad Culp unpacks the rise of The Norwegian Method of endurance training, which uses lactate testing and threshold training to boost performance.

The ultimate boss of the Norwegian Method sets an off-season world record, of sorts, sharing his triple-digit reading on Instagram. In the epilogue of The Norwegian Method, I tried to hammer home the point that there can be no off-season if one wants to adhere to the truest form of the approach. Kristian Blummenfelt may not […]

Norway’s Sports Culture Breeds Champions Steeped in Nature and Nurture

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The Norwegian method is more than just an endurance training approach based on lactate threshold. It’s an extension of the Norwegian way of life outdoors. This article is an excerpt from The Norwegian Method: The Culture, Science & Humans Behind the Groundbreaking Approach to Elite Endurance Performance, by Brad Culp. Norway supports trial and error […]

Norwegian Method Hill Workouts

Explore the Norwegian method hill workouts used by Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Kristian Blummenfelt and try them to improve your lactate threshold.