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AJ Golik

AJ Golik

AJ (Alexander) Golik is a DEKA World Champion hybrid athlete and coach at Underdog Fitness, with an MS in Nutrition & Dietetics and a background as a HYROX age-group regional champion.

Sep 22, 2026

36:28
And I think that's such a vague, big topic, but I'll let you kick off with your initial thoughts and then I'll add on from there.
36:37
Yeah.
36:38
I unfortunately think the term zone two has been... taken by social media thrown into a blender and spit back out in a completely different context than it actually needs to be and similarly to double threshold training zone 2 training is applicable to some and not to all so by definition zone 2 training is any training that falls under your LT1 or your VT1 heart rate so Very easy aerobic.
37:17
With that in mind, zone two training can benefit everybody, mainly athletes on the endurance side of things and on the like longer distance and longer duration side of things.
37:31
But it also comes at a certain level of training and a certain volume of weekly training to really be needing to needing to do zone two training.
37:43
And I put needing in quotes there because you have to earn the right to be able to train in zone two by building up your aerobic base to a point that that zone two training can then benefit you.
37:56
And for the majority of the athletes that are listening, And for the majority of the people that are going to be going to Deco Worlds, this is not our full-time career.

9 MINS LATER

46:35
What would you put on someone's recommendation training list of what those may be, whether it's a threshold running session or whatever that looks like?

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