The Nature of Training

Complexity Science Applied to Endurance Performance

By: Manuel Sola Arjona

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Until now, sport training has been more witchcraft than science. Traditional coaching is based on copying recipes written in old books, with little science and more answers than questions.

Traditional physiology, also marked by reductionism and the idea that the organism works like a machine, gives us incomplete and unsatisfactory answers that are inadequate when we leave the theoretical world to go to the real world.

In this book, we approach the world of training from the perspective of Complex Systems, which will offer us a new vision of the world, health and organisms.

In this book, you will learn the most important principles to understand the organism:
- How complex adaptive systems work.
- How we adapt to exercise.
- What stimuli we should apply.
- Real determinants of effort and fatigue.
- Fundamentals of resistance training.

This book was first published in Spanish in August 2022. Since then, it has been the best-selling Sports Training book on Amazon, with a total of over 200 reviews and 4.8 star ratings.

Manuel Sola Arjona, the author, is a cycling coach and former professional cyclist. In addition to writing, he teaches resistance training and complex systems applied to sport.

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Reviews:

"A great book for understanding coaching from a unique point of view, explaining it in a way that allows us to understand the complexity of its systems, connections and processes. Essential reading for trainers and the curious".

Kilian Jornet

"A book that over time will gain understanding and applied context. To read, reread and learn from".

Jesús Álvarez-Herms

"It is a book that covers a way of understanding the different forms of life and how organisms adapt to the environment. Every paragraph contains an idea. I don't want to sound exaggerated, but this book is brilliant. In substance and in form."

Adrián Castillo, (Fissac)

"Have you ever thought that most theories were right on some points and wrong on others? If the answer is yes, this book is for you. Manuel Sola, with the excuse of resistance training, has brought together in this magnificent essay the bases that govern the complexity of human physiology in constant connection with the environment".

Pau Oller

"The Nature of Training is an oasis of reality on the fundamentals of performance".

Jan Margarit

Verbose- PhD style content

It took way too long to cover the salient points. related stories not having to do anything with training didn’t reinforce the key learning principles. It could’ve been condensed by half.