Scott Johnston on What Athletes and Coaches Get Wrong About Muscular Endurance

Since the 2025 edition of UTMB, everyone is talking about muscular endurance. But despite all the available information, there’s massive confusion. In fact, a major coaching organisation in the ultra space recently stated this approach “does not work.”In this debut episode of Born on the Trail: Going Longer, I sit down with renowned coach Scott Johnston tackle this controversy head-on. We dive deep into what muscular endurance is and why it works, what coaches and athletes misunderstand about this training method and how the everyday athlete can approach this training intervention and get it right.Tune in to learn and understand the way I have.USEFUL LINKSMuscular Endurance Revisited: What Actually Works (The source of criticism): https://ultrarunning.com/featured/muscular-endurance-revisited-what-actually-works/Muscular Endurance: All You Need to Know: https://evokeendurance.com/resources/muscular-endurance-all-you-need-to-know/Book Club: Training For The Uphill Athlete: https://evokeendurance.com/resources/book-club-training-for-the-uphill-athlete/Evoke Endurance (Scott’s coaching company): https://evokeendurance.com/Scott Johnston on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_scott_johnston/FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bornonthetrail/ or https://www.instagram.com/niki.runs/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bornonthetrailStrava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/nikirunsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/bornonthetrail Get full access to Born on the Trail at bornonthetrail.substack.com/subscribe