Training - Arnold Method

What I Gave Up to Train More

by Arnold | Sep 30, 2026 | Lifestyle, Training

People often ask me how to find time to train as much as I do. The honest answer starts in an office a few years ago, where I was the Hungarian country manager for a sports retailer and, by coincidence, most of our marketing team were runners. The same hobby at very...

Why Volume or Intensity Is the Wrong Question

by Arnold | Sep 23, 2026 | Training

People ask me fairly often whether they should train more or train harder. It’s the old volume or intensity question, and when I hear it, I usually think of one cyclist I train. He has barely done an extreme workout in his life. He rarely rides longer than three...

Which Sport Costs You the Most Recovery

by Arnold | Sep 17, 2026 | Health, Lifestyle, Training

You have maybe four hours this week. Three sessions, four if Saturday cooperates. Nobody tells you which of them will still be sitting on you on Thursday. Most training advice counts hours, as if an hour is an hour. It isn’t. The same hour costs you very...

Nutrition for Endurance Training: What Actually Sticks

by Arnold | Sep 12, 2026 | Health, Sleep, Training

I don’t think there is one best diet. Anyone who tells you there is probably has something to sell you. What interests me more is which rules actually survive real life. Most diets don’t fail because the idea was wrong. They fail because people can follow...

Ironman Training and Sleep: What 20+ Hours Taught Me

by Arnold | Sep 9, 2026 | Sleep, Health, Training

“Are you an Ironman?” I’ve been asked some version of this question for a decade, whenever someone finds out I race multisport. No, I always say. I race quadrathlon mainly — triathlon with a kayak leg added — and for training and preparation, some...

Do Ice Baths Actually Work? What I Found

by Arnold | Sep 6, 2026 | Lifestyle, Health, Training

I’ve tried ice baths in a few different forms. Before or after a sauna, and the more natural version too, swimming in a frozen river in winter. I know the feeling pretty well by now, and I don’t like it. That’s really where this started. It...