About Alex Shabo
What is a hybrid athlete?
For many years, the conventional wisdom was that strength and endurance training don't mix. An influential 1980 study by Robert Hickson found that endurance training reduced strength gains, and strength training provided no benefit for endurance athletes. This became known as the "interference effect" and influenced how many people approached exercise for decades. Runners stayed out of the weight room, and weightlifters stayed off the track.
That's all changed.