The Norwegian Method Applied

Runners: Go get this book. I don’t say this lightly. But Marius Bakken has released a game changer of a book on training. It’s fantastic. A book I wish I had decades ago. - Steve Magness, author of The Science of Running and Do Hard Things

Midway through reading Marius Bakken’s new book on training, The Norwegian Method Applied, I had an epiphany: Is there any human on planet Earth who is better suited to write a training book than Dr. Bakken? I don’t think so. If you are a coach or truly want to understand distance running, then you must do something simple: get this book. - Robert Johnson, editor of LetsRun

It reads very well, just an incredibly detailed why of the system, answering all curiosities, beyond anything the running world will have seen. This might be the best training related book I have read, and I think I may have read everything. - Mike Smith, five-time NCAA Division I men’s cross country national championship coach at Northern Arizona University

Learning self-control during training is the secret to a successful running career. The Norwegian Method Applied is a masterclass in control. Bakken lays out a clear blueprint for dialing in your effort so your body stays healthy and your fitness soars. And best of all, you avoid the usual pitfalls of overtraining and injury. - Greg McMillan, McMillan Running

As a Professor of Exercise Physiology, I read a lot of training books. Most rehash the same lactate curves, VO₂max talking points, and periodization models I’ve been teaching for years. Marius Bakken’s applied treatment of the Norwegian Method is a genuine outlier, and the first book in a long time that has changed how I actually program. Highly recommended for anyone serious about endurance programming. One of the few training books in the last decade that I’d call genuinely original. - Professor Paul Laursen, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Exercise Physiology at Auckland University of Technology

During nearly 30 years at AW a steady trickle of around three or four books each month have dropped on my desk for review. Most are okay. Increasingly they are self-published. Once in a blue moon, though, an absolute gem arrives. Not only is Bakken’s book one of the absolute best training books I’ve ever read - and I’ve been devouring such publications since the early 1980s - but it is one of the best books about running, period.- Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly

I have never read a training book that so engagingly, and at the same time so clearly, builds a solid bridge between the physiology of elite sport and the everyday life of the recreational runner. - Sven Kilander, Kondis Running Magazine

If you are going to invest in a running book you can actually trust and learn something from, we warmly recommend Marius Bakken’s book. - Sara Pedersen, Runner’s World Norway