Two giants: Contribution of Arthur Lydiard and Sir Peter Snell to training, competition and health

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Two giants: Contribution of Arthur Lydiard and Sir Peter Snell to training, competition and health

Chris Milne

Chris Milne

Peter Snell racing
Sir Peter Snell powering away from the field to win the 1500m race at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo

SPORTS MEDICINE

In sports physician Chris Milne’s mind, Sir Peter Snell was our greatest ever athlete. His death, in December 2019, served as a reminder of the huge contribution he and his coach made to the field of sports and exercise medicine

Key points, Arthur Lydiard used his body as a one-man experiment into the volume of training that could be reasonably sustained and came up with a figure of aroun