...decided to post my brief comments on those 2 links posted about Ørn's training methods and his view of doping effects.
1st, on Ørn minimizing doping effects..perhaps surprising to most, but both Ørn and chicken have a point, however contradictory. b/c both speak half truth. and they both KNOW it. both realize full well the true story. which is - effective doping at the elite level is a fine individualized science which can either catapult you up (if done right in terms of dose, timing etc) or make you a dud/sick/cripple (if over/under dosed, mistimed etc). fine tuning a 'program' takes a battery of bio tests, time, and above all it tkes deep knowledge of sports physiology very few can boast...thus, Ørn sounds right if for ex. testo was overdosed and resulted in the useless bulk, just as the chicken is right that testo was indispensable for maintaining his his slander, low muscle mass body. same story with the other drugs that were mentioned - the devil is in the details most strive to protect.
but there is something common between the chicken and Ørn - their political/pr stance. both try to protect their CURRENT schtick that feeds them. Ørn - his successfull clean coach rep, and chicken - selling his book on doping. if they said something different than they did, they'd go hungry...
re. the the link posted by trond in reference to Ørn's another claim...not to diminish the issue, but there is virtually no news in using fat for fuel in endurance sports vs. the other substrates (sugars and protein). i've known about it (and experimented with) for at least 2 decades. it is a well known physiological fact, that the proportion of fat used as fuel is inversely proportional to the effort intensity. there are 'ancient' markers to measure the phenomena (RER) and more modern ones...indeed, the ability to use fat efficiently can be trained (or affected by the diet) but is largely determined by inborn muscle fiber type, just like the sprinting ability.
thus, Ørn again is talking code and half truths b/c he knows the norwegian journos will swallow anything.