80/20 polarized training --> 4x4 HIIT + LIT in the same ride?

[Thanas_Stefanes_V]

Hello,

I’m trying out 80/20 polarized training at the moment, because my CX season went to sh1t, so why not experiment.
On tuesdays i have a day of the coming weeks, so far i have been doing LIT (Low Intensity Training) on these days. aka , a long easy endurance ride.

However, i wonder if doing a 4x4 HIIT workout as part of the LIT ride would be ok.
Plan is to ride from home to a ~4 min climb (at my PR) smash up the climb 4 times, and continue riding for another 1,5-2 hours, maybe more as if i feel like it.

Thanks
Thanas

[JJon]

It can be done, but for me this time of the year it would be kinda exhausting to do (just because the intervals are early part of the ride) and i would do those intervals later if i did them during the long ride. I think it is personal preference (how fit you are etc…). But yes, it can be done like that and i personally have done it like that.

At this time of the year i would keep HIT days shorter and the easy ones long(er).

[Thanas_Stefanes_V]

This time of year is normally my race season because i race CX. I did it yesterday, was pretty brutal. CX race season for amaterus/ masters has been pretty much completely cancelled, so do wonder if i will continue. Do want to finish the small training plan i made, just to see how i respond and what FTP gains it might give.

Thanks for the reply