Has anyone tried block? How did it turn out? Any tips or general advise? I’m thinking of a VO2max block for criteriums and just soaking up information to determine if it’s worth trying.

I’ll be doing 50-55. How about you? Yeah the week off I’ll sort of plan that to fall after the first 4 week block then probably do a lighter/shorter block in that 3 week coming into nats.

just pointing to this, second half mentions block p quite a bit. I also love the last minute or so, there is simply no certainty in training science [High Intensity Interval Training and Periodization - Prof. Rønnestad]

@sryke super thank you! Yeah he stresses individualization at 30:00 meaning some will see better results with traditional while others block. The overall takeaway I’m getting again and again from multiple angles is time at/above 90% MHR. Which ever way gets an athlete the most and they can recove…

[image] KorbenDallas: The overall takeaway I’m getting again and again from multiple angles is time at/above 90% MHR. Which ever way gets an athlete the most and they can recover (not overtrain) is the best for that athlete. That’s interval type, micro/meso scale dependent. Don’t know, I have…

35-40; cool, I wouldn’t go lighter/shorter, that’s the one week you want to go ham, then 2 weeks out go light but still intense, then do any normal taper that you are accustomed to based on which event is your focus and roll into the event in last week…good luck! maybe grab a coffee or something out…

Coffee? Ummm, hell yeah! :grinning: I looked at the calendar and moved the “block” week ahead one week. The week in Maui will be essentially week 2 and pick it up on week 3 and 4. A little extra taper but, I think that’s ok for my age. Looks good on paper. I should get a podium for planning!…

lmk if you need to run anything past me in the meantime; can always link up on training peaks. have a great week!

Now i did a 4 day HIIT Block. First time with exclusive 8 min intervals with 2 min rest. In the blocks i made before I always add some variations to make it more interesting. But this time i wanted to control the intensity better and make pacing easier. I did: Day 1: Morning 4x8 and afternoon 3x8 …

Wow, double ups on days one and three must have been very difficult. I have never attempted that.

Is easier then what one might think. During the first session is very important to be disciplined with intensity and not to push hard as possible. 90-91% HRmax in enough, Is more to think max iso effort over both sessions. Day one I was well revcoverd, so no problem with that. Day 3 of course …

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yes., at least or me this study was strart point for my experiments. But:

Is always not that easy …

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