Strength training - before or after trainer session?

[bbarrera]

Coach Chad discussed on the podcast over a year ago. He mentioned a paper which has some great info and recommendations. I summarized it over on this thread:

Coach Chad's Strength Training Recommendations For Cyclists

In my opinion, the key podcast takeaway was this study: which concludes with: Any high-intensity endurance training sessions should be performed early in the day. Then, a period of recovery of at least 3 h should be given, so that AMPK and SIRT1 activity can return to baseline levels, before resistance exercise is performed. This suggestion is based on the fact that AMPK activity increases rapidly and then returns to baseline levels within the first 3 h after high-intensity exercise [63], …

And repeating the conclusion from my post:

• high-intensity TrainerRoad workouts in the morning, and strength training in the evening
• low-intensity / short-and-easy endurance / recovery TrainerRoad workouts can be done immediately before strength training (or do them in the morning to maintain morning/evening TR/strength schedule)

Life isn’t perfect, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get it done.