Hi everyone, Hoping for a bit of advice / critique / thoughts on my current routine and goals. As a bit of background, I’ll be 40 in April, and almost a year ago to the day I had the first of two back surgeries (a month apart) for a herniated disc. I had completed the summer of 2019 doing a little …

It’s going to be a lot to fit in…one bit of advice I would give is that you will be short of recovery days unless you do some multi discipline training days - like triathletes do. I am an ex triathlete and runner and have a good base in running (2:47 marathon) so this was easier for me but you can b…

[image] macdian: Switch to tri and swim? Always :smiley: It looks like running is your weakest discipline, so I’m not sure this should be your lowest priority discipline. You could easy run am, bike pm on alternate days, lift on the remaining in the am. Or do all your bike and run in the a…

I have a sorta similar schedule, works for me! I work out in the morning, and I’ll do my cardio work first, followed by strength. It’s would be better to split cardio and strength into morning/evening sessions, but I don’t have the time! 3 days low volume TR, sometimes swapping 1 day long endurance…

Similar story here - previously did all sorts of exercise, then got myopic about cycling, now moving back toward building a stronger body in general. I have found that a base run once per week for 1-1.5 hrs enough to maintain a surprising amount of running fitness without interfering too much in my…

Thanks, that’s a great idea in terms of using the runs as a warm up to strength. Hadn’t thought of that.

[image] HMG: Similar story here - previously did all sorts of exercise, then got myopic about cycling, now moving back toward building a stronger body in general. I have found that a base run once per week for 1-1.5 hrs enough to maintain a surprising amount of running fitness without interferi…

We’ve discussed similar in this thread a few timers; [image] Strength Training Training Strength Training information and resources: (We will update this lead post with appropriate info over time.) 5 Strength Training Exercises to Integrate Into Your Cycling Training …

The trick is managing physical strain. It’s pretty easy to get overworked when mixing disciplines. My main focus is CX, so running does have some utility

I do exactly the same as you are asking about, details are in the top 3rd of the strength training thread joex linked above. The one bit I will warn you on is to keep your expectations in check. I was already pretty comfortable running 8 miles and lifting pretty heavy when I started into doing all…

you can definitely cut the lifting to 3x a week and make massive gains; once race season hits I drop it to 2x a week and make gains; maintenance is just 1x a week, so I’d look to save time in that department. I’m unfamiliar with that specific program but I’d look into lifting heavy versus a body pu…

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