[Dada]

Hi guys,

I’m just about to kick-off my base period for the upcoming winter season of ski mountaineering (not racing).

I want to incorporate the following workout types:

GYM ME: ME is my biggest weakness
Z3 intervals: these pushed my speed below AeT a lot (and I need some intensity, otherwise I will gain weight 😉
Hill sprints: I’m an FT guy though, and they are very taxing
Long Z1: I want to keep my two back-to-back long Z1 workouts on the weekend.

Between ME and Z3, I need the maximum number of low intensity days between because ME is causing so much DOMS.

So that would be my first idea:

MON: off
TUE: GYM ME
WED: Cycling in Z1
THU: ?
FRI: Z3 intervals
SAT: long Z1
SUN: long Z1

Hill sprints still missing.

How do you guys incorporate three intensity workouts in a base week?

Constraint: except on the weekends, I can just incorporate one workout per day

Thx,
Dada

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[rich.b]

rich.b on October 1, 2020 at 6:14 am #45587

Dada,

One option is to not think of a training week as 7 days. You could rotate between the three intensity workouts on your current two intensity days per week, which would mean in a 3-week period you have done each of those sessions 2 times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous on October 1, 2020 at 10:17 am #45596

Similar to what @rich-bindler said, think about spreading it out. The first thing that comes to mind is to alternate ME and Z3 bi-weekly.

[Dada]

Dada on October 4, 2020 at 3:50 pm #45682

Thx guys. That makes sense!