+1 for Simple & Sinister as a daily strength program. I’ve been doing it for a couple months now and absolutely love it. Warmup of goblet squats/hip bridges/halos followed by workout (“practice” in strongfirst speak) of swings/get-ups leaves me feeling healthier, more mobile, and, well, stronger. Takes less than 30 minutes per day.
I am very curious, however, about how best to integrate S&S with UA endurance work. So far I’ve felt great doing S&S and shorter Z1 runs on the same day (usually split AM/PM or at least separated by a few hours and meal). I have not done S&S on longer run days yet, but doing so doesn’t seem entirely crazy…
S&S is designed as a daily strength program of sub-maximal efforts that leave you refreshed and ready to go again the next day. The training plans in TftNA (as well as the custom UA plans I did for a 50k ultra) all include strength work twice per week. Any thoughts on doing daily (or almost daily) strength work of the S&S variety while simultaneously building/maintaining a good aerobic base in the transition/base period (not in specific training for a climb or race)? What would a structured training plan of this sort actually look like?
I’m aware of the risks of trying to do too much. But it seems like there might be a happy medium here for those who want to do a bit more strength training while still sticking to the UA principles of aerobic base building…