Yes, I know this. My training will contain some runs / rows in this zone - but due to lack of time I want to get the same adaptions from my kettlebell training as well.
I don‘t know why those plans (060 and 024) are not more popular. Especially if you follow Derek Toshner with his approach to ultra endurance events and mountaineering. In my opinion every person can benefit from a kind of base building once or twice a year. If you read Tactical Barbell it‘s well written down how to do it an why to do it.
Whenever I dive into hypertrophy or extended strength blocks I feel how I lose some kind of conditioning (what makes sense..), especially how my RHR goes up and how my recovery between hard sprints or similar stuff (martial arts training) suffers. That‘s what I experience right now. I did some double kettlebell work this fall and then started with IC this winter. I gained weight (this was the goal) but in my martial art training my ability to do lots of push ups and recover from heavy bag work etc. is not at it‘s best. I also feel it when I play soccer with the kids or we play other physical games. I am not used to higher reps anymore.
Those base building weeks/months are always a time to push my push up and pull up numbers and to work on my mobility. I wondered where higher rep work (strength endurance ) fit into the SF-principles. I mostly train low rep, high volume, but it‘s like missing something.
