Pasibrzuch
Level 6 Valued Member
Disclaimer: whenever I use the word "cardio" in this post I mean Aerobic Capacity development ("stretching the heart"). I don't mean, alactic or glycolitic power/capacity training.
The format of my work changes periodically and instead of having to do one longer session a day and switching modalities day to day, I do 2-4 10-15minute sessions a day, as per Strength Shortcuts by @Geoff Neupert . I usually do two obligatory sessions there, which is a session of ballistics and a session of grinds. The two remaining sessions are plyometrics/carries and unilateral work/isometrics.
It's a great system for training once strength and power, maybe power endurance, but I don't think it works well for aerobic capacity, since one needs 30+ minutes in Zone 2 to trigger the desired adaptations.
The question: how would one implement cardio work into the Strength Shortcuts/Microsessions system? So far, the only idea that comes to my mind is skipping 1-2 days from Strength Shortcuts, and just doing some cardio work for 30+ minutes on this day. Maybe do one additional 10 minutes session of whatever that day if one feels fresh enough. What do you think?
The format of my work changes periodically and instead of having to do one longer session a day and switching modalities day to day, I do 2-4 10-15minute sessions a day, as per Strength Shortcuts by @Geoff Neupert . I usually do two obligatory sessions there, which is a session of ballistics and a session of grinds. The two remaining sessions are plyometrics/carries and unilateral work/isometrics.
It's a great system for training once strength and power, maybe power endurance, but I don't think it works well for aerobic capacity, since one needs 30+ minutes in Zone 2 to trigger the desired adaptations.
The question: how would one implement cardio work into the Strength Shortcuts/Microsessions system? So far, the only idea that comes to my mind is skipping 1-2 days from Strength Shortcuts, and just doing some cardio work for 30+ minutes on this day. Maybe do one additional 10 minutes session of whatever that day if one feels fresh enough. What do you think?