2 questions

[bobthebuilder]

1) can HIIT and LSD be put together on the same day, e.g. HIIT followed by LSD?

2) I'm running 1600m at full pace once per week. On two days I'm doing weightlifting, HIIT and LSD (in that order), and on two days I'm doing swimming (15 minutes and 30 minutes with the lengths counted). Does this sound like a decent conditioning program for someone who has concentrated on weightlifting and LSD training until recently? I want to be fit for racket sports and grappling

[EndoGlo]

Originally Posted by bobthebuilder

1) can HIIT and LSD be put together on the same day, e.g. HIIT followed by LSD?

2) I'm running 1600m at full pace once per week. On two days I'm doing weightlifting, HIIT and LSD (in that order), and on two days I'm doing swimming (15 minutes and 30 minutes with the lengths counted). Does this sound like a decent conditioning program for someone who has concentrated on weightlifting and LSD training until recently? I want to be fit for racket sports and grappling

1.) if you can, why not. I would imagine that you'd be too tired to get in a good LSD session, if you're really doing *high* intensity training.

2.) IMHO, I think it could use a little work. But I wouldn't know where to start because I don't know your schedule. I would be less worried about running a mile based on your goals. That's just me though. How many days of rest do you want?

[Monger]

Originally Posted by bobthebuilder

1) can HIIT and LSD be put together on the same day, e.g. HIIT followed by LSD?

2) I'm running 1600m at full pace once per week. On two days I'm doing weightlifting, HIIT and LSD (in that order), and on two days I'm doing swimming (15 minutes and 30 minutes with the lengths counted). Does this sound like a decent conditioning program for someone who has concentrated on weightlifting and LSD training until recently? I want to be fit for racket sports and grappling

I just posted this in another thread about 30 secs ago...

Originally Posted by Monger

Scheduling HIIT and LSD depends on what you’re trying to achieve.

Generally speaking, when increased conditioning through training adaptations is your primary goal, you'd want to schedule lactic and aerobic work as far apart as possible (if you even schedule them within the same training block at all). Training the lactic system and aerobic system at the same time can have conflicting adaptations. For example, doing a lot of lactic work will decrease mitochondria and aerobic work will increase mitochondria (more mitochondria = better oxygen utilization).

Doing everything on the same day is a disaster for anyone but the completely untrained (and even then the workload would kill them). On top of what I posted above, extensive aerobic work immediately after resistance training has been shown to dampen protein synthesis quite a bit. Doing everything at once is generally a good way to go no where fast.

Set priorities and focus on them. If you must do a lot of different training protocols in a program spread them out as much as possible from each other.