Run Long, Run Healthy — September 26, 2024
Rethink That 7-Day Training Week; Best New Racing Shoes; The Truth About Exercise & Weight Loss
Running with a forward lean — pros and cons; Keto diet has “no disadvantages” for runners; New squat builds more strength; Ashwagandha!
Rethink Your Week: Benefits Of A Non-7-Day Training Cycle
It’s hard not to live your life by the calendar. After all, we mostly work on certain days of the week, skip the job on certain days, follow our religious beliefs on specified days, and so forth.
On the other hand, it’s not written anywhere that the perfect training week is exactly 7 days long. In fact, a short training cycle might tempt you to cram in too much.
Let’s see: Gotta go long. Gotta do a tempo day. Gotta set aside a day for speedwork.
That doesn’t leave much time, in a 7-day cycle, for recovery, adaptation, cross-training, strength-training . . . and, oh, yeah, having a life.
At the Reddit “Advanced Running” forum, several members discussed their personal explorations of non-7-day cycles. “It’s beneficial if you feel like you’re not…
