[Andrew Bollard]

@alpinewithb Thanks for the reply. I’m doing my own programming, but I’ve seen some samples of the 6 month mountaineering plan and the strength sessions certainly do look long at times.

For further context, I work from home and have a range of weights at home up to a pair of 32kg and a single 36kg kettlebell, so time efficiency and equipment are not an issue because I also train at home.

For the split, I’ll still only end up doing each movement twice a week (Mon-Thur or Tue-Fri), but you’re right that it could lead to extra soreness so I’ll have to monitor that. It just seems to be a better schedule for my needs. I think the novelty factor is important too; I’ve done a lot of strength training in the last 3 years (before I started structured endurance training for mountaineering) and I found the twice a week split hard to adhere to in my last base period because I’ve done so much of it, so I’m keen to try out different ways of programming strength that could be easier to adhere to. I’m less concerned about going hard in the transition period because I’m really just focusing on getting back into a consistent strength training routine. I’ve mentioned before that I’m in the fortunate position of being near the point where the law of diminishing returns will kick in if I try and build more strength, which also makes going hard less of a concern at the moment.

Really I was just curious to hear if anyone else had tried a similar split and had good/bad results from it.