[Scott Johnston]

@Mike:

Thanks for writing in with your questions.  Sorry for the slow reply.  I have too many plates spinning right now.  Great questions and you have hit on real challenges most of us face when we are trying to fit training around “life”.

I like option 1 the best. Keeping the strength/power and later ME on one day makes sense as it will allow more time on other days to keep the aerobic volume up and or to have some recovery sessions or a day off.  I have used this often myself.  Strength/power in the AM followed by ME in the PM.  The AM session seems to wake up the legs nicely and I’ve not felt much lingering fatigue when hitting the ME session later.

Not a big fan of skipping the day off so ditch option 2.

Stacking back to back workouts like in option three can be done but if at all possible do the strength before the endurance.

I hope this helps and good luck with the training.

 

@Josh: That sort of stacking of power followed by max strength is a good combo. Smart move.

Scott