[MattiasM]

Hi,

I’ve just started the ME Block in the First Ultra plan. My plan was to include an upper body strength session once per week as I guess a full body session on top of the lower body gym ME and hill sprints may affect my running sessions negatively. Question is if this preferable should be a ME session as well to not confuse the body or is it fine to mix ME and max strength for different body parts during the same week? I also do about 1 hour of bouldering per week.

Best

Mattias

[Scott Johnston]

Mattias:

It is fine to mix max strength and ME in the same week as they have entirely different training effects.  The max strength workouts should not be exhausting and could even involve some single leg lower body exercises like box step ups and Bulgarian Split Squat. Try that and see if you are recovering well. If not recovering drop the lower body max strength.

Scott

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