Cross-training/Cross-fit Training Plan

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I’m curious if anyone on here has seen training plans that take into account multiple activity types. Most of what I’ve seen for cross-training assumes one primary sport and everything else is intended to round out your fitness for that sport. For example, someone who is training for racing on the bike but throws in some running and rowing.

In contrast, I bike, run, row, and do martial arts - but I’m not training for any particular sport or purpose. Not trying to get ready for a race or event or tournament. I’m trying to come up with a reasonable training plan that targets general fitness in all HR zones but does it across sports. I’m not so much looking for an actual specific plan; rather a best practice to approach this. (Also, I need to consider that I’ll only have Power data for indoor cycling and for rowing, which I do only indoors).
For instance, perhaps I should do more endurance zones 1 and 2 on rowing , more anaerobic on treadmill, and something more varied on the bike. (Just an example). Any thoughts?

Thanks much,
Michael

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I’d check the Concept2 site. Their rowers, bikes and skiers all give power data, so I’ll bet they are a good place to look for cross-functional plans.

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Thanks Mark - that was a good suggestion. Found some ideas there for how to structure multi-sport plans.

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If it’s of any help to others – some ideas I’ve come across:

  • Be careful about using rowing for hard/fast intervals if you’re not well trained as it’s easy to injure or strain your back. Form is very important. So initially, I’m going to use rowing more for endurance zones and work on getting my form perfected before trying to do intense intervals on the Concept2 Erg.
  • For myself at least, getting to high intensity/higher HR is easier running than biking, and since I’m not training for cycle racing, I may initially do my most intense intervals on the treadmill, at least until I improve my cycling endurance enough to be able to hit higher intensity better.

When I eventually get to creating an actual structured plan, I’m happy to share it if others would find it useful.

Michael

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