Intensive Cruise Critique

[Scott Stevenson]

Thanks Guys!

Altamir - I wasn't necessarily trying to catch up on training sessions, I was just no exactly sure how one would space them properly to fully harness the super compensatory effect of the intensive cruise??

Scott - do you think that after a couple days off straight after the blast this compensatory effect boat so to speak has already been lost?

A couple days - no. It sounded like you spent the first week of the cruise sick (not training) and some of those days in bed.

I just completed my first MR session, and it went great - managed to beat all my previous numbers even though I've been on no carbs AND I felt great afterwards! But I am going to auto regulate the rest of the week because after all - I don't want to start my next blast on Monday and still have that feeling of lethargy/being overworked (which is what I was getting towards the end of my previous blast)

The one major question I have is how to properly space the training days during an intensive cruise. I understand that for a hyperthetical 2 week IC - training will be over 8-10 days with 4 sessions - all of which are MR's, with the final 4-6 days completely off.

Is there a specific layout you guys can recommend on how to space these sessions or is it all autoregulated?? I wasn't sure if it should be Train/Off/Train/off ect or Train Train/off/off or how I've done mine above?? It's the one thing ive looked for over and over again in the books and the forums and haven't seemed to found the answer.

There are three examples in the book in the section in Intensive Cruising (p.97).

The simplest answer is to training with a frequency of 3 workouts / week vs. 4, but each cruise will be a matter of planning around weekends, trips, choosing how long the IC will last and auto regulating to some degree, too.

You are asking (in this thread and this question) essentially about something I think comes down to a function of auto regulation, which is something that YOU have the greatest authority on.

Again - thanks a lot guys! And Scott I heard excellent things about ur Seminar at the Arnolds - I only wish I was there!!

Sure! Yes, it was a blast. Seemed like most everyone was pretty happy. (The 9 dozen donuts we had brought in were good insurance, too.)

-S