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Two-a-day training

Splitting the day: an aerobic session in the morning, strength work later on

Two sessions in one day: a run early, a lift in the evening. Hours and a meal in between are what make it work, since the second session then has something left to use. Endurance and strength goals both get a proper slot instead of one being tacked onto the end of the other. It costs time and recovery, so people drop back to one session when the week fills up.

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  • Nick BareDoes it

    Hybrid athlete · Bare Performance Nutrition founder

    Prefers to train twice: a run in the morning, strength work in the evening. He writes that a growing business, marriage and a daughter changed what fits, so he now judges the week by whether the cardio and the resistance work both got done rather than by any single day.

    Source: BPN: Debunking the Top 4 Myths of Hybrid Training

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