@LInda: Okay, you're a wicked smart member, I'm not!!! So, of course I read the conclusion 3 times to make sure I understood it! Pretty cool stuff, and definitely against the grain from what you hear and read... I wonder how much fatigue you would accumulate with such hard lifting and exercising for a tri? Not that I'm questioning, just wondering. thanks for this.
@LInda: Okay, you're a wicked smart member, I'm not!!! So, of course I read the conclusion 3 times to make sure I understood it! Pretty cool stuff, and definitely against the grain from what you hear and read... I wonder how much fatigue you would accumulate with such hard lifting and exercising for a tri? Not that I'm questioning, just wondering. thanks for this.
Dan
Smart about some things, definitely not others--ask anyone around here. Just wading through stuff, getting edumacated--trying to find what recent science/studies say. Things are always changing, and take all with a grain. In the end, I come back to the following for myself--I think in the doldrum season I'm in right now, working on strength and core is fine, and at my age is helpful. Core will remain, but FST for me will have to go, or be scaled back to just a few things to shore up weak areas, come the heat of training. I could not handle an aggressive regime of both, I am quite sure. SBR specificity is where I still hand my hat overall. Run drills were prescibed here in the early days. I did them religiously, and over the months I found them to kick in and make a difference. I am doing them again, and finding them helpful. I will keep those going as well at the end of short easier days throughout the year..
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Prove it...with video!
FWIW, here's a recent study referenced by Coach Eric and one-time EN-er. I'm still wading through it. Might be of interest...
The effect of concurrent strength (S) and endurance (E)
training on adaptive changes in aerobic capacity, endurance
performance, maximal muscle strength and muscle morphology
is equivocal. Some data suggest an attenuated
cardiovascular and musculoskeletal response to combined
E and S training, while other data show unimpaired or even
superior adaptation compared with either training regime
alone. However, the effect of concurrent S and E training
only rarely has been examined in top-level endurance
athletes. This review describes the effect of concurrent SE
training on short-term and long-term endurance performance
in endurance-trained subjects, ranging from moderately
trained individuals to elite top-level athletes. It is
concluded that strength training can lead to enhanced
long-term (430 min) and short-term (o15 min) endurance
capacity both in well-trained individuals and highly trained
top-level endurance athletes, especially with the use of highvolume,
heavy-resistance strength training protocols. The
enhancement in endurance capacity appears to involve
training-induced increases in the proportion of type IIA
muscle fibers as well as gains in maximal muscle strength
(MVC) and rapid force characteristics (rate of force development),
while likely also involving enhancements in neuromuscular
function.
@LInda: Okay, you're a wicked smart member, I'm not!!! So, of course I read the conclusion 3 times to make sure I understood it! Pretty cool stuff, and definitely against the grain from what you hear and read... I wonder how much fatigue you would accumulate with such hard lifting and exercising for a tri? Not that I'm questioning, just wondering. thanks for this.
Dan
Smart about some things, definitely not others--ask anyone around here.
Just wading through stuff, getting edumacated--trying to find what recent science/studies say. Things are always changing, and take all with a grain. 
In the end, I come back to the following for myself--I think in the doldrum season I'm in right now, working on strength and core is fine, and at my age is helpful. Core will remain, but FST for me will have to go, or be scaled back to just a few things to shore up weak areas, come the heat of training. I could not handle an aggressive regime of both, I am quite sure. SBR specificity is where I still hand my hat overall. Run drills were prescibed here in the early days. I did them religiously, and over the months I found them to kick in and make a difference. I am doing them again, and finding them helpful. I will keep those going as well at the end of short easier days throughout the year..