{"id":14788,"date":"2025-07-28T21:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14788"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:59:45","slug":"enjoying-base-training-bionicoldguy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14788","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Base Training \u2013 BionicOldGuy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-12750\">\n\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header -->\t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>I\u2019ve spent the last few days mostly doing long brisk rides, but the only hard day was Friday. This is enjoyable. I\u2019ve found as long as I don\u2019t do a hard day with intervals, recovery is great, I feel fine by the next day. Here\u2019s what my training looked like since my last post:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/07\/28\/enjoying-base-training\/image-433\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-9.png\" data-orig-size=\"607,76\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-9.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-9.png?w=607\" width=\"607\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-9.png?w=607\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12754\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cE\u201d means a brisk long ride, \u201cUH\u201d means upper-body hard day, and \u201cLH\u201d means upper-body hard day. On \u201cUH\u201d days I did 50 minutes of arm-cycling and training with resistance bands, plus some body-weight \u201ccore\u201d training. The rest was easy biking. I was a bit wiped on Saturday after Friday\u2019s hard ride so it was nice to go easy on Saturday, and I had recovered well by Sunday (yesterday). I will keep going this way for a month and decide how to proceed after that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/07\/28\/enjoying-base-training\/image-434\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png\" data-orig-size=\"694,503\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png?w=694\" width=\"694\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png?w=694\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12756\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>View From the Top of Diana Road Yesterday, with the fog receding from the Santa Cruz Mountains<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> This training violates classic base training protocols like that of Dr. Phil Maffetone or Arthur Lydiard who recommended avoiding any anaerobic efforts during base training. They believe the anaerobic activity will actually interfere with the physiological improvements from the aerobic training. More recent authors are less adamant than that,  just recommending cutting back on anaerobic activity during the base period. Athletes following both Maffetone and Lydiard have had tremendous success, so I didn\u2019t want the dismiss their concern lightly. So I investigated this using Google\u2019s Gemini AI in \u201cdeep research\u201d mode. I asked this question \u201cIn exercise physiology, the linear periodized approach recommends a long period of base training in which exclusively aerobic training is done (for example not exceeding the first lactate threshold). Some authors like Lydiard and Maffetone suggest that any anaerobic training during the base period will interfere with the aerobic adaptations. Is there evidence to support that claim?\u201d. The research report it generated is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/17qlTIM3dw939vzuJLI1o3oZoWpHbCoEx3w_X58HsPGI\/edit?usp=drive_link\">here<\/a>. I also generated a verbal podcast summary of that report which is <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fMsOu_5TfALETQrVxwZ3YipMM65TYnoj\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>. The latest science seems to support doing a small amount of anaerobic work to maintain your \u201chigh end\u201d during the base period. Based on this I feel more confident to continue with my current schedule. <\/p>\n<div id=\"jp-post-flair\" class=\"sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sd-content\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-linkedin\"\/>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"\/>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\">\n<div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbionicoldguy.home.blog%2F2025%2F07%2F28%2Fenjoying-base-training%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fbionicoldguy.home.blog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F07%2Fimage-10.png&amp;description=Enjoying%20Base%20Training\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"\/><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"entry-author author-avatar-show\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" alt=\"Unknown's avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=80&amp;d=&amp;r=G\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=80&amp;d=&amp;r=G 1x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=120&amp;d=&amp;r=G 1.5x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=160&amp;d=&amp;r=G 2x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=240&amp;d=&amp;r=G 3x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25e2835f41aad499102b7dccdf750ee9842e9a75fa2931cd1ba6fa84c47eafd5?s=320&amp;d=&amp;r=G 4x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-avatar --><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"author-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished by <span class=\"author-name\">BionicOldGuy<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- .author-heading --><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\t\tI am a Mechanical Engineer born in 1953, Ph. D, Stanford, 1980. I have been active in the mechanical CAE field for decades. I also have a lifelong interest in outdoor activities and fitness. I have had both hips replaced and a heart valve replacement due to a genetic condition. This blog chronicles my adventures in staying active despite these bumps in the road.\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/author\/richardking2213\/\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tView all posts by BionicOldGuy\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .author-bio -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-auhtor --><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<strong>Published<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-07-28T07:43:00-07:00\">July 28, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-07-27T19:44:44-07:00\">July 27, 2025<\/time>\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .site-posted-on -->\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/07\/28\/enjoying-base-training\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve spent the last few days mostly doing long brisk rides, but the only hard day was Friday. 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