Mixing strength & aerobic training, how much of each should you do each week?

Should you spend more time focusing on strength training or aerobic training related to maintaining your fitness and hormone levels? This is a common and important question to ask yourself, and the answer will likely be very individualized based on you, your level of fitness, your training history, etc. The study in reference (sited below) looked at breaking down training into 3 groups: Strength training 3 times per week and endurance training 1 time per week; Strength training 2 times per week and endurance training 2 times per week; or Strength training 1 time per week and endurance training 3 times per week: all in relation to which would maintain or improve multiple levels of fitness over a 6 month time period. There is a lot of detail to read between the lines on this one with some great take away messages that can be applied to your current training program. Let's dive in!

Article broken down for this episode: 

Pihlainen K, et. al., "Effects of combined strength and endurance training on body composition, physical fitness, and serum hormones during a 6-month crisis management operation." Journal of strength and conditioning, 36(9)2361-2370