Day-to-day: should I worry about alternating aerobic and anaerobic?

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Perhaps that title is a bad way of putting it.

I'm hoping to get into decent cardiovascular endurance this summer. I'd like to do 1) a good deal of high intensity interval training (hopefully kettlebells--alternating swing for a minute, rest for a minute), and 2) a fair amount of 4 mile runs.

My question is: should I be worried about how I organize these workouts throughout the week? Should I avoid high-intensity workouts the day after a long run, or vice versa? I'm more concerned about this question with regards to cardio. I've tried looking around for this type of info, and I haven't been able to find any.

Thanks!
 
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jwdink said:
Perhaps that title is a bad way of putting it.

I'm hoping to get into decent cardiovascular endurance this summer. I'd like to do 1) a good deal of high intensity interval training (hopefully kettlebells--alternating swing for a minute, rest for a minute), and 2) a fair amount of 4 mile runs.

My question is: should I be worried about how I organize these workouts throughout the week? Should I avoid high-intensity workouts the day after a long run, or vice versa? I'm more concerned about this question with regards to cardio. I've tried looking around for this type of info, and I haven't been able to find any.

Thanks!
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Not confusing, but requires a little thought.

I think as long as you don't feel signs of over-training, e.g., elevated basal heart rate, you are doing fine. Training your body to function in anaerobic and aerobic states is very useful.
 
I searched and read up on it a bit and read that with high intensity training you should allow good recovery time. So if you do sprint intervals on Tuesday wait until Friday or Sat to repeat. I also read that twice a week is plenty.
 
jwdink said:
Thanks! So if I do each of these twice a week (mon&fri intense, wed&sat long distance) I should be good?
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Should be fine, yes.
 
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