Source-derived protocol · Garage Strength
Periodize Altitude in Blocks
Cycle up to altitude for a block of one to four weeks, come down for about a month, then go up again. You choose the block length and how many cycles to run.
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Garage Strength's principle
Use altitude training as a periodization tool: go up to altitude for one to four weeks, come down for about a month, then go up again.
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Use altitude as a periodization tool by cycling up to altitude and back down on a repeating schedule.
The source states the block lengths as ranges ('one to four weeks', 'about a month') but does not fix a schedule for repeating the cycle, so the user sets the block lengths and the repeat cadence.
Go up to altitude and stay there for [how many weeks will you stay at altitude per block (one to four)] weeks.
Recurring · on your cadenceDone when: The altitude block is complete after [how many weeks will you stay at altitude per block (one to four)] weeks at altitude.
Come down and stay down for [how many weeks will you stay down between altitude blocks] weeks, then go up again.
Recurring · on your cadenceDone when: The down block is complete after [how many weeks will you stay down between altitude blocks] weeks back at lower altitude.
Source-derived protocol
Based on “The Genius Who Solved Endurance Training w/ Dr. Marius Bakken” by Garage Strength.
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