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Do you think a 14 mile commute by bike (14 each way, 28 rt) would interfere much with a black protocol? I would imagine over time you would adapt to it aerobically, but at what cost to recovery? Probably thinking too much about this.

NON-TB comment..

It remains me one of my best summers several years ago. I didn't have a car and I had to commute 40ml rt to work (AM) and 20 ml rt to college (PM). Only other training was 30min Dips/Chins/Roll-outs before bed routine and I had to really push myself to do so.
I was in great shape. Lean and mean and feeling awesome.

Not enough for it to cause enough of an issue to worry about unless you are a professional athlete.

If you aren't peaking for high level competition it's not a big deal to add things like this as you body will adapt in time.

Give it a crack and adjust volume in other places as needed until you can maintain that volume.

Tym87 wrote:Do you think a 14 mile commute by bike (14 each way, 28 rt) would interfere much with a black protocol? I would imagine over time you would adapt to it aerobically, but at what cost to recovery? Probably thinking too much about this.

I wouldn't worry at all about this. It will keep your e-box checked, and you'll definitely adapt. Hell, I envy you! my bicycle commute is only a mile.

Not a problem at all. TB's supposed to fit around "real life" and unit activity. There might be a little pain period while you adjust, but I think you'll only see benefits in the long run.

J-Madd wrote:

Tym87 wrote:Do you think a 14 mile commute by bike (14 each way, 28 rt) would interfere much with a black protocol? I would imagine over time you would adapt to it aerobically, but at what cost to recovery? Probably thinking too much about this.

I wouldn't worry at all about this. It will keep your e-box checked, and you'll definitely adapt. Hell, I envy you! my bicycle commute is only a mile.

I'm thinking Monday I'm going to give it a go then. I might make this couple week break in period a bastardized basebuilding.

If it eats up too much of my time, which it should only increase my commute by 30 or so minutes, I'll just call it an E day and not make it permanent. It will save my car 150 miles a week though if I stick to it.

So I've experimented and found that the ride itself, while long isn't that bad. My legs feel dead after but only for a couple hours and then it's fine. The worst part are the drivers. Felt like frogger at some points.