After advice from a few people on this forum, after recent strength+fat gains, I’m doing this program to improve conditioning and power, lose fat and maintain absolute strength. Vital Whole Human - T NATION
However, few questions and a few substitutions needed due to Covid. Are these all ok/minor subs?
Program calls for 30m and 60m sprints. I have 20m of room, so plan to straight swap 30m for 20m. Instead of 60m I’ll do shuttle runs of 3*20 (slightly difference exercise therefore as it means a turn). That ok?
On the Wednesday, do you do one B and one C or both Bs and both Cs? I.e Bike and Run or just one of these?
Replace Rower with bike work for same distance? Should I add extra face pulls/pull apart a with resistance bands to get the pulling benefit of rower?
I’ve not done power clean or power snatch before. Should I learn it and just stick to low weight or find a sub? I’ve done a similar move with kettlebells and doesn’t look too complex (unlike some Oly lifts which I wouldn’t attempt for the first time when doing a demanding program like this!).
You can’t do 20m sprints on a 20m track. You need deceleration time. AT BEST the last 5-7m will be spent decelerating. Furthermore, there is a reason for 30m: it’s the distance for maximum acceleration, 60m is the top speed distance.
The shuffle runs are not a “slightly different exercise”, it’s not even remotely close to training the same physical capacity. It’s not a bad exercise, and it can certainly but you won’t improve the same thing.
Bike work is not the same thing. The best alternative to a rower is a assault bike/airdyne bike which provides resistance for the upper and lower body.
If you use a stationary bike, you’ll have to use a moderate resistance. You could add some band pull-aparts but it likely won’t make or break the program.