Training & Nutrition - Planning your schedule: 36 hour days, 6 day weeks?

The day after a morning workout I can feel tired in the morning and awesome after an afternoon nap. If I were to follow a normal schedule, this would be a recovery day. But what if I waited until evening to workout when I'm feeling good. If I'm feeling good shouldn't I be able to do a harder workout?

Suppose I wait another 36 hours. I'd skip one day and workout the next morning when I feel good. Shouldn't I be able to do a hard day this way? What do you think of this:

Mon: Morning workout hard day
Tues: Evening workout hard but not recovery day
Wed: True recovery day, eat ice cream and Oreos
Thurs: Morning workout hard
Fri: Evening workout hard but not recovery
Sat: Another true recovery day, watch college football
Sun: Start over again

That makes it a six day week, Mon-Sat, with the schedule starting up again on Sunday after a day of rest. I get lots of rest and I get to workout harder. Will that work?

Anyone use an eight day week schedule? Five day?

Tell me if I'm goofy. I can take it.

Anyone use an eight day week schedule? Five day?


Ummmmm ... well ... right now my schedule is to ride, or workout, whenever I happen to be able to fit it in.

A few questions for you ...

1) Can you stick to a schedule like that?
2) What about work, school, and other commitments you might have?
3) What do you mean by "workout hard"? Are you thinking of mixing your workouts up with some intensity work and some endurance work? Or the same thing every time?
4) What is your goal with all this?

I really have no goal. I knew someone would ask me that question. I'm a stay at home Dad so I have no schedule except for my 2 yr. old's.

I was just wondering if training schedules assume 24 hour periods. I noticed that I could recover after a hard interval workout in 36 hours. ie., I can go out and do a 5 mile tempo run after 36 hours!

I also noticed that some days I would do a tempo run in the evening, rest the next day, and then do a long run the next morning, also after 36 hours. From all this I gather that 36 hours can count as a rest day. My HR in the morning isn't elevated, my legs feel good, why not consider it a rest day right?

I was just wondering if training schedules assume 24 hour periods.

I think our bodies assume a 24 hour period.

I think our bodies assume a 24 hour period.

So in theory, an evening workout followed by a full day rest and a morning workout the next day is more effective than a morning workout followed by an evening workout the next day?