Hybrid Athlete Training in China

The hybrid athlete wants two things the internet insists cannot coexist: a heavy deadlift and a fast 10K. The research is more optimistic than the forums — concurrent-training studies, including the meta-analysis by Wilson and colleagues in 2012, show strength and endurance can be developed together when the programming manages how they interact. That management is the whole craft. Maddy's hybrid programming separates hard lifting and hard running by hours or days, keeps most endurance volume genuinely easy, and rotates emphasis block by block — a strength-leaning phase, then an endurance-leaning one — so both qualities climb over the year instead of fighting to a draw every week. Recovery is programmed like a third sport: sleep, food, and deliberate easy days carry double weight when you train double disciplines. Check-ins read lifting logs and run data side by side, and the plan rebalances whenever one side starts taxing the other.

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Live-class timetable in China (Beijing) local time

Every time below is computed for China (Beijing)'s own timezone (Asia/Shanghai), daylight-saving aware, for the week of 7 Sep 2026. Classes stream live from India (IST) — you join from China (Beijing) with nothing to convert.

16 live sessions per week. Indicative schedule v1 — the exact class calendar and joining details arrive after your Body Scan. When a class crosses midnight IST, the local weekday shown is the day it actually lands in China (Beijing).

The method — how Maddy coaches this

• Hard lifting and hard running separated by hours or days — interference managed by the calendar.
• Most endurance volume kept genuinely easy, so the hard sessions on both sides stay hard.
• Block-by-block emphasis rotation: strength-leaning phases and endurance-leaning phases across the year.
• Recovery programmed as the third discipline — easy days and deloads are written in, not hoped for.
• Lifting log and run data reviewed together at check-ins, and the balance corrected from evidence.

Who this is for:

• Lifters who signed up for a 10K or half marathon and refuse to surrender their strength.
• Runners who finally want real strength work without their paces collapsing.

Source — strength and endurance can be developed together when programming manages how they interact: Wilson JM, et al. "Concurrent training: a meta-analysis examining interference of aerobic and resistance exercises." Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2012.

What it costs in China

Prices are billed in INR. Local figures are approximate conversions at mid-market rates (). Checkout runs in INR from the plans page — international cards work normally.

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