Hill runs as a squat accessory?

What do you guys think about hill runs as a squat accessory? I’m thinking short, sub-maximal runs (what runners would call “strides”). The pace would be hard/fast but not a full sprint, something like an RPE 8.

The benefits seem fairly similar to something like stepups. The progressive loading is more limited, but we can increase the speed over time, which would correspond to an increase in force production. This is easy to track using a stopwatch if the length/course is held constant.

I understand the ideal answer is “why not both” :slightly_smiling_face: However, I’m already having some trouble with quad soreness carryover between running training and resistance training, so I’m wondering if I can kill two birds with one stone without increasing training load.

I do not think this will transfer to your squat in any meaningful way, and will take training resources from more squatting/squat variants.

While I’m speculating about your program, I think your conditioning intensity may be a bit high right now given the soreness and fatigue you describe. I would be cautious with adding strides on top of this.

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