Oh , didn ' t know that actually worked that way thanks . <| sep |> You dont test everyday do you ? Surely you can suffer slightly decreased performance for 2 days a week . Your muscles will recover just fine with a bit of steady state work . I erg almost daily and have recently taken up lifting once a week . Even after squats till failure I could still pull a decent steady state piece shortly after the lifting session . My legs were hurting bad for 2 days after that , but I managed to do steady state the first day and a decent 8 x 500 on the second day regardless . You only see the couple of erg pieces that will suffer from lifting at the moment , why dont you try looking forward to increased power for your sprintwork in the near future ? .