Block periodization requires blocking very hard training sessions close together with ample recovery afterward. This fall I used this training method to get into the best shape I've ever been in.

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Studies I used in this video:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2012.01485.x

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sms.12016

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sms.12418

http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A689598&dswid=-7873

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/1996/11000/Improved_athletic_performance_in_highly_trained.13.aspx

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/1999/05000/Effects_of_different_interval_training_programs_on.18.aspx

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12576-019-00676-7

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2007/08000/Autonomic_Recovery_after_Exercise_in_Trained.20.aspx

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594142/