# How are people finding the TR Polarized plans?

**URL:** <https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-are-people-finding-the-tr-polarized-plans/66630>\
**Category:** Training\
**Tags:** polarized\
**Created:** [December 20, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-are-people-finding-the-tr-polarized-plans/66630 "2021-12-20T08:11:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/how-are-people-finding-the-tr-polarized-plans/66630/137 "2022-02-08T12:33:44Z")

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> [@Icingdeath](#):
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> I wasn’t aware polarised has multiple interpretations

Sorry, there has been a massive amount of debate here on the forums about what polarized means and how to implement it. I mistakenly assumed you had read those threads. If you want to know more and have lots of time to read, just do a search on “polarized”.

Here’s a few of them.

> [@Polarized Training Deep Dive and TrainerRoad’s Training Plans – Ask a Cycling Coach 299](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/polarized-training-deep-dive-and-trainerroad-s-training-plans-ask-a-cycling-coach-299/55252):
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> Polarized Training is a hot topic of conversation and has been a central part of recent criticism toward TrainerRoad’s training plans. In this episode, we cover the basics of endurance training, go in-depth into the ten studies that have been used to criticize TrainerRoad, comprehensively review the current Polarized Training research, and take a deeper look at how TrainerRoad’s training plans are structured, then address the most common questions about them. Tune in live on YouTube, today at 1…

> [@tadatadatadatadatada Polarized Training Plans Are Here! tadatadatadatadatada](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/polarized-training-plans-are-here/55844):
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> Hey everyone! Our first version of [Polarized Training Plans](https://www.trainerroad.com/app/cycling/plans/polarized) are now available to all TrainerRoad athletes. There is a lot of confusion surrounding Polarized Training, so we want to clearly communicate our intent and process behind these plans, as well as what these plans aren’t intended to be. These plans will allow athletes who want to follow a traditionally Polarized framework (at least 80/20 TIZ %) to do so while still allowing them to benefit from the science-based coaching principles all…

> [@Polarized Training Discussion (Fast Talk podcast & Flo Cycling podcast)](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/polarized-training-discussion-fast-talk-podcast-flo-cycling-podcast/1766):
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> For those interested in polarized training, the latest podcast from the Flo Cycling guys has a detailed discussion on the topic. I usually stream the podcast, but decided to download it so I can listen again later (sometimes it takes me a couple of times to understand all of a topic). Pretty interesting. Cheers.

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