Hunter Allen: Why Polarized training is not for you!

I see Hunter is still pushing CTL. NTTAWWT however…

Hunter coached a good friend of mine around 2014 and observing from the outside he really pushed this master aged athlete in many ways but, especially in terms of CTL. This particular athlete had unlimited time to train and recover. His life was training and racing.

I hope anyone reading this that might be new-ish to cycling and/or power will understand that if you have a career and/or kids and/or like most career and kids, chasing CTL is a dangerous way to ride. I fully realize Hunter is not saying this but, when someone with his history keeps pushing CTL CTL CTL it can act like a drug.

2023 will be 16 years with power. I’m still making mistakes and just last week end made one of the biggest rookie mistake whilst doing an ITT. All this data is amazing. No doubt a great tool. But, learn to ride with out data and listen to your body.

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