My Polarized Training Experience (Chad McNeese & others)

[bbarrera]

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What is it that makes an aerobic base “wide” in the first place?

Improved use of fat for fuel, as shown in this thread:

Solid base vs unstructured training - case study with results

I promised in another topic to do some analysis based on the results of respiratory gas analysis during a ramp test I’m doing as a part of my annual health check. The sports testing center I’m doing my checks is kind enough to provide me all the raw data, so I was able to nerd out a bit and reach some interesting conclusions. Both tests were done at the same lab, using the same equipment - all the data, including power comes from the same source. Based on the VO2 and VCO2 volume, I was able to…

you train that by riding a long time at or below your ventilatory threshold, which is approximately LT1 (lactate threshold 1), and can also be approximate as % HRmax or % FTP.