My Polarized Training Experience (Chad McNeese & others)

[DaveWh]

@bherbers

The hangup I have is that I’m not sure there is any evidence out that that actually proves SST can’t have an impact on your power at LT1.

See Nate’s post on this topic in the following thread:

Science behind Sweet Spot Methodology

I hear this a lot. People tend to forget about the FTP gains you get. So while you might not be changing how well you process fat as a percent of FTP you’re actually increasing your FTP, so at the same wattage as before you’re more aerobic. Athlete 1: 250 FTP, aerobic ceiling at ~ 70% - 175 watts Lets say they train lots of slow stuff and get their aerobic ceiling up to 75% of threshold - 188 watts Athlete 2: 250 FTP, aerobic ceiling at ~ 70% - 175 watts Focuses on raising their FTP and…