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…

I’m taking issue with calling it pyramidal. That was the plan with the highest score, but its 100% intensity during the hard weeks, the only way it was mathematically considered pyramidal is considering rest intervals as endurance training. It is nowhere close to pyramidal when you look at the weekl…

Looks like there is data to backup Nate’s desire to use respiration rate: [image] Respiratory frequency is strongly associated with perceived exertion during... In order to provide further insight into the link between respiratory frequency (fR) and the rating of perceived exertion (RPE)…

is this your own Excelsheet or is it a public one?

In this scenario, I would honestly replace 1-2 weekday rides, and do one longer one on the weekend, so instead of 3x1hr do 1x3hr… If that doesn’t work time wise, then I guess this is the way to go… It would most definitely be a better plan than TR LV of 3-4 hrs… Mostly because volume I would guess…

are polarized plans still supposed to come as early access features this week? checking multiple times every day…

It’s from my own Google sheet. TrainerRoad Resources - Google Sheets Follow the steps on the page to make your own copy that will allow you to enter your own data.

Thanks for replying. I suppose I mean to suggest that a low volume build plan is never going to have a wide base of Z1 or there would be negligible hard work in there. The HV build has 21 of 41 workouts (if you include the rest weeks) at a low intensity so you may get your 70-80% Z1 classically st…

Nate, thank you for leading a group of folks who in turn help us all. Given that everyone using TR is linked and all of the data is available, has TR considered running studies on the effectiveness of different training strategies? Everyone that uses TR is plugged in. There’s a treasure trove of …

For this thought experiment we did not count time between intervals (recovery valleys), cool-downs, or the initial warm-up time at 50% ftp; we only counted explicit z1 endurance intervals (distinct from recovery valleys). For short-short z3 intervals, we considered the full block of short-shorts (z3…

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Yup, released back in March of this year:

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