Polarized Training Discussion (Fast Talk podcast & Flo Cycling podcast)

[sryke]

I don’t know:

Sweet Spot or Sour Spot?

Since you and others have said this several times now, I’m wondering on which data this is based. Looking at the few studies out there and comparing it with what we see on Strava I don’t really see this to be the case. The study by San Millan offers some great insights. 22 world tour pros (UAE): [grafik] FatMax zone - however we define it - goes up to ~300W. This will scale with weight but the standard deviation gives an idea of the spread. They did not measure VT2 or so but from Strava w…

for me this was clearly tempo/happy-hard/no-man’s-land at that time

and somehow this is just odd for me, his zone 3 goes down to SST, zone 1 up to tempo. Hence, a 2 zone model which is polarized by definition. An all encompassing theory which offers everyone a home.