Hi, I’m wondering if other people here have watched Dylan Johnson’s recent video comparing polarized training to sweet spot in which he presents a lot of data suggesting that polarized training is better. [Sweet Spot vs. Polarized Training: Which Makes You Faster? The Science] Do you th…

[image] Captain_Doughnutman: SS intensity rarely, if ever, gets mentioned in health/recovery publications. That’s because probably 90+% of all exercise training studies ever published have utilized “sweetspot” training. IOW, it’s the norm, so doesn’t deserve any special mention. ETA. To giv…

[image] old_but_not_dead_yet: exercise training studies The norm for general health and/or disease studies is either LIT or HIIT; POL marries the two. [image] old_but_not_dead_yet: “moderate exercise” as that resulting in an RPE of 12-13 (“somewhat hard”) on Borg’s original 20 point scal…

[image] Captain_Doughnutman: The norm for general health and/or disease studies is either LIT or HIIT No, it is not. Amongst experts, LIT is considered too low of an intensity to provide significant benefits, whereas HIIT is the “new kid on the block”, with many afraid to push patients that h…

aaaand Coggan has said and written about 100 gagillion times that “sweet spot is a concept, not a zone.” but people like zones and stuff

Oh, I forgot – you’re always right. Back in the box for you! :laughing:

[image] old_but_not_dead_yet: bodies such as the ECS, AHA, or ACSM routinely recommend moderate intensity training, the health benefits of which have been studied extensively since the 1950s. I’ll also add: [image] Z2 and Intense Training - Mixing the best of both worlds, is it too big an …

Yes, he said as much when he first drew the figure in Boston.

To paraphrase the Piano Man, that’s because I help write the songs.

Why are you bringing training for sports back into the discussion?? We were talking about your false claim that “the norm for general health and/or disease studies is either LIT or HIIT”.

Ahhh OK, we’ll please don’t tell Seiler that I’m not complying with his guidelines. It’ll be our little secret. :wink:

Polarized Training vs. Sweet Spot (Dylan Johnson video)

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Captain_Doughnutman January 9, 2021, 7:10pm 482

I’ll also add:

Have fun with the Gimp.

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