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] tshortt: There is no elevator pitch for what essentially is: “coach me”. I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean it in this way. I’m just trying to understand basics so I can “coach” me. As far as hiring a coach, I’ve always thought of that as the avenue for people trying to squeeze every last ga…

There is no simple yet effective answer to “easy” as it somewhat depends on your physiology/lifestyle, and your belief system.

[image] Wad06: Sorry for such a basic question. It’s the only question. Firstly it was only slow z2 way below lt1 and vo2 max… but it was 4x8min vo2 max and in the study it was chosen by participants intensity very close to suprathreshold as a result. Then Seiler himself was doing a lot of th…

redlude97: I think the main messaging is to actually work backwards from that. 1-2 hard workouts a week, fill in the rest with as much easy and long as you can sustain. From the first couple podcasts he lays out time crunched schedule for 3 workouts per week that was 1-2 hard workouts and 1 lon…

[image] Wad06: I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean it in this way. I’m just trying to understand basics so I can “coach” me @Wad06 I hope you didn’t take that as snark. It wasn’t meant to be. LOTS of question on the forum are essentially a form of crowd sourcing coaching. For an example of what I mea…

redlude97: Does it? I don’t recall many 2-3 hour rides in the SS LV plans but its been awhile since I’ve been on TR The one endurance ride on SS Base LV plan was 90 minutes (always on Saturday for me), but I generally stretched it to 120 to 180 depending on my trainer tolerance that day. The…

For reference, here is a quick snap of SSB LV1 & 2. Keep in mind the actual workouts are setup based upon my current PL’s, so any view from others will look different. So just focus on the “zone labeling” of the workouts. [image] Notably, there are only Sweet Spot & Threshold in LV1. There are…

[image] Wad06: And to anyone else reading, if my original post was poorly worded, I guess I’m just looking to understand the fundamentals of “easy” and “hard” and timing. My bad on being a less than great communicator. As I understand Seiler’s statements in the latest Dylan video that prompte…

[image] toyman: If you don’t think LT1 exists, then you likely won’t see it as something to base classification of efforts on. If you don’t test it, then practically speaking it doesn’t exist in your world. And trying to estimate LT1 without blood lactate testing (remember that thread?) will …

Polarized Training vs. Sweet Spot (Dylan Johnson video)

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mcneese.chad June 1, 2022, 5:23pm 801

Based on the TR comment, if you are still an active user, they have POL plans that you can access right now, with a few extra steps:

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Polarized Training Plans Are Here! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Polarized Training vs. Sweet Spot (Dylan Johnson video)

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