[image] Polarised training with Stephen Seiler, PhD | EP#177 Stephen Seiler, PhD, is known for his research on how elite endurance athletes actually train. In this research, he discovered that most endurance athletes spend the majority of their training time (~90%) at very low intensitie…

I’d also like to thank Mikael for clarifying his view that the time distribution is more important for a triathlete than number of sessions. Many of us are time crunched, and are doing 30 minutes of work as a part of another workout. I do my running intervals as part of my middle distance run, so 1/…

you left out the best part: Based on Manunzios and colleagues’ analysis of six-months preparation analysis of a 2nd place Race Across America finisher team (n = 4 athletes) the TID may vary depending on the method employed. and survey says: Retrospective power data analysis based on the 3-zone…

This has been my experience too! I train 6 to 9 hours a week. I did the sweet spot base plans last year and found them hard to get motivated for. They were very monotonous and the ‘semi-hard’ nature of those workouts seems (for me anyway) hard to psych myself up for. Now, following a polarized plan …

[image] Mikael_Eriksson: It could also just be your physiological makeup. Either way, it’s not a bad thing, not everybody’s VO2max is 120% of FTP. Just adjust the intensity to something that suits you. It’s not failure, it’s success. Delayed response - 100% agree with your point and think it’…

[image] neptuak: This has been my experience too! I train 6 to 9 hours a week. I did the sweet spot base plans last year and found them hard to get motivated for. They were very monotonous and the ‘semi-hard’ nature of those workouts seems (for me anyway) hard to psych myself up for. Did my b…

rough averages for all workouts over the 3 month period. Using WKO4+ estimates for relative % vo2max: Zone1: ~40% relative vo2max < 65% Zone2: ~45% relative vo2max > 65% and < 85% Zone3: ~15% relative vo2max > 85% those averages are eyeballed, for example zone1 by month is 42.5%, 38%, 37.1% and…

I’m a 5-9 hour/week guy (2015: 360 hours, 2016: 424, 2017: 328; 2018: 304). In summer it gets hot and its my off season, and I move my workouts to the gym and pool. Really no months averaging >10 hours/week except for May 2017, which happened to be two months after that 3-month Jan-March block. Aro…

I’ve got 3.4 latest stable release of GoldenCheetah, then went to: Trends created a season 2017 January - March selected new season clicked on Power clicked on More… at top of power window select “Show in zones” and also select “Use polarized zones” and then Done

Hi I’ve been dabbling with polarized training for a few weeks now and I’m approaching my next ramp test. I’m curious about the recovery week structure people are following, all advice welcome. :smiley:

[image] bbarrera: select “Show in zones” and also select “Use polarized zones” and then Done I set this chart recently and have asked Mark how he is defining the Polarised zones, no answer yet.

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