Polarized Training with Stephen Seiler, PhD | EP#177 That Triathlon Show

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Kudos for that episode. 2 other takeaways:

• According to Seiler polarized is also recommended with 5 training hours per week
• From around 1:13 hours in (devils advocate part) Seiler says that those other approaches (like TR I assumed) would only work short term (giving the example of the most winning Norwegian Olympian cross country skier) which contradicts what Nate pointed out here

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

Woah, this is a long thread! I skimmed it but here are my thoughts. You can get fit in many different ways. I think one podcast seemed to say you can’t get fast on sweet spot. That’s crazy sauce. I went from 275 to 345 on almost only sweet spot. We’ve got a TON of data that shows that you can get faster with the periodized/Coggan approach…like a lot a lot. Seiler is not prescribing a training system, he’s describing what he’s seen in pro athletes (as far as I can tell). In a 90/10 ti…

So it seems a bit words against words … Looking forward to hearing your take on this.