This thread is a home for discussing specific Polarized training workouts and experiences with them. Workouts Here are a few TrainerRoad workouts that may work for this context. Many are not exact matches to the Dr. Seiler info, but they may be useful for this method. 4x4-minute workouts: Ai…

Don’t forget the thread where we’re desperately trying to solve the 4x8min workout conundrum. [image] Seiler’s 8-minute intervals (Polarized) Training Bit of an ambiguous question but who has done the 8 mins @ 108% - 2 mins reco - repeat *4? How would you rate it in term…

Thanks. I missed it while searching because it lacked “Polarized” in the thread name and tag (both of which I just added). I added it as a link to the references above.

For workouts, I think on the thread linked above, we worked out that Dicks -2 was probably the closest to a Seiler 4x8 session in the workout library. 105% of ramp test FTP for the intervals is almost certainly tougher than Seiler’s prescription (more like 105% of 60min power), but to compensate, y…

If you’ve listened to the 3 Fast Talk, the The Triathlon Show and the Flo podcasts like I have over and over and over there a few major points to take from them. You have to have an idea of your HRpeak for cycling to properly gauge the sessions You have to realize that he [Dr. Seiler] does not pre…

Don’t forget the micro intervals: 30/30, 30/15 etc , Example would be: 3 series 10-13x 30/15 Rønnestad promote it, but Seiler seem not so much convinced. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259556129_Short_intervals_induce_superior_training_adaptations_compared_with_long_intervals_in_cyclists…

Having read a lot here and elsewhere and listened to a few of Seiler’s interviews, I’m still left with a question: At what point of the training “cycle” (base, build etc) should we do polarized? Or is it the whole time? Since I don’t have a racing season and my goal is a gran fondo in May next yea…

I am interested to see someone take this on for up to 6 months and see how they improved over the start of it. I am still not convinced this would be better than training to what your needs are for your style of racing. I can only relate to mtb but the needs for a marathon racer with big climbs is d…

[image] mike091979: I can only relate to mtb but the needs for a marathon racer with big climbs is different for the XC racer that needs short punchy bursts. Different engines. They’re probably not as different as you think which is basically what Seiler said in the last Fast Talk podcast. L…

But Colin’s training in preparation for DK200 was far from crit specific. Lots of tempo grinding over many hours. No man’s land, grey zone, happy hard. Hardcore polarists would shudder.

[image] sryke: Hardcore polarists would shudder. LOL, nah. Proper event prep leads to peppering and even more dramatic shifts in workouts that differ from the main 80/20 direction, and are far more tailored to the demands of the event.

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martinheadon June 19, 2019, 3:31pm 2

Don’t forget the thread where we’re desperately trying to solve the 4x8min workout conundrum.

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