I’m no expert on it but I was listening to a Dr Sieler podcast last night on 80/20 (or polarized training). I think he was suggesting that anyone who has done no training will make rapid improvements just by starting any sort of training. However, they reach a plateau and to go beyond it they have to be a bit more clever in their training. His research seems to point to an 80/20 approach being the best way to achieve it. Something like for 80% of your time you ride easy (below 70%) and for 20% of your time you ride hard (but not to your detriment). There’ll probably be lots of debates on the effectiveness of an 80/20 (polarized) approach v the traditional SS approach if I look for it and there will probably be no clear answer just opinions strongly for or against.
