Quality over Quantity vs. 80/20 (or Chad vs. Matt ;))

[DaveWh]

I added this link in my original response. Adding again here.

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

I’ve started to do some searching for results of Polarized training vs. Threshold training for athletes who train in the 6-8 hours per week range. There are a number of studies I’ve found that generally show similar results in concept. The study below is probably the most directly relevant to this group - as it included “well trained” cyclists who had been training for at least 4 years, trained on average 7-8 hours per week, with 40k TT power averaging ~280W. So reasonably strong cyclists, bu…