Don’t get me wrong, I see massive benefit in all the Z1 (Seiler Z1) training. After reading/listening about POL at the start of last season I started training with a HR monitor for the first time and it’s been a real eye-opener about intensity control. I’ve trained more consistently and have been generally healthier since I got my easy workouts under control.
I definitely think POL has been over-hyped though. I don’t think it scales down to age-groupers training 6-10 hours a week. I’ve also listened to plenty of podcast interviews with some of the top triathlon coaches and I genuinely haven’t heard about any of the top athletes training like this. The approach that Joel Filliol spoke about in his interview with Mikael resonates with me more.