Hey guys, I know Seiler gets everybody thinking crazy things about training so I wanted to share a video from his YouTube channel. Here’s the link: 5 great endurance training questions asked and answered - YouTube He was asked a question about his thoughts on Sweet Spot, and how it can/can’t fit i…

Are you saying SS falls into the aerobic bin or the high-intensity bin? I’m pretty sure you mean the aerobic bin, but wasn’t sure from the wording.

The viewer describes Sweet Spot as being just below the second threshold (what we would call FTP or sustainable aerobic power). I think most cyclists aim for 88-92% of FTP when they do Sweet Spot even though the zone is 2-3% wider on each side. Based on that definition, Seiler classified it as thre…

I think this makes your point about semantics. Similar discussion going on in this thread [image] Stephen Seiler (StephenSeiler) - his results Training Sorry I don’t know how to copy this as text see attached images ( hope this comes out right) [Screen Shot 2021-02-09 a…

I agree, a lot of semantics at play here. His near FTP sessions are essentially 80-90% of FTP. In a 5 zone model, Zone 3 starts at 76% which is definitely in the ‘gray zone’ of polarized. I think what he’s getting at is that you can do a lot of Sweet Spot per week, and it’s not a waste of time. Whe…

Well, maybe, but I think TR prescribes workouts that are above sweetspot that get confused with sweetspot as well. But the time in zone for both appears to be pyramidal instead of polarized, so the semantics of rides per week vs. time in zone sends all kinds of people in all kinds of directions. I…

I know that TR prescribes some VO2 work in the low and mid-volume plans, do you think that causes some of the confusion? There’s also a Dylan Johnson video out there that really perpetuates some false-stereotypes of Sweet Spot. Neither Seilar or Coach Chad would say that their methodologies should …

In Sweet Spot Base Mid Volume II, out of 25 workouts, only 6 are actually sweet spot. 10 are Endurance, 8 are Threshold and 4 are vo2 max (arguably). I think people think trainerroad is just 3 - 4 sweet spot workouts every week. And the reason Seiler looks SS more than polarized is because he is …

[image] russell.r.sage: I think people think trainerroad is just 3 - 4 sweet spot workouts every week. It’s weird that only the HV SweetSpot plans are actually (almost) all SweetSpot. I know the described reason behind it with the lower volume plans and being time crunched, it’s just weird th…

Stephen Seiler thoughts on Sweet Spot training

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I think this makes your point about semantics. Similar discussion going on in this thread

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Stephen Seiler thoughts on Sweet Spot training

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