Polarized Training Pathway
In collaboration with Dr. Stephen Seiler, the “father of polarized training,” we have curated everything you need to know about the 80/20 training method.
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Polarize Your Training Stress
Dr. Stephen Seiler explains why polarized training is a winning strategy for the long game of endurance sports. By balancing the stress of training, athletes see bigger gains over time.
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Do You Need to Rethink Your Training?
Intensity can be a slippery slope for endurance athletes—there is a temptation to push harder and longer. The real recipe for performance might entail some new priorities.
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How Polarized Training Can Save You From Overreaching
It can be very easy to train at a moderate intensity all the time, which can be a surefire way to land in an overreached state. Polarized training can help prevent that—and in this video, Dr. Seiler explains how.
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Polarized Training Science vs. Practice
Scientists have worked closely with athletes and coaches to define the polarized model and explain how it works. Who leads the way? Dr. Seiler talks about the scientific process playing out in valuable ways in both research and the real world.
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Three Rides to Polarize Your Training
To truly polarize your training, you need to focus your training in two key zones. Coach Trevor Connor explains how this works for the sport of cycling, but the physiology applies to all endurance sports.
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A Comparison of Polarized, Sweet Spot, and Pyramidal Training
Most popular training methods claim to build your aerobic engine, but the training to achieve that goal will look and feel very different.
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The Science Behind Polarized Training
Polarized training is a case where science hustled to catch up with real-world results. Coach Trevor Connor explains how sport science misunderstood the physiology and inadvertently shifted the focus toward high-intensity training.
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Doing It All — Pro Triathlete Rach McBride on How to Race and Thrive at Triathlon, Gravel, and Mountain Biking
How do you reach the podium in not one sport, but three—and all in the same season? We chat with McBride and their coach, Mateo Mercur, to find out more.
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How to Succeed Racing Ironman 70.3
Triathlon can be a demanding sport—so how can you set yourself up for success? We asked former pro triathlete and six-time Ironman 70.3 champion Emma-Kate Lidbury to share her top tips.
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Workout of the Month: Sprints
Trevor Connor and Rob Pickels run through one of their favorite sprint workouts, and share some helpful tips and tricks.
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Workout of the Month: Mountain Bike Intervals
Rob Pickels shows us how to do mountain bike intervals based on Dr. Seiler’s polarized training research.
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How to Heat Train
World-leading environmental physiologist Dr. Stephen Cheung shows how to practice heat training in your own home and how to incorporate it into your annual training schedule.
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The Pros and Cons of Heat Training
In this workshop, find out whether the benefits heat training carry over to racing in temperate environments.
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Favorite Workouts of Fast Talk All-Stars, Part 4
Fast Talk all-star guests including Dr. Iñigo San Millán, Kendra Wenzel, Joe Friel, Lennard Zinn, and Brent Bookwalter reveal their favorite workouts.
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Sport Psychology Pathway
The very best athletes are as strong mentally as they are physically. In the Sport Psychology Pathway from Fast Talk Labs, we explore how to build mental skills with experts like Dr. Simon Marshall, Julie Emmerman, Grant Holicky, Lesley Paterson, and Julie Young.
Workout of the Month: Tabata Intervals
Coach Ryan Kohler shows the right way to do a Tabata Intervals workout, based on the research of Dr. Izumi Tabata, and when to do Tabata workouts during your season.
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Q&A on Indoor Training, Effective Sleep, Recovery Needs for Women, and Vitamin D with Jennifer Real
Medical doctor and elite Zwift team manager Jennifer Real talks with us about indoor training and racing, and how to achieve effective recovery including monitoring sleep and taking Vitamin D.
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Predicting Performance with Data and Feel
Trying to predict your performance can be nerve-wracking but in this era of training metrics and numbers, data can tell you a lot.
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