Polarizing Your Training, with Dr. Stephen Seiler
This episode is a deep dive into polarized training with Dr. Stephen Seiler, Grant Holicky, Andrew Randall, Steve Neal, and Larry Warbasse.
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Go Slow to Be Fast
The concepts of central and peripheral conditioning help explain why an effective training base period leads to speed and durability in the race season.
Applying the Polarized Training Model, with Dr. Stephen Seiler
Dr. Stephen Seiler breaks down the application of the polarized training model, addressing what is meant by the two thresholds — LT1 and LT2 — how to determine yours. We also discuss why it’s important not to over-estimate LT1 or LT2, and how to use them to determine your zones in a three-zone model.
Polarized Training Throughout the Season
Coach Trevor Connor details how to apply the polarized training method and distribute intensity across your entire season.
Polarized Training—”Ordinary Workouts Done Extraordinarily Well”—with Dr. Stephen Seiler and Trevor Connor
Dr. Stephen Seiler and Trevor Connor discuss polarized training, intensity distribution, and endurance in this webinar with CKO Sprint.
Dr. Stephen Seiler – The Past, Present, and Future of Polarized Training
In this episode we learn about the inception of the polarized method, and we discuss Dr. Seiler’s current research on the all-important aerobic threshold.
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Polarized Training Throughout the Season
Coach Trevor Connor details how to apply the polarized training method and distribute intensity across your entire season.
From Polarized to Individually Optimized Endurance Training in 5 Steps
Exercise physiologist Dr. Stephen Seiler walks through five steps for turning polarized training into a more personalized approach.
Dr. Seiler Answers Five Great Endurance Questions
Dr. Stephen Seiler answers five endurance training questions on heart rate, zones, polarized training, rest, and much more.
Polarized Training—”Ordinary Workouts Done Extraordinarily Well”—with Dr. Stephen Seiler and Trevor Connor
Dr. Stephen Seiler and Trevor Connor discuss polarized training, intensity distribution, and endurance in this webinar with CKO Sprint.
Q&A on Goal Setting, Cyclocross Training, Polarized Training as You Age, and Cross Training with Grant Holicky
Head Coach Ryan Kohler and Grant Holicky field questions on goal setting, cyclocross training, polarized training as you age, and cross training.
If Dr. Stephen Seiler Were Your Dad, How Would You Train? Part 1
If your dad were a world-class exercise physiologist like, say, Dr. Stephen Seiler, how would you train? Probably pretty effectively. In this case study of one, Dr. Seiler chats with his daughter and runner, Siren, to review her career and training methods.
Polarized Training: Managing the Distribution of Training Intensity
Dr. Seiler presents on the topic of training intensity when using polarized training.
Moving from Polarized Training to Personally Optimized Training
Dr. Stephen Seiler presents the reasons, methods, and benefits of moving from a polarized training template to a more personalized, optimized training method that is still based on polarized training.
An Introduction to Polarized Training
Dr. Stephen Seiler introduces polarized training during this in-studio podcast with FLO Cycling.
Go Slow to Be Fast
The concepts of central and peripheral conditioning help explain why an effective training base period leads to speed and durability in the race season.
Q&A on Sweat Rates, Going Polarized for ’Cross, VLAmax, Big Gear Work, and Recovery Tools, with Coach Grant Holicky
In this Q&A episode, guest Grant Holicky discusses sweat rate, polarized training for cyclocross, VLamax, and recovery tools.
Dr. Stephen Seiler – The Past, Present, and Future of Polarized Training
In this episode we learn about the inception of the polarized method, and we discuss Dr. Seiler’s current research on the all-important aerobic threshold.