Episode Details

Q&A #10 - Why 80/20 training is NOT the best way to train for time-crunched age-group triathletes  

• What do you miss out on, if anything, by following a sweet spot based training approach versus an 80/20 approach?
• Should you keep your TSS constant as you change your approach to training?
• Flaws in studies used as evidence of 80/20 training

  LINKS AND RESOURCES:  

• That Triathlon Show website 
• Coaching
• Training Plans
• Case study: How David qualified for Kona by training smarter and getting the details right | EP#130
• 80/20 Triathlon (revisited) with Matt Fitzgerald | EP#152
• 80/20 Triathlon: Get Faster By Training Slower with David Warden | EP#121
• Q&A #3 - The validity of 80-20, how easy is easy, and different types of interval workouts
• Polarized training has greater impact on key endurance variables than threshold, high intensity, or high volume training
• Training-Intensity Distribution During an Ironman Season: Relationship With Competition Performance
• Six weeks of a polarized training-intensity distribution leads to greater physiological and performance adaptations than a threshold model in trained cyclists

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