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    Home / Todd's Blog / A RULE OF THUMB FOR POLARIZED TRAINING
    Sep 20, 2024

    A RULE OF THUMB FOR POLARIZED TRAINING

    A RULE OF THUMB FOR POLARIZED TRAINING

    POLARIZED TRAINING IS REALLY POWERFUL.  But, human nature and our inherent need to overachieve gives all of us an equal opportunity to really screw up what...

    ... could be a game changer.

    The basics are to train...

    • crazy hard a little bit of the time
    • superduper easy most of the time

    ... pretty simple, right?

    Here's how I do it:

    • Kill it twice a week
    • Cruise it the rest of the time
    • Keep the hard days far apart or back to back

    Here's the rule of thumb, that most people get wrong...

    ... the easy, crusin' days are big enough volume to maintain the fitness gained on the very hard days.

    For example, If my fitness on Starva is 90 after a hard Tuesday, I'm going to aim for enough volume to mostly maintain that fitness score.

    It may, will drop a bit.

    But, not the kind of drop I'd see if I was sendentary.

    That is completely doable as long as my intensity is low enough.

    For me, that low intensity is almost entirely Zone 2.

    Following this protocol, allows me to hit it hard again...

    ... and bump the fitness up.

    The results increased performance...

    ... are terrifying.

    Just like this hair-raising kit.

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    30 minutes recovery
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