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Polarized training
Also known as
80/20 running · polarized endurance · mostly easy some hard · seiler polarized
Community talk. May contain inaccuracies. Not medical, training, or diet advice. Sharp pain, fainting, or disordered-eating concerns need a clinician.
In brief
Polarized training means most endurance work stays easy and a smaller share is truly hard.
The common picture
Easy is easyTalk test.
Hard is actually hardA few sessions.
The middle is the leakTempo-every-day talk.
Runners talk 80/20, gray-zone jogging and protecting conversational days. Easy-miles and VO2 sessions are the two poles.
Good to know. Easy that is not easy. Sharp pain, fainting.
What people say
- The job: stop jogging every run at a medium that never recovers.
- Easy miles is the neighbor card. This is the 80/20 name.
How it may feel
- Ego death on easy days.
How people do it
- They protect easy days on purpose.
Amounts people use
- ~80% easy / ~20% hard is the slogan.
How people keep it
- A week that still has easy as the majority.
How long
- A season.
The longer notes
- Zone 2 / easy miles and VO2 intervals are the two poles.
Good to know
- Making every ‘easy’ a tempo.