Sweet Spot vs. Polarized Training: Which Makes You Faster? The Science
Channel: Dylan Johnson
Date: 2020-12-22

Polarized and sweet spot training could not be more different and yet the two are both very popular training methods amongst cyclists. Which one actually has the science to back it up though? 

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Studies I used in this video:
https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/9/2/article-p332.xml

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/9/2/article-p265.xml

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00652.2012

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6873141/

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00515/full

https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2015/12000/Current_Scientific_Evidence_for_a_Polarized.34.aspx

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/13/9/article-p1114.xml

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2015.00295/full

https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Abstract/2019/12000/Polarized_vs__Threshold_Training_Intensity.34.aspx