Originally Posted by rubiksoval

You call it open-minded. I just call it inexperienced.

Good to try different things, though. I just find it strange when people who haven't done much, or have only done one thing, argue voraciously for that one thing.

I've done polarized training myself and said as much previously when I didn't think it yielded very good results. My experience is certainly not one that's isolated to me.

And again, as I said above, talented people can do great with anything, as can inexperienced and people without extensive training backgrounds. If it's a new stimulus, your body will adapt. How long that stimulus causes adaptations is something that has to be addressed when you've been at it longer.



Traditional periodization is not polarized training. Periodization refers to a training methodology that moves from general fitness to specific fitness. Nothing to do with whether or not the training is polarized.