ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017
Eleven-Week Preparation Involving Polarized Intensity Distribution Is Not Superior to Pyramidal Distribution in National Elite Rowers.
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- Which Training Intensity Distribution Intervention will Produce the Greatest Improvements in Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Time-Trial Performance in Endurance Athletes? A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
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- Acute and Chronic Performance Enhancement in Rowing: A Network Meta-analytical Approach on the Effects of Nutrition and Training.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
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- Effect of Polarized Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness of Untrained Healthy Young Adults: A Randomized Control Trial with Equal Training Impulse.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2023Trial
- HRV-Based Thresholds in Rowing: Validity and Reliability Assessment.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Recent advances in training intensity distribution theory for cyclic endurance sports: theoretical foundations, model comparisons, and periodization characteristics.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- The Effect of Polarized Training Intensity Distribution on Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Work Economy Among Endurance Athletes: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The proportional distribution of training by elite endurance athletes at different intensities during different phases of the season.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
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- Effects of 16 weeks of pyramidal and polarized training intensity distributions in well-trained endurance runners.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2022Article
- Retrospective Analysis of Training Intensity Distribution Based on Race Pace Versus Physiological Benchmarks in Highly Trained Sprint Kayakers.Sports medicine - open · 2022Article
- Estimation of Cerebral Hemodynamics and Oxygenation During Various Intensities of Rowing Exercise: An NIRS Study.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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- High Energetic Demand of Elite Rowing - Implications for Training and Nutrition.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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- The integration of training and off-training activities substantially alters training volume and load analysis in elite rowers.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Polarized (POL) training intensity distribution (TID) emphasizes high-volume low-intensity exercise in zone (Z)1 (< first lactate threshold) with a greater proportion of high-intensity Z3 (>second lactate threshold) compared to Z2 (between first and second lactate threshold). In highly trained rowers there is a lack of prospective controlled evidence whether POL is superior to pyramidal (PYR; i.e., greater volume in Z1 vs. Z2 vs. Z3) TID. The aim of the study was to compare the effect of POL vs. PYR TID in rowers during an 11-wk preparation period. Fourteen national elite male rowers participated (age: 20 ± 2 years, maximal oxygen uptake ([Formula: see text]O
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