ArticleScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2022
Effects of 16 weeks of pyramidal and polarized training intensity distributions in well-trained endurance runners.
Article in Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Polarized and Threshold Intensity Distribution Models on Race Time and Body Composition in Recreational Runners Aged 20-45 Years: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparison of Polarized, Pyramidal, and Threshold Training Intensity Distribution on Physiological and Performance Outcomes in Recreational Distance Runners
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Comparison of Polarized Versus Other Types of Endurance Training Intensity Distribution on Athletes' Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Machine learning-based personalized training models for optimizing marathon performance through pyramidal and polarized training intensity distributions.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effects of Different Training Intensity Distributions on Endurance Capacity in Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Partial-body cryostimulation procured performance and perceptual improvements in amateur middle-distance runners.PloS one · 2023Trial
- The effectiveness of polarized versus high-intensity training in moderately trained cyclists: a randomized parallel-design study.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Training intensity distribution for sprinter swimmers: suggestions for swimming coaches and scientists.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- One Sprinter, Two Olympic Preparations: A Single-Athlete Longitudinal Observational Study of Training-Intensity Distribution and Implications for Future 50 m Events.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Periodization, training intensity distribution, and blood lactate monitoring in a female Olympic champion 20 km race walker: a longitudinal case study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Exploring training-sleep characteristics and bidirectional lagged relationships in Chinese recreational runners: insights from a year-long wearable monitoring study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Developing negative split pacing in endurance athletes: practical guidelines and training models.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Effects of 8-week polarized vs. threshold training on cardiorespiratory fitness, post-exercise heart-rate recovery, and target accuracy under fatigue in table tennis players.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Factors Influencing Blood Lactate Concentration During Exercise: A Narrative Review With a Lactate Shuttle Perspective.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
- Training Prescription and Monitoring in Rowing: Perspectives From Elite Australian Coaches.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Best-Practice Training Characteristics Within Olympic Endurance Sports as Described by Norwegian World-Class Coaches.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- The Metabolome Characteristics of Aerobic Endurance Development in Adolescent Male Rowers Using Polarized and Threshold Model: An Original Research.Metabolites · 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
- Training Intensity Distribution of a 7-Day HIIT Shock Microcycle: Is Time in the "Red Zone" Crucial for Maximizing Endurance Performance? A Randomized Controlled Trial.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- Quantitative Analysis of 92 12-Week Sub-elite Marathon Training Plans.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of four different training periodizations, based on two different training intensity distributions during a 16-week training block in well-trained endurance runners. Sixty well-trained male runners were divided into four groups. Each runner completed one of the following 16-week training interventions: a pyramidal periodization (PYR); a polarized periodization (POL); a pyramidal periodization followed by a polarized periodization (PYR → POL); and a polarized periodization followed by a pyramidal periodization (POL → PYR). The PYR and POL groups trained with a pyramidal or polarized distribution for 16 weeks. To allow for the change in periodization for the PYR → POL and POL → PYR groups, the 16-week intervention was split into two 8-week phases, starting with pyramidal or polarized distribution and then switching to the other. The periodization patterns were isolated manipulations of training intensity distribution, while training load was kept constant. Participants were tested pre-, mid- and post-intervention for body mass, velocity at 2 and 4 mmol·L
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