Originally Posted by
VT Biker
I am guessing I will pass away and there will still be controversy over training methods and effectiveness.
We can hope, otherwise things would be pretty boring. One reason for conflicting information is that everyone is different, no one system will be best for everyone.
As for conflicting info about zone 3 that will never go away. There is evidence that endurance champions tend to have a "U" shaped distribution of their training stress with lots of very low and very high intensity exercise with relatively less in between. However, for working Joe an "n" shaped distribution appears to work best. That said a pro training >700h/a may have the bottom of his "U" at the same volume as the peak of Joe's "n" training at 300h/a; he's just doing so much other training on top.