This week's episode is a deep dive into training, David and Olav go into the details of the training process. This follows on from the fundamentals of the Norwegian system, planning and racing. (00:00) Introduction (00:51) How Should you Apportion Training Time?  (03:50) How Should an Age Groupers with Balanced Disciplines of the Triathlon Apportion Training Volume in a Week? (09:57) How do you Decide Whether to Work on Your Strengths or Weaknesses? (17:50) Volume is Multidimensional  (21:25) Power Law (24:18) How do you Apportion Intensity and Volume Between Disciplines?  (26:00) The Problem with Training Zones  (28:33) Pyramidal vs Polarized Models (33:15) Differences Between Professionals and Age Groupers in Training Intensity Distribution  (33:51) Double Threshold Training (36:14) Distributing Volume and Intensity in a Week (46:12) How to Adjust Training When not Recovering  (50:05) RPE and lack of a second dimension in it  (61:46) Intensity Control (65:40) Intensity Control in Swimming  (68:55) Key, Development and Maintenance Sessions  (82:54) How do we Build a Microcycle?  VO2Master To benefit from our unique offer for a Free Assessment Kit with the purchase of an Analyzer Kit from VO2 Master, head to www.vo2master.com and enter code: OLAVMETHOD during checkout (Available for Online Orders Only). Discount valid from January 4, 2024 – March 31, 2024 only.  Find VO2Master at: www.vo2master.com On Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X and YouTube all @VO2master On LinkedIn @ vo2-master Maurten To benefit from the discount code and get 20% off the Maurten 1/52 Collection, simply add the 1/52 Collection to your basket at Maurten.com and enter code TheNorwegianMethod at the checkout. Note the code can only be used twice per customer. Find Maurten at: Website - www.maurten.com Instagram - @maurten_official YouTube - Maurten Official - YouTube Plasmaide To try Plasmaide go to the Plasmaide website and use code NMP25 for a 25% discount on Plasmaide products. Find plasmaide at:  www.plasmaide.co.uk and www.plasmaide.com.au  @plasmaide on Instagram, Plasmaide on LinkedIn and Facebook Graphic Design by Georgia Humphreys Introduction by Santara Studios Produced and Edited by David Lipman