what now?

two of the most interesting books i am currently studying are "advanced functional training" by boyle and "the big book of endurance training and racing" by maffetone.  the problem is that they have arrived at diametrically opposite conclusions regarding sports training....... boyle concludes that aerobic base training is useless and possibly detrimental; creating slow athletes  - maffetone treats anerobic training like poison,to the point of denouncing any strength training for endurance training...... boyle is a disciple of interval training to develope endurance, while maffetone is strictly low to mid-range heart rate .........maffetone avoids stretching to increase flexiblity - boyle is an advocate, with much of his range of motion improvement resulting from functional movements vs static stretching  - at this point i feel each is a bit too strident in advocating their positions; although as an older athlete i recognize boyles identification of  'overuse, reduction of power and mobility' that can occur through LSD(long slow distance) systems......i have recently joined  crossfit, which is strongly aligned with boyles ideas and have also added TRX suspension training.......the trick will be how to segue my triathlon training into all this.......my current thinking is that i will cut back on distances for bike and run, while increasing intensty through inserting intervals.....swimming will be strictly intervals of no longer than 150yds with an eye towards increasing cruising speed   - in the past i seem to always complete the swim phase of a 70.3 triathlon in 38 - 42 min no matter how much swimming ive done - so im going strictly with boyle on this one as a mini experiment........bored yet - ok - i'm done