About this episode

This episode discusses the complexities of training load and its impact on performance in cycling.

The plan is not the training. This week: why a single training load score hides what your sessions actually cost you, and how to read the relationship between the work and the response instead. Study: van der Zwaard S, Otter RTA, Kempe M, Knobbe A, Stoter IK. Capturing the complex relationship between internal and external training load: a data-driven approach. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2023;18(6):634-642. doi:10.1123/ijspp.2022-0493. Watch this week’s video: He Gained 21% FTP Without Tra...

Topics covered

• training load
• performance analysis
• cycling
• fitness
• sports science

Keywords

• training load score
• performance response
• cycling training
• sports physiology
• data-driven approach

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Books & works: Capturing the complex relationship between internal and external training load: a data-driven approach

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