periodization
Dividing into eras
Periodization is the practice of dividing history, training regimens, or other processes into distinct periods or phases.
Historians use periodization to organize the past into manageable chunks like the Renaissance or the Cold War, though the boundaries are often debated.
In athletics and fitness, periodization refers to structuring training into cycles that vary in intensity and focus to optimize performance and prevent overtraining.
Her coach designed a periodization plan leading up to the marathon.
Named spans of history
- epochsDistinct historical stretches
- timelineOrdered display of events
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
enlightenment · industrial revolution · modern era · prehistory · medieval · colonialism · world wars · cold war
Distinct periods in sequence
- programmingWriting software instructions
- peakingReaching highest point
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
- volumeAmount of space filled
intensity · progressive overload · recovery · adaptation · undulating · linear progression · deload · specificity
Earliest archaeological era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
- HoloceneCurrent geological epoch
Pleistocene · Mesozoic · Cenozoic · Jurassic · Cambrian · stratigraphy · eons · epochs
Changes in position
- genresCategories of creative work
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
romantic · victorian · modernist · postmodernist · classical · contemporary · realism · naturalism
Changes in position
- stylesDistinctive ways or manners
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
impressionism · expressionism · cubism · surrealism · modernism · postmodernism · rococo · neoclassicism
eras
Named spans of history
renaissance · enlightenment · industrial revolution · modern era · prehistory · medieval · colonialism · world wars · cold war · ancient civilizations
phases
Distinct periods in sequence
- programmingWriting software instructions
- peakingReaching highest point
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
volume · intensity · progressive overload · recovery · adaptation · undulating · linear progression · deload · specificity · supercompensation
Paleolithic
Earliest archaeological era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
Holocene · Pleistocene · Mesozoic · Cenozoic · Jurassic · Cambrian · stratigraphy · eons · epochs · eras
movements
Changes in position
- genresCategories of creative work
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
enlightenment · romantic · victorian · modernist · postmodernist · classical · contemporary · realism · naturalism · literary history
movements
Changes in position
- stylesDistinctive ways or manners
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
romanticism · impressionism · expressionism · cubism · surrealism · modernism · postmodernism · rococo · neoclassicism · dadaism
- fitnessfitness, exercise, gym, workout, running
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- athletic trainingcoaching, drills, personal training, workouts, practice
- history educationhistorian, history textbooks, textbook, history teachers, primary source
- timelinestimelines, chronology, chronologies, eras, ages
- trainingtraining, basic training, training session, employee training, apprenticeships
periodizationcontinuous flow
Uninterrupted movement onward
continuity · seamlessness · timelessness · continuum · linearity
period, periodic, periods, periodically, periodical, period's