training load
Workout stress quantity
Training load is the total stress placed on the body during exercise, encompassing volume, intensity, and frequency of physical activity.
Athletes and coaches track training load to optimize performance gains while avoiding overtraining or injury: We need to manage your training load during the competition season.
The concept applies across endurance sports, strength training, and team athletics.
- workoutStructured physical exercise
- intensityStrength or force level
- heart rate zonesIntensity levels during exercise
- volumeAmount of space filled
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
overtraining · reps · sets · periodization · stress · adaptation · muscles · muscle damage · sweat · soreness · progressive · threshold · work capacity · capacity · endurance · strain · exertion · burnout
- fitnessfitness, exercise, gym, workout, running
- fitness metricssteps, calories burned, distance, heart rate, step count
- fitness trackersFitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch, smartwatch, smart watch
- sports medicinesports medicine, injury prevention, athletic tape, sports injuries, rehabilitation
training loadrecovery
Regaining what was lost
rest · recuperation · restoration · recovery period · recovery phase
training loadrest
Cessation of activity
inactivity · sedentariness · idleness · complete rest · downtime
training loaddeload
Planned training reduction
taper · unloading · recovery phase · off-season · offloading
training, load, train, trains, trained, trainer, trainers, trainee, trainees