Right so amongst other things i have been making a note of my training time and a global rating of perceived exertion for each session. This is recommended by experts more expert than my inexpert self. By multiplying training time by the average of the GPE's gives the weekly training load. How monotonous all the training sessions are is calculated by dividing the mean daily load by the standard deviation on the mean daily load. This rating of monotony is then used to multiply the weekly load which gives us STRESS (Foster, 1998).
Why this is important can be demonstrated from my first 5 weeks of dabbling
Week Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Time 299 245 150 240 260
WL 1592 1298 555 1307 1390
M 1.63 1.79 0.55 0.9 1.07
Stress 2595 2324 307 1173 1494
If we compare week 2 to week 5 we can see that despite training times and loads that are practically the same because there was greater variety in my training in week 5 the stress placed on my body is 36% less. Now if i had done my long cycle on saturday as i should of done my training time would of been 350 mins, 42% more than week 2, but the stress would only of been 9% greater. So now the importance of keeping a good record of training, reviewing it and planning what your going to do next should be more apparent.
Why this is important can be demonstrated from my first 5 weeks of dabbling
Week Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Time 299 245 150 240 260
WL 1592 1298 555 1307 1390
M 1.63 1.79 0.55 0.9 1.07
Stress 2595 2324 307 1173 1494
If we compare week 2 to week 5 we can see that despite training times and loads that are practically the same because there was greater variety in my training in week 5 the stress placed on my body is 36% less. Now if i had done my long cycle on saturday as i should of done my training time would of been 350 mins, 42% more than week 2, but the stress would only of been 9% greater. So now the importance of keeping a good record of training, reviewing it and planning what your going to do next should be more apparent.
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