QUANTIFICATION OF THE LOAD IN ENDURANCE SPORTS

The training load is defined by volume, intensity and density.  The volume is the distance or time used. The intensity is the speed or the power employed. The recovery is the time of rest in respect of the effort time.

A training session can be harder than other trainings. The reasons could be: decrease break time, increase the volume or increase the intensity. Making a bad quantification can give two problems:

• -          Increasing very little the hardness between sessions.

• -          Increasing the hardness between sessions by above normal, so it causes an increase the risk of injury.

The volume is quantified in time because is better for compare various levels of performance.

You can see a table where there are different physiological levels. For quantify you should work out the time that you train by the value pertinent.

                                                                       

LEVEL	VALUE
<UAE	1
UAE	2
UAE-UAN	3
UAN	4
>UAN	6
PAM	9
LAC I	15
LAC II	50

UAE: aerobic threshold/ UAN: anaerobic threshold/ PAM: maximum power/ LAC: lactic capacity