Alternatively, a period of taper leading up to an event should correspond with an increasing TSB where ATL is reduced relative to the current CTL. high ATL relative to CTL, would occur in a high load training week. A negative TSB is indicative of a high training load, i.e. A negative TSB means you have done more over the last week than your training average and you are starting the process of over-reaching. The ATL and CTL are often informally labeled “fatigue” and “fitness” as well.Ī positive TSB score means that your training over the last week is less than your average, therefore you are well rested.

The last seven days is quantified and called Acute Training Load (ATL) and then compared with the average amount you have done over the last 21-42 days, called your Chronic Training Load (CTL). Training Stress Balance (TSB) compares the amount of training you have done over the last seven days to your average work load. Yet, without an accurate way to quantify all that stress, how do you know for certain that an athlete is over-trained? Training Stress Balance is a good start. So we should not consider ourselves relegated to the monitoring of exercise prescription and volume management in the weight room, as the most profound effect we can have is regulating and managing what is happening in the sport itself. It’s true that the cumulative effects of training, competitions, and not enough rest can start to wear down an athlete to a detrimental point. The phrase “over-trained” gets thrown round a lot in our industry.

Training stress balance forecasting