Microcycle

How it is used

Coaches use this word when arranging sessions within a training block.

Example sentences

1. This microcycle ends with a light session on Sunday.

   Sunday marks the end of the short planning unit.

2. Travel forced us to shorten the next microcycle.

   The schedule changes the cycle's length, not its purpose.

Common collocations

• weekly microcycle
• plan a microcycle

Related terms

• training programA planned series of workouts over weeks or months that sets out the exercises, sets, reps, intensity and rest needed to reach a goal.
• training loadThe total amount of stress created by training, based on volume, intensity, and frequency over a period of time.

More terms: Training & Workouts

• workout
• work out
• warm-up
• cool-down
• rep
• set
• cardio
• strength training
• rest day
• HIIT
• progressive overload
• plateau