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Training load

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, training load means: The total amount of stress created by training, based on volume, intensity, and frequency over a period of time.

In Turkish: antrenman yükü

How it is used

Used in coaching and sports science to plan effort and recovery. Common with monitor, manage, increase, reduce, and weekly training load.

Example sentences

  1. After the training camp, the coach reduced our training load so the squad could recover before Saturday's league match.

    Here it means the overall work imposed on the players, and lowering it helps recovery before an important competition.

  2. The sports scientist flagged a sudden spike in her training load when she added extra hill sprints to marathon preparation.

    In this example, the term covers the combined effect of harder and more frequent work, not just one session.

Common collocations

  • weekly training load
  • manage training load
  • training load spike
  • high training load
  • workoutA session of physical exercise done to improve fitness, strength or skill, such as a run, a gym session or a class.
  • recoveryThe process of the body returning to normal after training, competition or injury, helped by rest, sleep and nutrition.

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