NSCA CPSS Chapter 2- Training Load
Model
Primary reason for monitoring athletes - Answer-info obtained can guide decisions about future training
Supercompensation - Answer-performance enhancement if body is allowed to adapt
Selye's general adaptation syndrome - Answer-training stress, acute fatigue response, adaptation, new
level of homeostasis/performance
Fitness-fatigue model - Answer-model in which performance is function of positive and negative fitness
effects
both fitness and fatigue decay exponentially over time but a different rates (fatigue decays 2x the rate of
fitness)
dose-response effect - Answer-higher volume and intensity of training/comp = larger acute fatigue
response
, training system - Answer-all factors important to performance
includes those that
1. directly influence system (training/testing, load/fatigue monitoring)
2. support the system (training facilities/equipment)
key factors for successful training system - Answer-System aims
Short and long-term planning
Search for continuous improvement
Assessment of progress
Adherence to fundamental aspects of training
Program adjustments
Continual manipulation of program variables on micro and macro level
External load - Answer-What athlete has done (distance and speed of running, kilograms lifted)
Internal load - Answer-How athlete responds to given external load, both physiological and perceptual
(HR, blood lactate, RPE)
What drives the training outcome - Answer-the internal response to a given external load
What is performance a function of - Answer-difference between fitness and fatigue
Readiness - Answer-condition where athlete has no impairment of performance, no mental fatigue or
excessive psychological distress
Model
Primary reason for monitoring athletes - Answer-info obtained can guide decisions about future training
Supercompensation - Answer-performance enhancement if body is allowed to adapt
Selye's general adaptation syndrome - Answer-training stress, acute fatigue response, adaptation, new
level of homeostasis/performance
Fitness-fatigue model - Answer-model in which performance is function of positive and negative fitness
effects
both fitness and fatigue decay exponentially over time but a different rates (fatigue decays 2x the rate of
fitness)
dose-response effect - Answer-higher volume and intensity of training/comp = larger acute fatigue
response
, training system - Answer-all factors important to performance
includes those that
1. directly influence system (training/testing, load/fatigue monitoring)
2. support the system (training facilities/equipment)
key factors for successful training system - Answer-System aims
Short and long-term planning
Search for continuous improvement
Assessment of progress
Adherence to fundamental aspects of training
Program adjustments
Continual manipulation of program variables on micro and macro level
External load - Answer-What athlete has done (distance and speed of running, kilograms lifted)
Internal load - Answer-How athlete responds to given external load, both physiological and perceptual
(HR, blood lactate, RPE)
What drives the training outcome - Answer-the internal response to a given external load
What is performance a function of - Answer-difference between fitness and fatigue
Readiness - Answer-condition where athlete has no impairment of performance, no mental fatigue or
excessive psychological distress
