Training Effort

Training effort comprehensively evaluates your total training volume and intensity, reflecting the effort you put into your training. It is scored from 0 to 10. By monitoring your cardiovascular load during exercise, we compare your exercise heart rate to your maximum heart rate and average resting heart rate, combined with your training duration, to comprehensively assess your training effort. This indicator is highly personalized and will fluctuate with your fitness levels.

Meaning of Training Effort

Training effort is a comprehensive metric that quantifies the total training volume and intensity in a single session. It is typically represented by a score from 0 to 10, with 10 indicating the highest effort level. The training effort considers both the duration and intensity of the exercise, with the latter assessed through cardiovascular load monitoring.

Calculation of Training Effort

The calculation of training effort involves several key parameters:

  1. Maximum Heart Rate (MHR): The highest heart rate an individual can achieve during maximum intensity exercise.
  2. Average Resting Heart Rate (RHR): The heart rate of an individual at complete rest.
  3. Training Duration: The total time spent exercising.

By comparing your exercise heart rate with your MHR and RHR, combined with the duration of the exercise, the training effort score can be calculated. This indicator is highly personalized as it considers individual physiological characteristics and training habits.

Significance of Training Effort

Training effort provides a quantified measure of the effort put into a training session by considering both the total volume and intensity. This metric helps in better planning of training sessions, optimizing performance, and reducing the risk of injury. Understanding and applying the training effort can lead to more scientific training practices, achieving optimal performance and health.

  • Personalized Training Plans: Training effort can help create more personalized training plans to ensure effective and safe workouts.
  • Monitoring Training Load: By monitoring the training effort, you can understand whether your training intensity is appropriate, avoiding overtraining or undertraining.
  • Optimizing Recovery: Training effort can also help adjust recovery strategies, ensuring sufficient recovery time after high-intensity sessions.

Suppose you are preparing for an upcoming competition. By monitoring your training effort, you can ensure that your training is both challenging and not excessive. If your training effort for a session reaches 8 or 9, it indicates a high-intensity workout, and your body may need more time to recover. Conversely, if the training effort is low, such as 3 or 4, it suggests a light workout, allowing your body to recover faster, and you can schedule more frequent training sessions or increase the intensity for the next workout.