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How to monitor athlete training load with no or minimal budget

Brendan Fahrner

Quantifying training load has become a pillar of modern physical performance programs at every level of sport. The goal of training load management is to simply understand the physical stress imposed on an athlete and how their body responds.[2] In well-resourced performance departments, this process regularly involves advanced technologies to track, monitor, and continuously report on the physical status of athletes. Most teams, schools, and amateur clubs, though, operate with limited budgets. Practitioners in these environments do not have access to advanced but expensive technologies. They...

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