Training load, RPE and wellness
Articles on how training load is measured and how to read a squad's data. Without promises the evidence does not support.
Building a monitoring routine your squad will keep
What to ask, when, and what to do with the answer.
How to read your squad’s RPE
Why one player’s 7 is not another player’s 7.
The weekly microcycle in football: how load is distributed
The shape of the week around the match, day by day.
The difference between internal and external load
One measures what the athlete did; the other, what it cost them.
What monotony and strain are
Two measures about how load is spread, not how much there is.
How to use wellness questionnaires without them becoming paperwork
What to ask, when, and how to stop everyone answering the same without reading.
What the ACWR is and what its limitations are
What it compares, how it is calculated, and why traffic lights deserve suspicion.
What RPE is and how to calculate training load
The scale, when to ask for it, and how it turns into a figure you can compare.