Helpful! Where would you say that line is after which a more polarized approach (trading in intensity for duration) starts making more sense? Between Recreational and Developmental? Developmental to Competitive? (using Alan Couzens' "levels" as a ballpark) Is it entirely personal? I imagine this matters a lot less for the Health & Fitness crowd, who can just go out the door, do whatever, and still recover with the 2-4 full rest days a week they have.. Edit: Rewatched, and I think I get it better now. If I understood correctly, it's more of a curve -- the closer the load follows our breaking point, the less margin for error there is with a lot of intensity in the mix?
I'd say intensity needs to be relative to the individual athlete's profile and goals There's a wide range of intensity - both in terms of the zone and duration G
@@feelthebyrn I've been thinking about this and where I feel many novice and beginner athletes (myself at the start of my journey included) often get in trouble is when they have not yet developed a subjective scale of recovery. Folks who scratch their heads when presented with metrics like 'Feel', 'Mood' or 'Motivation' in the HRV4T self-assessment. How sore is 4/10 sore? What is kinda wrecked vs. kinda recovered vs. almost recovered? . IMHO, it would be super helpful to have a table in the book with detailed verbal descriptors of the levels (similar to the 5 intensity levels) of this.. let's call it, Rating of Perceived Recovery (or Perceived Recovery Status, per Laurent et al) Scale?
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Helpful! Where would you say that line is after which a more polarized approach (trading in intensity for duration) starts making more sense? Between Recreational and Developmental? Developmental to Competitive? (using Alan Couzens' "levels" as a ballpark) Is it entirely personal?
I imagine this matters a lot less for the Health & Fitness crowd, who can just go out the door, do whatever, and still recover with the 2-4 full rest days a week they have..
Edit: Rewatched, and I think I get it better now. If I understood correctly, it's more of a curve -- the closer the load follows our breaking point, the less margin for error there is with a lot of intensity in the mix?
I'd say intensity needs to be relative to the individual athlete's profile and goals
There's a wide range of intensity - both in terms of the zone and duration
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@@feelthebyrn I've been thinking about this and where I feel many novice and beginner athletes (myself at the start of my journey included) often get in trouble is when they have not yet developed a subjective scale of recovery. Folks who scratch their heads when presented with metrics like 'Feel', 'Mood' or 'Motivation' in the HRV4T self-assessment. How sore is 4/10 sore? What is kinda wrecked vs. kinda recovered vs. almost recovered?
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IMHO, it would be super helpful to have a table in the book with detailed verbal descriptors of the levels (similar to the 5 intensity levels) of this.. let's call it, Rating of Perceived Recovery (or Perceived Recovery Status, per Laurent et al) Scale?
@@veydajarhere you go: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gl1xrl2d0e2lyvjmwvatt/Subjective-Perception-Chart.jpg?rlkey=zo7cql8zqx10dldew7guv0ofp&dl=0
Right! Similar to that, but for recovery - not effort. Food for thought. 😇