Fitness
Training Strain
Training strain blends weekly load and monotony to estimate how stressful a block feels to the body beyond volume alone.
Training strain combines weekly training load with monotony—high load plus high sameness produces the steepest strain scores in sports-monitoring models. Strain helps explain why some athletes break down on “moderate” volume that never varies.
Lower strain by varying intensity and protecting sleep during build weeks.
Common questions
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Is training strain the same as fatigue?
Strain is a modeled load metric; fatigue is how you perform and recover. High strain should trigger easier days even if weekly mileage looks acceptable.
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