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increase in CTL - the chronic training load

23rd March 2007

story so far
three weeks since my last entry. It happened in the meantime a lot. A lot of training, if somewhat uncoordinated, and less than I at this season would actually want to do.

Even the power meter, I could be persuaded to work as far back to the appropriate way. Setting the zero point has helped. However, I fear, is my FTP it also fallen by about 10 to 20 w. ;-)

The Performace Manager Chart
The Performace Manager Chart (PMC) shows the evolution the training load. There are three curves relevant:

• the acute training load (ATL - acute training load)
  
  magenta curve
  
  It shows the rolling average of the training load over the last seven days.
  
  
• the chronic training load (CTL - chronic training load)
  
  yellow curve
  
  It shows the rolling average of the training load over the last 42 days. In order to develop medium-and long-term goal-oriented manner, an ascending CTL is desirable. Only through long-term increase in training load relative to their own, through improving the training capabilities is a further development possible.
  
  
• the training stress balance (TSB - training stress balance)
  
  blue curve
  
  It shows the difference between ATL and CTL. The CTL allows assessment of whether the training, the correct load (sizes, intensities) contains and whether the goals of the current training phases can be observed.
  in plain terms that mean that during periods of sustainable form of construction with TSB significantly negative values are expected (eg -50) needs.
  Conversely, an important race in terms of a high, TSB slightly positive sense. Particularly for short-term competition with a high proportion of Rohkraft (neuromuscular power - NP), require or anaerobic capacity, TSB values are desirable from about 5 to 20. In this last point, there's still a personal experience. Only the race in Aigle (24-h-track racing team), where it's me gone well with a TSB of about +7, shows that these considerations PERMIT me to be true.

The load drop at the right edge of the graph is due to the (relative) quiet week of training camp. This week I have been only 3 h sports driven

• Tuesday: 0.5 hour drive rather casual role, with 5 sprints of 30 seconds
• Wednesday: 1.5 h interval training on a very steep (> 20%), Interval Duration 3 '30 ", 5 intervals, with an otherwise disappointing average power - each about 400 w.
• Thursday. 1 hour jogging with 10 by 15 yield jumps
• have this week I avoided making the rest week classical (rumrollen about 3 times 1.5 h with lower intensities). The training camp had placed no value on intensities and as a whole was relatively high despite the ultimately total load (ATL highest I had ever since the end of August) for maximum power and other Short-term capabilities, not demanding.
  

In future posts on this blog subject described by my desire and my time available week summaries based on the described performance manager.