Citation

Mujika I. Int. J. Sports Physiol. Perform. 2013; 8(5): 465-466.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Human Kinetics Publishers)

DOI

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PMID

24058942

Abstract

"The training stimulus in competitive sports is usually described as a combination of training intensity, volume and frequency. It is generally believed that these three factors produce an adaptive response in the body that should lead to improved performance."

These were the introductory words of my first scientific publication as first author back in 1995. That study was primarily designed to describe a method for estimating the mean intensity of training, training volume, and frequency over a season in a group of elite swimmers and to determine the relationships between these 3 training components and variations in performance throughout the season. Eighteen years and dozens of publications later, I still consider the quantification of training a cornerstone of athletic preparation for competition and a key issue when it comes to good sport science research.

Language: en