Acute load and load focus

Former Member over 2 years ago

How can my acute load be low, while my load focus is all above targets?It suggests scaling back duration and frequency of workouts which will result in acute load dropping either further. Confused

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Maddi02 over 2 years ago +1

Its the difference on calculating over a time period. Load focus takes the last 4 weeks into account and acute load takes only the last 7 days. So if you stopped your hard training a week ago, you will…

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0 Maddi02 over 2 years ago

Its the difference on calculating over a time period. Load focus takes the last 4 weeks into account and acute load takes only the last 7 days. So if you stopped your hard training a week ago, you will have this effect. Try to find your own training load in this case based on your goals, because these suggestions are contradictory, as you already pointed out.

0 Former Member over 2 years ago in reply to Maddi02

Thanks - that makes sense.