Load & recovery
How does training load relate to injury risk?
What load-monitoring can and cannot tell us about staying healthy.
ContestedEducational overview
How much and how fast training load changes is often linked with injury and illness risk, and many teams monitor it.
The exact relationship, and the best metrics, are actively debated — monitoring is a guide, not a prediction.
What we understand in general terms
- Large, rapid spikes in load are widely treated as a caution sign.
- Gradual progression is a common risk-reduction strategy.
- Load is only one of many factors in injury.
Open questions
- Which load metrics are actually most useful, if any.
- How strongly load predicts injury for an individual.
Evidence
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Questions
- Can a load calculator predict injuries?
- No. Load monitoring is a general guide to how fast you are ramping up, not a prediction of injury. The relationship is debated and injury has many causes.
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