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Recovery Week

هفته ریکاوری

A planned lower-load week used to facilitate recovery and adaptation within a training block.

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Definition

A planned lower-load week used to facilitate recovery and adaptation within a training block. Its practical meaning depends on the athlete, event, measurement method or training context, so it should not be interpreted as an isolated universal rule.

Practical use

Use the term to organize training over time while allowing adjustment for response, recovery and competition schedule.

Sources

  1. Monitoring Training Load to Understand Fatigue in AthletesSports Medicine · Review · 2014DOI 10.1007/s40279-014-0253-z↗
iRunPRESSScientific endurance-sport reference